What are the responsibilities and job description for the Buyer position at Stream-Flo?
Stream-Flo is one of the largest privately held companies providing wellheads, gate valves, check valves, and surface safety systems for the worldwide oil and gas industry. Stream-Flo offers employees a competitive salary, profit sharing, and a comprehensive benefits program, as well as the opportunity to work in an entrepreneurial environment characterized by continued career growth and strong business results.
Key position functions include:
- Serves as primary point of contact for coordinating purchasing of goods
- Coordinates with end user to verify requirements
- Confers with vendors to obtain product information such as price, availability, and delivery schedule
- Edits purchase requests and prepares purchase orders.
- Determines lowest total cost solution and develops, maintains manages purchase orders for goods in support of the division and location
- Performs expediting as required to assure purchase order delivery schedule is met and suppliers are meeting contractual criteria
- Manages supplier performance for purchased products ensuring all aspects of the purchase to payment process are maintained in a timely and cost-effective manner
- Measures and monitors compliance to National Purchase Agreements and documents results.
- Provides support to the supplier audit processes for selected suppliers and contractors
- Helps in sourcing vendors and negotiating prices. Prepares purchase recommendation for approval
Preferred candidates will possess a combination of the following:
- College degree required with two years or more years of industry experience preferred
- Prior purchasing experience (operations support role)
- Clearly understand how equipment flows from branch to rig site and time requirements
- Product and industry standards knowledge (valve/wellhead, API, ISO)
- Ability to work independently, demonstrate initiative and be responsive to needs of end users
- Strong Verbal and written communications including negotiation and analytical skills.
- Advanced analytical, organizational, decision making, and presentation skills.
We thank all applicants for their interest. However, only those candidates identified for further consideration will be contacted.
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