Senior Buyer

As a Buyer you'll play a pivotal role in performing specialized and diversified procurement functions required to supply material in accordance with Corporate Policies and Procedures; using the lowest reasonable price, ensuring the maximum quality goods delivered on-time tosupport manufacturing.

What a Typical Day Looks Like:

• Analyze multiple requirements and which satisfy the requirements of the requesting program or department and are in the best interest of the company.

• Place PO’s per system MRP requirements and maintain all PO changes.

• Ensure flow-down requirements and required documentation is provided with PO.

• May assist other individuals in expediting delinquent shipments and resolving other associated problems.

• Resolve supplier quality issues, purchase order accounting issues and problem receipts.

• Travel, as required, to meet with Suppliers and other appropriate representatives to discuss and satisfy matters that cannot be taken care of in the plant.

• Responsible for determining material requirements from engineering and production schedules.

• Maintain appropriate inventory level, to achieve Cash Flow requirements.

• Work independently and arrive at decisions in line with company policies of good, ethical purchasing practices.

• May negotiate short and long term contracts, agreements and blanket purchaseorders.

• May make presentations to customers (internal/external) and to management on the status of commodities and projects.

• Analyzemarket trends for assigned Commodities.

• Develop and implement tactical plans, schedule and prepare management and analysis reports on a weekly, monthly and quarterly basis.

• May assist in the direction of the procurement activity of the department and training of developing buyers.

• Perform other related duties assigned by management to support the procurement process.

Requirements:

• BA/BS in related field preferred.

• 3-5+ years’ experience with purchasing or supply chain.

• Purchasing or Supply Chain experience in electronics manufacturing preferred

• Knowledge of supply sources and marketing conditions in various commodities.

• Thorough understanding of operations principles (JIT, MRP, TQC, Lean, Six Sigma) required.

• Demonstrated experience and successful results in negotiation skills and strategies.

• Ability to work with little or no supervision and must possess a thorough technical understanding of the various commodities assigned.