Senior Buyer

PAC / LifePort believes that each employee makes a significant contribution to our success. That contribution should not be limited by the assigned responsibilities. Therefore, this position description is designed to outline primary duties, qualifications, and job scope, but not limit the individual nor the organization to just the work identified. It is our expectation that each employee will offer his/her services wherever and whenever necessary to ensure the success of our endeavors.

Position Summary:
This position is responsible for facilitating on-time delivery of materials, and supplies to support production, resolving shortages with Suppliers and ensuring on-time delivery. Coordinates the procurement and distribution of materials, parts, equipment, and supplies for the organization by performing the following duties.

Essential Functions:

• Coordinates all activities related to procurement of a commodity beginning with intent to purchase through delivery
• Analyzes the requirements of the commodity, including preliminary specifications, preferred supplier, and date commodity is needed
• Investigates and/or interviews potential suppliers to determine if they meet the specified requirements
• Negotiates the lowest possible cost for the commodity balanced against the optimum quality and schedule needs
• Work with program managers to confirm customers contract requirements are stated on the purchase orders per company and government regulations
• Assures that the commodity is delivered on schedule, at the negotiated price, and meets the quality standards of the company
• Maintains timely control of orders, amendments, shipping notices, and other documents to assure accurate retention of records
• Entering and maintaining POs into the ERP system while supporting engineering changes and communicating changes to suppliers
• Review and approve POs in ERP system
• Submitting RFQs to suppliers
• Analyzing RFQs to determine the appropriate vendors
• Assist AP with invoice issues 
• Following up Supplier Deviation Requests and Tech Helps submitted by suppliers
• Notifying suppliers of nonconformance parts and securing lead time for reworked or replacement parts
• Review various reports such as Late to Required, Exceptions and Shortage Report and updating POs accordingly
• Negotiate LTAs and Purchasing contracts
• Mentors and trains Junior Buyers
• Ability to read and interpret manufactured parts drawings
• Work with suppliers on Root Cause Corrective Actions, manage and monitor recovery plans, and communicate results to stake holders
• Reviews and validates the Supplier Score Card data on a monthly basis and develops Root Cause Corrective Actions with Suppliers and tracks recovery plans

Education, Certifications and Experience:

• Bachelor’s Degree preferred
• 5 years’ experience in a purchasing role
• 3 or more years, experience in a purchasing function interfacing with multiple suppliers

Physical Demands and Work Environment:

Working conditions are normal for that of a manufacturing/office environment.

All employees are expected to adhere to Company safety policies and wear personal protective equipment when exposed to work areas or performing tasks where it is required.

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

The characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. The information contained in this job description is for compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and is not an exhaustive list of the duties that may be required for this position. Additional duties are performed by the individuals currently holding this or similar positions and additional duties may be assigned.

Our Competitive Benefits Include:

• PTO – Paid Time off
• Annual performance bonus program
• Wellness program
• Paid company holidays
• Comprehensive medical, dental and vision benefits with HSA and FSA options
• 401K with employer contribution
• Employer paid basic life & disability coverage
• Employee life assistance program
• Additional voluntary benefits include: LegalShield, long term disability, pet insurance, voluntary accident, voluntary hospital Indemnity and voluntary critical illness.

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