Senior Procurement Specialist

2 days ago


Detroit Lakes, Minnesota, United States BTD Manufacturing Full time
Job Title: Senior Buyer

BTD Manufacturing is seeking a highly skilled Senior Buyer to join our team. As a Senior Buyer, you will be responsible for managing assigned categories of raw materials, fabricated parts, and other goods and services.

Key Responsibilities:
  • Qualify new supplier sources to obtain improved pricing, delivery, quality, and service for BTD raw materials and services.
  • Stay up-to-date with relevant market trends and conditions to ensure awareness of potential changes in the market that may affect price, availability, or quality of products purchased.
  • Purchase assigned items from qualified sources, interpreting and negotiating favorable terms and conditions.
  • Maintain purchase order, quotation, and quality records in accordance with departmental policies.
  • Aggressively obtain and prepare quotations, evaluate them, and select suppliers providing the best position for the company.
  • Review and interpret requests for purchases, including requirements generated via ERP/MRP manufacturing systems.
  • Resolve all exceptions taken to issued/negotiated purchase orders.
  • Coordinate supplier visits on and offsite, maintaining open and honest business relationships with suppliers and subcontractors.
  • Participate in the development and implementation of systems measuring, tracking, and analyzing supplier and material effectiveness.
  • Develop supplier performance reports and conduct supplier performance reviews semi-annually.
  • Conduct on-site supplier surveys and quality audits to ensure supplier compliance with ISO requirements and meets BTD Manufacturing expectations.
  • Issue supplier corrective action reports/nonconformance debit memos to suppliers and follow up on corrective action and verification as required by departmental process.
  • Coach specific buyers in areas such as supplier qualification and development, continuous quality improvement, cost savings initiatives, and advanced purchasing practices.
Requirements:
  • At least three years of recent related purchasing experience in a manufacturing environment.
  • Strong working knowledge of manufacturing industry purchasing MRP/ERP systems, supply chain management, contract administration, negotiation, and inventory control.
  • Experience working with steel, either with a mill, service center, or manufacturing.
  • Working knowledge of general accounting principles, production control, quality control, and traffic management.
  • High-level knowledge of product costing, internal accounting controls, and financial analysis of revenues and expenditures.
  • Knowledge of engineering and manufacturing as they relate to the purchasing function, including basic blueprint reading.
  • Ability to organize, direct, and coordinate manufacturing purchasing programs.
  • Ability to establish and maintain strong working relationships with suppliers, internal customers, and coworkers and to present ideas effectively, orally and in writing.
  • Ability to coach specified personnel, developing their ability to eventually purchase at the senior buyer level.
  • Considerable knowledge of modern office practices and procedures.
  • Ability to operate general office equipment, including related purchasing applications on a microcomputer.
Work Environment:

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.



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