Buyer

Job Description

Job Description

Description : Position Overview

Position Overview

The Buyer is responsible for overall supply chain, vendor management, and commodity management activities. The ability to understand MRP demand and use this to plan orders on time to support the operations team is crucial for this role.

The Buyer position includes establishing and maintaining strategic sourcing relationships with emphasis on quality, delivery, and cost.

Responsibilities also include helping to define, develop and refine the purchasing system to meet the needs of internal and external customers.

The Buyer will be part of a cross functional team designed to onboard new business.

Essential Job Duties and Responsibilities

• Works to supply products and services that meet or exceed the customers’ expectations. Follows the documented quality systems and processes to satisfy our customers’ needs.
• Researches and evaluates suppliers, establishing buying programs, purchasing and negotiating materials and supplies, determining method of procurement, purchasing operational supplies, receives and grants approval for purchases of goods or services, evaluating contract performance to ensure compliance with obligations and to determine need for changes, and analyzing changes or new issues in materials and supply to reduce costs and improve quality.
• Interviews and confers with vendors to obtain product or service information, such as price, availability, terms of sales, and delivery schedule.
• Maintain high level of knowledge about commodity suppliers and market conditions to support strategic sourcing decisions.
• Maintain MRP database for proper sourcing, procurement lead times, order quantities, prices, and internal delivery requirements (and all other parameters).
• Provide timely updates on the status of any supplier quality or delivery problems to internal customers.
• Communicates with internal departments to quote material, confer with vendors to obtain product and service information, material claims, supplier reviews, material adjustments, and the like.
• Maintains all ISO standards and processes as they relate to the purchasing function.
• Maintains procurement records, such as items or services purchased, costs, delivery, product quality or performance, and inventories.
• Support control and storage of inventory in line with lean principles (i.e. FIFO, pull systems, Kanban loops) and work with team for replenishment systems which support Operations.
• May assist other managers in other duties or special projects as needed.

Critical Skills, Knowledge, and Abilities

• Administration and Management : Knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, leadership technique, production methods, and coordination of people and resources.
• Production and Processing : Knowledge of raw materials, production processes, quality control, costs, and other techniques for maximizing the effective manufacture and distribution of goods.
• Mathematics : Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, statistics, and their applications.
• Customer and Personal Service : Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.
• Communicating with Persons Outside the Organization : Communicating with people outside the organization representing the organization to customers, the public, government, and other external sources.

This information can be exchanged in person, in writing, by telephone or e-mail.

• Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates : Providing information to supervisors, co-workers, and subordinates by telephone, in written form, e-mail, or in person.
• Making Decisions and Solving Problems : Analyzing information and evaluating results to choose the best solution and solve problems.
• Resolving Conflicts and Negotiating with Others : Handling complaints, settling disputes, and resolving grievances and conflicts, or otherwise negotiating with others.
• Confidentiality : Demonstrate a high degree of confidentiality and business common sense.
• Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships : Developing constructive and cooperative working relationships with others and maintaining them over time.
• Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work : Developing specific goals and plans to prioritize, organize, and accomplish your work.
• Safety and Security : Knowledge of relevant equipment, policies, procedures, and strategies to promote effective safety for the protection of people and property.
• Tools & Technology : Interacting with computers, office equipment, personal protective equipment (hardhat, safety glasses, etc.

and phone. ERP software (Microsoft Dynamics Nav), materials requirements planning MRP software, Microsoft Office software, and email.

Qualifications

• This position requires the individual to have a bachelor’s degree (BA / BS) in business, materials management, or supply chain management from a four-year college or university;
• or 2-5 years related experience and / or training;

Preferences

• Knowledge of supplier relationships, complex contract negotiations, JIT / demand flow philosophies, and legal issues involved with purchasing.
• In-depth knowledge of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems, including MRP, inventory management, and planning systems.
• Strong analytical skills, a strong understanding of lean manufacturing principles, and strong customer relation skills.
• Prior experience with steel, steel products, other metals, fabrication, and manufacturing.
• Working understanding of other quality systems and quality standards, such as TS, Lean, etc.

Supervisory Responsibilities

This position has no supervisory responsibilities.

Working Environment and Conditions

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 be in a stationary position and move about the buildings.

The employee is frequently required to reach with hands and arms and be able to communicate verbally and in writing and take direction.

The employee is frequently operating a computer and other office productivity machinery, such as a calculator, copy machine and computer printer.

The employee may occasionally be required to lift or move up to 20 pounds.

Work Environment : The work environment 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 noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

NOTE : The duties and responsibilities listed above are intended to describe the general content of and requirements for the performance of this position.

It is not constructed as an exhaustive list of duties, responsibilities, and requirements. The incumbent may be required to perform other duties as assigned.

Management reserves the right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time.

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