Buyer I

SummaryThe buyer will maintain optimal inventory levels to meet customer requirements while minimizing inventory, inventory carrying costs, and premium freight charges. The Buyer will continually explore opportunities to develop new sources for materials, services and processes to achieve the best possible quality, reliability, price, continuity and delivery.Essential Functions
The Buyer continually pursues cost reduction, quality improvement, inventory reduction and delivery performance improvement opportunities by building on existing supply relationships and by developing new supply relationships.
The Buyer identifies, qualifies and develops new and alternate sources of supply to ensure ample and uninterrupted supply of inventory, supplies and services to meet customer demand.
The Buyer reviews system generated requirements and takes appropriate action including Purchase Order release and in/out rescheduling requirements of material delivery dates.
The Buyer will, in coordination with Quality, Engineering, or Production, resolve non-conforming material, and / or Corrective and Preventive action requests with the Supplier.
Using the Curbell Materials Planning and Control Systems, the Buyer will analyze the material requirements and react as necessary to ensure sufficient inventory availability to meet customer demand.
Performs other duties as assigned.

EducationA Bachelor's Degree in Business with a concentration in Purchasing, Logistics, Supply Chain or Materials Management preferred.
ExperienceFive plus years of Purchasing or Materials management experience preferred.
Job Specific RequirementsIndustry certification APICS / PMA / SCM a plus.
Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor's legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)