What are the responsibilities and job description for the Jr.Buyer position at Filtration Group Corp?
Overview
Every day Clear Edge is making the world safer, healthier and more productive with its high quality filtration solutions delivering process excellence in sectors such as Mining & Minerals, Chemicals, Food & Beverage, Water Treatment, Building Products, Pulp & Paper, Power Generation, Healthcare, Transportation and General Industrial. Clear Edge is a fully integrated filtration solutions company with almost two centuries of history. Our fully owned and ISO accredited weaving plants work in tandem with our fabrications plants located close to our customers around the world. Our products are supported in our customers' processes by technically trained sales teams, backed by by local culturally aware Customer Service teams, vertical market experts and application specialists. Clear Edge is committed to a culture of safety, continual improvement and insightful innovation and investment.
Position Summary:
The Jr. Buyer provides support to the supply chain department specifically with the purchasing of hardware and accessories for production and office supplies for the facility. The Jr. Buyer will collaborate with the supply chain, operations, and production teams to understand inventory management, warehouse operations and order fulfillment.
Responsibilities
- Monitor accessories levels on production floor using Kanban system to ensure optimal inventory for planned production.
- Determine material demand, place purchase orders and release shipment to Clear Edge as needed.
- Collaborate with Supply Chain Manager to maintain acceptable inventory levels within budget.
- Proactively place sales orders and provide forecast information to Planning team.
- Monitor and purchase office supplies for the facility collaborating with all departments to ensure consistency.
- Execute requisition request sheets ensuring that materials needed arrive in a timely manner.
- Collaborate with supply chain team members on miscellaneous supply chain, buying and planning functions to understand processes with the ability to assist in all processes.
- Identify and implement process and continuous improvement opportunities.
Qualifications
Education and Experience:
- High school diploma and 1 year of experience in supply chain required.
- Bachelors Degree in Business Administration or Supply Chain preferred.
- Proficient in Microsoft Suite programs Excel, Outlook and Word.
- Experience with Microsoft Dynamics BC or other ERP software a plus.
- Experience with Supply Chain processes and in a Manufacturing Environment a plus.
- Experience with Lean Manufacturing and 5S practices a plus.
Other skills and abilities:
- Strong communication skills with internal and external customers.
- Strong organization and attention to detail.
- Strong analytical aptitude and problem solving skills.
- Sense of curiosity and willingness to learn business and supply chain strategies.
More About Filtration Group
Filtration Group is on a mission to make the world safer, healthier and more productive. With a passionate workforce, global footprint and world class engineering and manufacturing capabilities, we are driving innovation and developing solutions across a broad spectrum of applications in the fast-growing and rapidly-evolving global filtration industry. We are committed to maintaining an entrepreneurial culture built on a foundation of trust and in which our leaders exhibit a strong bias for action.
The Company began in 2009 and has rapidly grown organically and through a thoughtful acquisition strategy to be a global leader in the highly attractive filtration industry. Filtration Group has the broadest portfolio of solutions in the industry and has had a particular focus on building a leading platform of solutions focused on the Life Sciences and Indoor Air Quality end markets which are rapidly growing in the current market environment. Filtration Group produces mission critical products with high replacement rates. Over 80 percent of the Company’s revenue comes from replacement / consumable products, many of which are specified into customer’s products or processes. With revenues over $2 billion, Filtration Group is consistently recognized as the fastest growing and one of the largest filtration businesses in the world and has a global footprint of 141 facilities in 28 countries. Filtration Group has over 10,000 employees who are united in their Mission to make the world safer, healthier and more productive.
