What are the responsibilities and job description for the Commodities Buyer - Temporary position at ODU-USA, INC?
This temporary role as Commodities Buyer is responsible for the procurement of materials, services, and supplies. Contacts supplier, secures bids, and reviews quotes with department head before placing orders. Expedites wide variety of orders by suppliers to meet production needs. Purchases complex/large impact materials, equipment, supplies, and services, at the most economical cost, and for delivery at the time and location specified in the purchase requisition. Locates and evaluates suppliers, forecasts and reports procurement trends, negotiates, and administrates contracts. Manages daily purchase order process for assigned group.
This is a temporary assignment. The approximate length of this job assignment will be 2-4 months.
Expected hours: No less than 40 per week, onsite Monday through Friday.
Responsibilities
- Quote, buy, and maintenance specified commodities from suppliers.
- Responsible for ensuring delivery in line with operational performance requirements from suppliers across a scope of 10m spend
- Responsible for supplier scheduling in line with master production schedule (MPS) and the accuracy of supplier and procured parts data within SAP to ensure that demand signals minimize shortages and eliminate unwanted inventory
- Responsible for the daily maintenance of supplier promise dates to ensure that the most up-to-date and accurate information is held within the supplier schedules.
- Management of suppliers to ensure that they can deliver against committed orders, identification of supply risk, constraints and bottleneck, cost reduction, cost savings and cost avoidance and implement to meet company objectives, escalating as required
- Maintain external capacity reviews in line with MPS.
- Daily communication with internal customers and receiving areas
- Support SQE on supplier non-conformance and processing of supplier returns and claims
- Accurate entry in SAP is critical. Responds to requisitions and department leaders as needed for delivery or changes.
- Performs any other related duties as required or assigned.