What are the responsibilities and job description for the Buyer position at vegaamericas?
We are seeking a Buyer to handle purchasing activities, from reviewing requisitions and planning purchases to selecting and maintaining qualified suppliers. You will work closely with suppliers and internal teams to ensure timely, cost-effective, and high-quality sourcing of products and services.
What you’ll do:
- Reviews requisitions, plans and purchases from MRP system
- Confer with suppliers to obtain product or service information such as price, availability, and delivery schedule.
- Select, update and maintain suppliers who participate in our ISO 9001 supplier program.
- Estimate values according to knowledge of market price.
- Determine method of procurement such as direct purchase or bid.
- Prepares and manages purchase orders and bid requests.
- Reviews bid proposals and negotiates contracts within budgetary limitations and scope of authority.
- Discusses defective or unacceptable goods or services with inspection or quality control personnel, users, suppliers, and others to determine source of trouble and take corrective action.
- Approves and reconciles invoices with discrepancies. May involve resolving receiving issues.
- Proactively expedites delivery of products from suppliers.
- Prepares and manages blanket orders.
- Develop and implement appropriate tools to manage critical and strategic commodities to ensure that the necessary supply levels are being maintained.
What you'll need:
- Bachelor's degree from four-year college or university
- or 4-6 years related purchasing experience and CPIM Part 1
- or CPIM certification and 1 year equivalent experience
VEGA Americas manufactures, distributes, and services process instrumentation to measure level, density, weight, and pressure. Our products have been making industrial processes safer and more efficient for over 60 years.
As an employee, you’ll find VEGA Americas commits itself to the highest quality standards and respect for the individual needs of employees, customers, vendors, and shareholders. Don’t take it from us alone, VEGA has been awarded a Cincinnati Enquirer’s Top Workplace Award for 9 years running!
Our Mission: With innovative technologies and services, we develop solutions that inspire. Through our sense of simplicity and our focus on people, we are looking to the future with curiosity. Locally grounded and globally connected, together we give values a home.
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VEGA Americas, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity employer. It is our policy that we will not discriminate against any person based on race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, ancestry, disability, or veteran status.
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