What are the responsibilities and job description for the Sr Buyer position at HDT?
Join the team that is a leader in engineering, designing and manufacturing of leading-edge military expeditionary products and rugged industrial/commercial products since 1937.
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
This position is responsible for supporting company delivery and inventory turns objectives through competitive procurement of raw materials & 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 degree in Business/Operations or Supply Chain or equivalent combination of education and experience
- Five plus years of operations/supply chain experience
- Experience in ERP systems, SAP desired
Disclaimer: This job description is not designed to be a complete list of all duties and responsibilities required for this role.
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