What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Buyer position at ALKAR Inc.?
Description
General Summary: The Senior Buyer oversees commodity procurement, key supplier relationships, cost effectiveness, along with on time materials and services. Strong negotiation and supplier management.
Principal Accountabilities
General Summary: The Senior Buyer oversees commodity procurement, key supplier relationships, cost effectiveness, along with on time materials and services. Strong negotiation and supplier management.
Principal Accountabilities
- Sends Request for Quotation (RFQ) to potential suppliers for required material; analyzes quotes and negotiates for best price and/or delivery
- Understanding of market trends, Strong decision-making skills
- Works in Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system to collect, analyze, and summarize data trends to help plan inventory levels
- Runs Material Requirements Planning (MRP) daily to ensure proper inventory levels are maintained
- Prepares Purchase Orders (POs) by verifying specifications and price; monitors and expedites POs based on inventory levels and/or production needs; obtains recommendations from suppliers for substitute material and receives approval from requisitioning department
- Meets with suppliers to evaluate performance, resolve supply chain issues and grow vendor relationships
- Identify new supplier opportunities
- Requests, saves, and files critical documentation.
- Partner with Accounts Payable to resolve payment issues.
- Partner with Global/Corporate Supply team as needed
- Attention to detail, ensuring high stands of quality and compliance with policies and legal regulations
- Perform special projects as assigned; e.g. sourcing new material for research and development
- Communicates cross-functionally with various departments including, but not limited to, Accounts Payable, Engineering, Estimating, Manufacturing, Part Sales, and Shipping/Receiving
- Expedite materials, develop and utilize alternative suppliers
- Report, final project review of costs materials and identify strengths and weaknesses
- Other duties as assigned
- Associates degree in Business Administration, Supply Chain Management, Operations Management, or a related field. Other candidates will be considered.
- Minimum 5-7 years of related purchasing experience
- Experience using ERP; MRP; Microsoft Outlook, Word, and Excel
- Experience reading a Bill of Material (BOM), drawings, technical specifications will be helpful
- Strong math aptitude, analytical, detail oriented, and excels in a fast-paced environment
- Strong verbal and written communication skills as well as interpersonal skills.