What are the responsibilities and job description for the Raw Material Buyer position at Bakelite?
Raw Material: The Impact You’ll Have On The Organization and World
You’ll manage the movement and storage of materials, by oversee incoming and outgoing raw materials, finished products, and parts to ensure efficient handling and availability.
You will coordinate logistics functions by supervising warehousing, shop, and delivery services to ensure timely delivery and material readiness in support of production schedules.
You will help drive sustainability in the supply chain.
It's Better with Bakelite: Our Commitment Back to You
You’ll Help Shape Our Future. As a Bakelite associate, you’re part of a diverse, global population creating the next generation of the company and we expect you to put your fingerprint on it.
We Champion Our Associates. At Bakelite, you don’t just climb the career ladder – you pave your personal path through continued learning and development.
Together, We Will Protect the Planet. From our processes to our products, we are focusing on the opportunities that both grow our profitability as a company, and improve and protect the planet.
Safety is a Core Value. At Bakelite, safety is a 24/7 mindset. We are all safe today to ensure we are able to show up tomorrow – for our families and friends, for each other and for our communities.
We Care. Plain and simple, we care about our associates. From the top on down, we place a high value on our culture and the associate experience. We offer competitive compensation, robust benefits and support our associates every step of their career.
Life in Conway: Located in the eastern part of the state, Conway is a small North Carolina town within 100 miles of Richmond, Norfolk-Virginia Beach and the Raleigh-Durham area.
Our Conway team has strong ties to the local community. We recently sponsored the town’s annual charity golf tournament, and several of our associates are active in the volunteer Conway Fire Department, to which Bakelite donates essential emergency services equipment.
A nearby attraction is the Roanoke River, which flows across North Carolina’s coastal plain and is home to lots of wildlife, including more than 200 species of birds. You can also explore the Roanoke Canal Museum and Trail, which highlights the historical significance the canal system played in westward expansion and trade.
With the Norfolk International Airport just an hour and a half away, you can easily hop a flight to anywhere in the world.
Learn more about Conway
What Does a Typical Day Look Like? Here are your primary responsibilities:
Purchase raw materials for sites based on demand planning reviews and procurement’s allocations for vendors by site. Requires understanding of current inventories of critical raw materials at the sites in addition to average daily consumptions of each.
Provide input during demand planning reviews to optimize inventories and maintain target days of supply.
Purchase packaging for finished goods and/or storage of raw materials.
Partner with Supply Chain Logistics to requisition intra-plant transfers of materials as needed.
Coordinate delivery and/or ship dates with site schedulers for the respective sites and ensure these are included on the purchase order. Make adjustments as necessary with the vendors and/or sister sites.
Track shipments – particularly rail – to ensure timely deliveries and follow up with vendors should deliveries appear to be at risk.
Review and code raw material and packaging.
Ensure, by working with the site and R&D, EH&S, that there are no issues with new raw materials either from a material handling perspective or permit perspective.
Close out all open PO’s that are complete monthly.
Coordinate with logistics to plan shopping of raw materials railcars for requalification, repairs, etc. Communicate plans to the site for execution.
Track demurrage charged by the railroad and/or the vendor on all rail shipments.
Assist procurement with vendor management when needed.
Identify and/or implement continuous improvement and cost reduction initiatives.
Support Procurement when there are quality issues with raw materials.
What is Needed to be Successful in this Role (Required Skills/Abilities):
Bachelor’s degree preferred.
3-5 years purchasing experience and/or operations experience.
Knowledge of the principles of MRP and purchasing.
Experience w/ SAP, M3, excel preferred.
Strong analytical skills.
Able to work well with all levels of the organization.
Strong verbal and written communication skills.
Are you ready to help us build a better tomorrow and put your fingerprints on the world? Apply for this exciting opportunity, and learn more about our hiring process, insights from our global associates, our robust benefits and more at Bakelite.com/careers.
