Buyer

Provide full support to the Purchasing Department including procurement of assembly materials and services in a timely manner while ensuring vendor requirements and customer service needs are met.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Receives requisitions from various departments, and when necessary, confers with requisitioner to clarify item specifications.
• Reviews and evaluates requisitions for complete and accurate information, rejects back to or resolves issues with requestor if necessary.
• Issues Purchase Orders for a variety of materials and supplies, usually with established vendors.
• Issues changes orders as necessary.
• Resolves questionable items with requisitioners or other buyers, and / or purchasing management.
• Evaluates and analyzes existing suppliers and purchasing performance, recommending new supplies as needed with Purchasing Manager.
• Analyzes price and supply data and makes recommendations to management.
• Ensure the purchase of all goods and services comply with company policy and procedures.
• Ensures the materials and services are purchased at lowest cost, in specified quantity and quality within specified lead-time.
• Keeps operations appraised of lead-time of critical material or products.
• Reviews invoices with accounting where the prices or terms don’t agree with the purchase order.
• Assures open purchase orders are tracked, followed upon, and expedited as needed; actively engaged in realizing, capturing, and reporting cost savings opportunities.
• Notifies management if a part delivery will slip and negatively impact production schedules.
• Maintains positive supplier relations.
• Files all purchase orders based on established filing structure.
• Manages all outside operations like plating, painting assuring parts are processed to print specifications and a timely manner.
• Processes purchased parts rejected through Material Review Board (MRB) or the requisitioners for immediate replace / credit as deemed necessary.
• Updates and maintains item Master Data regarding lead time, MFG PIN#, and preferred vendor in SAP.
• Creates, updates, and maintains Business Partner Master Data for vendors in SAP.
• Assists Receiving Department with any / all packing slip discrepancies including part of quantity issues.
• Assists the Quality Department with upkeep and additions to the ASL.
• Performs other duties and special projects as requested by management.
  
  

Qualifications & Requirements

Education & Experience

• Associate degree in business administration or related field
• Minimum of two-three years’ relevant experience in purchasing
• Experience with MS Office software especially Excel
  
  

Required Skills/Abilities

• Problem solving skills
• Written and verbal communication skills
• Team player with a positive disposition
• Organization and time management skills
• Ability to work with minimum supervision and adaptable to changing priorities
• Regular on-site attendance is a necessary function of this position.
  
  

Preferred Skills/Abilities

• Knowledge of SAP software
  
  

Physical Requirements

• Sedentary work that involves sitting and standing
• Repetitive motions including wrists, hands, and fingers
• Lifting that requires moving objects up to 20 pounds
• Compensation offered may vary depending upon job-related knowledge, skills, and experience.
  
  

Wilcox provides equal employment opportunity to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.

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