Technical Buyer (Melrose Park)

Interlake Mecalux, Inc. in Melrose Park is hiring a Technical Buyer to join the Purchasing team! The Technical Buyer is responsible for acquiring materials, supplies, and services to support manufacturing and operations, with a continuous focus on improving quality and reducing costs.

Responsibilities :

• Enter Purchase Orders (POs) and enter purchased receipts into system.
• Place purchase orders for goods that have standard costs and quoted discounts already in place.
• Execute purchasing requirements as established by global purchasing department of parent company, ensuring contracts with suppliers and vendors are consistent with corporate objectives.
• Coordinate purchasing activities with other departments to maintain inventory at planned levels.
• Review opportunities for new supply sources and suitability of materials offered. Perform comparative analysis (minimum of 3 quotes) to ensure best price while maintaining quality standards.
• Follow up on orders.
• Coordinate purchasing quality and on-time deliveries.
• Communicate with accounting department to request additional documentation from suppliers to resolve invoice discrepancies from quoted purchase orders.
• Communicate with logistics department to confirm receipt of goods and services.
• Enter Purchase Orders (PO's) and enter purchased receipts into SAP.
• Create various monthly, yearly, and weekly reports to show information such as required amounts of materials needed, manufacturing costs, etc.
• Other duties as needed.

Requirements :

Interlake Mecalux offers :