Buyer

Description:
**Company Profile**

**Position Overview**:
This key position is responsible for the procurement and planning of outsourced finished materials as well as other raw material product within Arlon. This role will execute buying decisions to ensure products are at optimal stock levels for current and future demand and quantities to meet sales requirements and minimize obsolete inventory. The buyer is expected to build relationships with internal and external partners and become knowledgeable of their capabilities and future business potential.

**Essential position requirements**:

- Generate, review, analyze and manage system demand plan, demand history and business inputs to develop executable procurement plan in support of sourced products for customer shipments and warehouses.
- Handle day-to-day correspondence concerning over-shipments, delivery shortages, changes in quantity, delivery dates, and prices and report such changes to the interested parties in a timely manner as required.
- Complete purchase requests with domestic and international suppliers by inputting purchase orders, expediting deliveries, and verifying all transactions.
- Maintains appropriate inventory levels consistent with targeted inventory goals and stocking strategies to meet inventory turn and service goals.
- Manage custom construction launches with supplier to make sure internal deadlines are realistic and met.
- Work directly with suppliers in managing inventory levels and purchases of raw materials.
- Provides detailed analysis as needed regarding purchasing requirements, material usage, inventory levels and targets
- Analyzing historical data and forecast requirements to better understand, and optimize purchasing levels.
- Maintain professional and technical knowledge by attending workshops and reviewing professional publications.
- Assist internal and external customers by interpreting laws, policy, codes, and regulations pertaining to purchasing; answer inquiries both orally and in writing concerning purchasing operations.
- Support purchasing of MRO products and other functions as needed.

**Vendor/Supplier Management**:

- Monitor supplier performance by ensuring that product is delivered as scheduled and meets specifications; maintaining appropriate files and records of meetings with suppliers to ensure company requirements are met.
- Provide reporting, KPI updates and metric data related to supply chain indices as assigned.
- Liaison between quality and supplier to get corrective action on any quality or service related issues.

**Systems**:

- Maintain accuracy of stock code information within SAP, including lead-time, pricing, current supplier information, current purchase order data, etc.
- Continually searches for strategic process and system improvement for procurement process and vendor/supplier management.
- Ensure SAP parameters are maintained by monitoring minimum, maximum, safety stock, and current inventory levels; making recommendations to management for adjustments to levels.

**Collaboration**:

- Works with warehousing and logistics to ensure clear communication of inventory spikes and warehouse requirements for stocking.
- Works with Product Management to understand forecast changes and new product pipeline.
- Ability to interact and work effectively across multiple departments and various management levels.
- Communicate with shipping and receiving on expected deliveries and volumes in advance of arrival at Arlon in order to accommodate and prepare for any storage requirements in warehousing.
- Contribute to team effort by accomplishing other job related tasks as needed; enabling other workers to achieve their job objectives.

**Requirements**:

- Must embody the Arlon core values of Teamwork, Excellence, Accountability, Integrity and Inspiration on a daily basis.
- Must be highly motivated, energized and dynamic in their approach to work.
- Strong statistical, analytical, problem solving and mathematical skills required.
- Strong verbal and written communication skills in English, required.
- Be collaborative, show flexibility in working with other departments and across all levels of employees.

**Job Requirements/” Must haves”**:

- BA or BS in Materials Management, Procurement, Business Administration, Operations Planning or a related field required.
- 3-4 years’ experience in procurement including purchasing, inventory control, contract negotiation, supply management, and supplier relationships.
- SAP knowledge is preferred, but not required.
- Knowledge of MRP processes required.

**Additional Considerations/” Nice to have”**:

- Supply Chain Designations, CPM, CSCP or APICS certification
- Fluent in Mandarin

**Pay Transparency**

The current pay range for this position is between $75,000-$85,000. Rate of pay will depend on factors such as market conditions and location, job-related knowledge and skills, education, training and experience. If hired, employment will be at will