Buyer - GLOBAL Recruitment Solutions LLC
Pacific, MO
About the Job
JOB DESCRIPTION:
- The Buyer is responsible for the daily management of POs and delivery updates focusing on maintaining target stock levels in support of on time shipments to customers.
- The position works closely with supply planning, procurement, and distribution to align production plans with company goals connected to inventory management and maintaining low levels of obsolescence.
- The successful candidate for this position has experience in the manufacturing industry and a strong understanding of supply chain management concepts.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Purchasing Cycle
- Release POs based on anticipated demand to provide an uninterrupted flow of materials and services
- Coordinate with suppliers, including sending, confirming, and communicating all PO related changes to the supplier in a timely manner.
- Maintain the accuracy of the open POs and PO records.
- Expedite orders that are needed in less than the normal lead time to improve the shortfall between the current plan and the requirements to meet or exceed customer expectations.
- Proactive communication with suppliers when delivery dates are coming due as well as anytime that delivery and/or components issues arise.
- Monitor on-time delivery, report any foreseen issues, and contribute to improvements in delivery metrics.
- Conduct daily reviews of shortage and expedites reports to maintain inventory levels.
- Follow up with suppliers to eliminate delivery exceptions.
- Perform immediate follow-up with vendors if purchase order has not been delivered or has not been scheduled for delivery.
- Once PO has been received, review to close PO out of the system.
- Verify pricing and make changes as needed on the PO and in our system.
- Assist the Materials Manager with maintaining proper inventory levels of materials used on a regular basis.
- Keep inventory investment to a minimum.
- Know how to perform order rescheduling in MRP and understand the various MRP output reports.
- Rush or defer orders to align with changing customer requirements.
- Maintain lead time and minimum order quantities on purchase parts in ERP system.
- Monitor and advise on any issues which present risk or opportunity to the organization.
- Anticipate needs and respond to concerns and conflicts.
- Manage the life cycle of vendors.
- Identify and pre-qualify potential vendors/alternate sources to meet quality and engineering requirements.
- Build and maintain relationships with key suppliers.
- Develop and maintain strategic relationships with reliable suppliers based on total cost of procurement, negotiating favorable pricing, solicit and evaluate quotes.
- Participate in the supplier performance process.
- Act as a point of contact between the company and suppliers.
- Make sure address/contact/phone is kept up to date.
- Miscellaneous Ordering
- Submit POs for Engineering and Quality for needed items.
- Order office supplies and check that we keep stock on needed items.
- Order cleaning products for factory.
- Scheduling: Be a backup for the Materials Manager in scheduling production and customer orders as they come in.
- Freight/Customs: Participate in freight calculations and make sure items are coded correctly for customs.
QUALIFICATIONS:
- Understand standard enterprise resource planning (ERP) and supply chain management (SCM) system technologies.
- Have knowledge of the foundations of the ERP system
- Understand the basic principles and operations of the ERP system.
- Incorporate methods and techniques involved in lean and Just-in-Time (JIT) management.
- Effectively calculate the inventory required to restock products or parts with inventory models including.
- Visual Review
- Two-bin inventory system
- Periodic review
- Order Point
- Effectively calculate the inventory required to restock products or parts with inventory models including.
- Identify and reduce or eliminate waste in all areas of a supply chain.
- High degree of comfort learning and working with computer systems
- Impeccable attention to detail
- Analytical and methodical approach to problem solving.
- Ability to work well in a team.
- Excellent negotiation skills
- Communicate clearly to avoid misunderstanding.
- Demonstrate a willingness to accept responsibility and accountability for ones actions.
- Demonstrate trustworthiness and professionalism with clients, peers, and team members.
- Strong work ethic with excellent organization, time management, and problem-solving skills
- Anticipate changes in work demands and participate in assignments or training that address these changing demands; treat unexpected circumstances as opportunities to learn.
Source : GLOBAL Recruitment Solutions LLC