What are the responsibilities and job description for the Junior Buyer position at HDT Global?
At HDT, we build robotic arms and unmanned ground vehicles (UGVs) with military-grade strength and precision engineering, built for the extremes and adaptable to any challenge. Behind the toughest hardware is a team energized by complex problems. Bring us a challenge, and we’ll engineer the solution. That’s the mindset. That's the mission. That’s Built for Brutal
What We Offer:
- Health benefits, including telehealth medical services, Dental & Vision
- Life, AD&D & Disability (paid for by the company)
- 401K with a company match
The Junior Buyer is responsible for supporting company delivery and inventory turn objectives through competitive procurement of raw materials and subcontract services, supporting production capacity constraints and customer delivery expectations and identifying potential delivery risks and recommending countermeasures.
Essential Duties:
- Monitors short- and long-term material requirement needs, develops and implements effective plans to assure material availability using SAP to manage and action daily ERP messages
- Controls the flow of material from the supplier and on the production floor
- Monitors supplier on time delivery performance and escalates as necessary to commodity manager if chronic delivery issues are identified
- Sends open order report to supplier weekly to ensure current schedule is accurate
- Ensures that SAP reflects the most up-to-date delivery schedule from suppliers
- Monitors supplier shortages, shortage analysis and communication to appropriate team(s) as necessary
- Monitors supplier quality levels and escalates as necessary to commodity manager if chronic delivery issues are identified
- Daily expediting to ensure high service levels to our customers
Education/Experience/Other Skills & Abilities:
- Bachelor’s degree Business, Operation, Supply Chain or related field or equivalent experience.
- One to three years of operations/supply chain experience
- Experience in ERP systems, SAP desired
This position is located in Fredericksburg, VA. Preference will be given to candidates located within 60 miles of the Fredericksburg office.
Disclaimer: This job description is not designed to be a complete list of all duties and responsibilities required for this role.
This position requires access to or use of export-controlled technical data or technology controlled by the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) or Export Administration Regulations (EAR). Accordingly, applicants must be U.S. Persons or must be eligible to obtain the required export authorization from the U.S. Department of State or U.S. Department of Commerce. A U.S. Person is defined as a U.S. Citizen, U.S. Permanent Resident, or a person who is a protected individual under the Immigration and Naturalization Act (8 U.S.C. 1324(b)(a)(3).