Senior Buyer

Senior Buyer

The Senior Buyer is responsible for the end-to-end Procure to Pay activities including strategic sourcing support, supplier and PO management, negotiations and maintaining purchasing data integrity. This role ensures supply continuity for an assigned group of materials and collaborates cross-functionally with Strategic Sourcing, Planning, Engineering, Quality, AP and others to support new product introductions, resolve material issues and drive process improvement.

Salary : $84,500 - $105,000 per year

Job Function :

• Managing supplier relationships and negotiations to obtain optimum prices, terms and lead times.
• Managing PO lifecycle (Requisition processing, PO creation, supplier order confirmation, response to MRP signals, expedites, pushouts, cancellations, maintenance of accurate dates in the ERP etc.)
• Engaging Suppliers and following up on POs, Invoices and necessary documentation.
• Independently managing assigned sub-commodities and supporting Strategic Sourcing activities such as commodity strategy development and implementation and executing strategic projects.
• Leading key Purchasing initiatives and providing guidance and support to the other Buyers.
• Supporting purchasing activities for New Product Introduction (NPI).
• Ensuring supply continuity and resolving supply challenges by working with Suppliers and internal stakeholders such as Strategic Sourcing Managers, Planning, Quality and Incoming Materials management, Finance / Accounts Payable, Engineering, Logistics etc.
• Managing Quotation lifecycle (initiate RFP / RFQ / RFIs, obtain supplier responses and maintain quotes and price files in the ERP).
• Collecting and maintaining supply chain information (supplier profile information, MRP parameters such as Lead Times, Minimum Order Quantities etc.) in the ERP.
• Supporting the purchasing process and systems improvements by working with the Purchasing Manager, Buyers and other relevant stakeholders.
• Driving continuous improvement of Purchasing and Supplier KPIs and periodic reporting.

The duties, responsibilities and expectations described above are not a comprehensive list and additional tasks may be assigned to the member, within the scope of the position.

Qualifications :

Physical Demands :

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk and hear. The employee frequently is required to stand, walk, sit and use hands to operate a computer keyboard. The employee is occasionally required to reach with hands and arms. The employee must occasionally lift and / or move up to 10 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, and ability to adjust focus. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Additional Requirements / Skills :

Disclaimer : The listed qualifications and requirements for each position are intended as guidelines. Mini-Circuits reserves the right to hire outside of these guidelines at Management's discretion.

Mini-Circuits is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of actual or perceived age, race, creed, color, national origin, sexual orientation, military status, sex, disability, predisposing genetic characteristics, marital status, familial status, gender identity, gender dysphoria, pregnancy-related condition, and domestic violence victim status or protected class characteristic, or any other protected characteristic as established by federal or state law.