Buyer

Job Description

• Conduct Purchasing forcompany needs.
• Contact and work with Suppliers including negotiations of pricing. This includes yearly review and cost out planning.
• Review MRP Purchasing reports to plan and order items and assure material availability
• Review Shortage, Expedite, and Inventory Excess reports for Purchase Orders
• Communicate with planning, customer service and manufacturing about any delays or order problems
• Schedule delivery of materials, supplies, equipment, and services according to requirements of the company's operations
• Maintenance of Finish Good inventory levels required to meet customer needs, while avoiding excess carrying costs.
• Check and follow up with departments for raw material shortages
• Develop an inventory reduction effort to reduce obsolete materials
• Communicate with Inventory clerks about current stock and potential issues
• Aid in ensuring lot and serial tracking of materials in the manufacturing process
• Aid in ensuring adherence to requirements of Quality System requirements for manufacturing; e.g. inspection, traceability, control, segregation, identity, etc.
• Aid in ensuring adherence to policies/procedures for manufacturing, including identification of material and job status, and accurate reporting of lot-tracking information
• Perform necessary functions to reconcile inventory for month end close

Qualifications

• 5+ yrs experience in purchasing and procurement
• Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration or a related field
• Knowledge of purchasing and supply chain systems, LEAN principles of planning and MRP/ERP systems often required
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Strong proof-reading and editing ability
• Effective interpersonal skills to negotiate with vendors and interact with peers and management

Additional Information

• Competitive Salary
• Medical, Dental, and Vision Coverage
• 401K
• Life Insurance
• Long-term disability
• Paid time off (PTO)
• Company sponsored events