What are the responsibilities and job description for the Buyer position at Taylor Farms?
Role and Responsibilities
The maintenance buyer is to support the maintenance group by maintaining the plant parts inventory, and work with the maintenance planner with new equipment parts purchasing.
The maintenance buyer will also oversee and direct the Maintenance Parts Clerks with their daily duties. Communication is of upmost importance in order that the maintenance group is informed always of the status of their open work orders or parts that have placed on order.
New Equipment
- Issue PO for new equipment as requested by Facility Engineer and Director of Maintenance
- Allocate all POs to specific building as required.
- Purchasing of new equipment parts of which have been entered into maintenance software.
- Tracking of the new parts orders to ensure parts are available when equipment is put online.
- Research alternative vendors for OEM parts.
- Work with current vendors to stock items which have a long lead-time or high usage.
Inventory Purchasing
- Issue PO to venders to restock maintenance parts inventory.
- Work with OEM vendors on the purchasing of specific parts that are available thru other sources.
- Work with current vendors to stock high volume parts at their facility.
- Develop secondary suppliers for existing inventory items.
- Review high-cost items for secondary sources with lower cost and quicker available.
- Issue PO to service contractors for work scheduled and performed.
Control
- Issue Inventory Cycle Count Sheets to the Parts Clerks daily to be performed.
- Review the completed Cycle Count Sheets with the Parts Clerk to discuss inventory errors and changes that will need to be addressed in the data base.
- Review with Parts Clerks their daily duties and job functions including schedules.
- Evaluate the performance of the Parts Clerks at the performance of the job duties and meet with them daily as to the work to be performed that day and the remainder of the week.
- Update the Parts Clerks on new equipment purchases with expected delivery dates.
- Review the inventory check out sheets for any issues or concerns in the comment area.
- Perform an annual physical inventory count to report to the Finance department.
- Work with Maintenance Planner to update inventory on parts requested by maintenance that are not in the current inventory that need to be a stock item.
Qualifications and Education Requirements
- Computer skills
- Microsoft Windows 7 & 10
- Microsoft Office, Word, Excel, Outlook
- CMMS software knowledge.
Equal Opportunity Employer Statement :
Taylor Farms is an Equal Opportunity Employer. The Company does not discriminate based on actual or perceived race, color, creed, religion, alienage or national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, age, disability or handicap, sex, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status, arrested record, or any other characteristics protected by applicable federal, state or local laws.
Last updated : 2024-06-19
