Job Title:  Buyer

Responsible for coordinating the flow of released materials within departments according to production schedules to limit cost and disruption while meeting customer delivery requirements. This position is also responsible planning and coordinating production control schedules in order to ensure an optimal flow of approved materials to meet production timelines and requirements.

What you will do:

• Develop and maintain excellent vendor relationships.

• Solicit quotes, conduct bid evaluations, evaluate costs, negotiate optimum delivery schedules, and ensure the best combination of price, quantity discount, and product quality.

• Coordinate and review of vendor service contracts (i.e. office machines, landscaping, cleaning services, waste management)

• Measure, report and improve supplier scorecards resolving misunderstandings, complaints, rejected materials, delivery, and performance issues

Vendor Quality:

• Coordinate updates to ISO status

• Follow up with Supplier SCARS or quality issues as needed for closure.

• Manage Vendor REACH / RoHs certifications.

• Solicit Supplier Surveys for new Suppliers adding to ASL.

• Recommend alternate sourcing as needed.

• Resolve vendor conflicts and payment issues within ERP, Quality and Purchasing systems.

Cost Savings:

• Support cost savings initiatives, including implementing programs and reporting on results.

• Maintain up-to-date knowledge of the current markets and evolving technologies and methodologies to identify opportunities for cost reduction and/or process improvements.

• Participate in lean manufacturing continuous-improvement efforts as they relate to planning and manufacturing.

Freight:

• Data 2 Logistics (validating freight invoices)

• Resolve Freight issues - payments / lost / damage

Planning / Materials:

• Using appropriate data / analytical tools to manage material availability, inventory, and capacity levels to provide optimal lead-times

• Analyze demand data and usage histories to maintain item parameters for managing inventory and MRP efficiency

• Provide detail analysis for make or buy decisions

• Communicate and prioritize schedules with production ensuring requirements are met for Sales, Engineering and Quality activities

• Generate, release, monitor and expedite purchase and work orders to meet schedule

• Update and maintain daily Order Tracking files along with ERP data to support weekly production meetings and user reporting

• Responsible for all ECO and non-conforming material disposition for manufactured parts

We are looking for:

• Bachelors degree required

• Minimum 3 years related experience within a manufacturing environment

• Knowledge of material/production control and basic lean manufacturing concepts

• Knowledge of manufacturing processes

• Intermediate skills in Microsoft Office (or equivalent)

• Excellent communication, organization, and time management skills