Senior Buyer

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Job Summary:

Optimize the use of company assets in the acquisition of assigned goods and services.  Create and execute  short- and long-term strategies to ensure quality and continuity of supply while minimizing total cost.

Job Responsibilities & Essential Functions of the Job:

• Manages MRP demand system, consolidates requirements, develops suitable method of ordering, and follows up to meet production demands.
• Participate in the qualification process for new suppliers.
• Consolidate requirements, formulate RFQ’s, and develop the most suitable method of purchase or value-added potential with suppliers.
• Enter all purchasing information on the system including supplier information, purchase orders, pricing, supplier acknowledgement response, and inventory information.
• Generate effective communications, good relations, and a positive image with suppliers and coworkers, promoting courtesy, objectivity, and fairness.
• Manages supplier relationships, develops key suppliers, processes, and procedures.
• Manages MRP demand system, places orders, and expedites to meet production demands.
• Manage supplier portal and contact suppliers as needed inquiring about deliveries, informing them of schedule changes, and reporting potential problems to the manager.
• Prepare new item numbers, specifications, and proper supplier selection in cooperation with engineering specifications
• Gain familiarity with the end use of assigned commodities, leading to the possibility of alternative materials or specifications.
• Participate in negotiations with suppliers involving total cost of possession, legal requirements, and contract terms and conditions.
• Prepare supplier visits to the organization and off-site visits to existing and potentially new suppliers.
• Develops useful reports pertinent to the supply chain function.
• Monitors designated item inventory for adherence to appropriate approved levels and determines disposition of surplus material, scrap, or other excess material by transfer, usage, or sale.
• Develops, creates, and tracks product rejects, communicates results to suppliers, and to appropriate internal departments, and arranges for disposition of the defective material.
• Advise manager of market conditions and supplier base activity which could affect pricing and/or delivery.
• Evaluates supplier performance based on quality, delivery and costs and develops new supply sources when necessary.
• Develop objectives in concert with supply chain management team goals and monitor daily application of the purchasing procedures for compliance.
• Recommend changes as appropriate to purchasing management in policies and procedures that enhance the purchasing activity or accomplishment of the core business.
• Acts as liaison between production group, Engineering, and customer services in providing timely product delivery.
• Investigates and resolves pricing discrepancies and variances between purchase order and acknowledgement purchase order and invoice and invoice and standard cost.
• Updates pricing and delivery on Purchase Orders from order acknowledgements, advising project management of any delivery schedule changes that will adversely affect the project plan.
• Must be able to collaborate with others (including in person) to proactively develop solutions.

Occasional Job Responsibilities:

• Processes receiving and shipping on special orders.

Job Requirements:

• Requires education generally equivalent to a bachelor’s degree in supply chain, business or a related field or relative experience.
• Requires at least 5-7 years of relevant purchasing experience or general related business experience.
• Requires strong negotiation skills in dealings with suppliers.
• Requires strong knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite applications, and ERP systems.
• Requires excellent written and oral communication skills to effectively work with others.
• Requires mathematical skills that require the ability to add, subtract, multiply and divide.