Buyer

Company Description

The JK Group is a global leader in developing and manufacturing innovative products focused on wellbeing. With a mission to enhance customers' quality of life, JK Group specializes in wellness, lifestyle, sports, health, and medicine solutions through their core brands, Ergoline and Wellsystem. These brands offer cutting-edge, scientifically grounded technologies, with Wellsystem known for touchless hydrojet massage solutions and Ergoline for its advanced UV and light technologies. Combining superior quality, innovation, and sustainability, JK Group is at the forefront of creating products that support relaxation, regeneration, and overall health.

The Buyer is responsible for replenishing items required by internal and external customers, striving for the lowest cost and best delivery times. This role ensures service and inventory level goals are met, guided by established policies. The Buyer supports the purchasing department and coordinates procurement activities related to specific product development as assigned.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Maintain service and inventory levels of stocked items through proactive replenishment system management.
• Create purchase orders and schedule receipts.
• Monitor inventory status reports to identify products below appropriate levels; place and revise purchase orders as needed, cross-referencing sales orders.
• Procure non-stocked items for customers, utilizing established vendors and seeking new suppliers for cost and other advantages.
• Enter orders into the computer system to generate purchase orders (P.O.).
• Follow up on and expedite back-ordered items and open purchase orders to ensure timely delivery.
• Establish and maintain excellent working relationships with purchasing, operations, and distribution departments.
• Meet with vendor representatives to resolve shipping, backorder, and overstock issues; communicate problems to appropriate personnel.
• Update computer systems with revised shipping information, due dates, and pricing.
• Research and resolve payables issues; obtain proof of delivery.
• Approve invoices from vendors.
• Negotiate inventory returns for discontinued or overstock inventory.

Primary Interactions

• Regular interaction with receiving and warehouse personnel regarding incoming supplies.
• Regular interaction with operations, distribution, support services, inventory control, and vendor personnel regarding purchase order status and documentation requirements.

Competencies

• Strong negotiating abilities, organization, and follow-through skills.
• Knowledge of products and vendors.
• Proficiency with personal computers and application programs.
• Excellent customer service, verbal and written communication, and interpersonal skills.

Education and Experience

• High school diploma or GED required.
• Minimum of 5 years of buying experience.
• Analytical abilities and proficiency with spreadsheets and purchasing/scheduling databases (e.g., MRP systems).

Physical Demands

• Work is generally sedentary, with occasional standing, walking, or lifting as needed.
• Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.

Work Environment

• Tasks do not expose the employee to physically unpleasant or hazardous conditions.
• Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.

Exempt Status

This position is classified as exempt under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).