Buyer I

Overview of the Position:

The Buyer is responsible for strategic sourcing, supplier selection, supplier performance, and inventory management for assigned product lines and suppliers.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Monitor inventory levels (availability of product) to ensure required stock position
• Research and source suppliers
• Evaluate products and services
• Review quotations and negotiate contracts
• Prepare and issue purchase orders, based on customer demand
• Manage Supplier Open Order Books
• Track/Expedite Purchase Orders
• Evaluate Supplier Performance
• Collaborate with Product Management to facilitate supplier selection through competitive bidding, leveraging business acumen and relationships, sourcing analysis, and negotiation skills.
• Ensure buys are aligning with the product line management and company inventory goals to produce appropriate margins
• Identify, interpret and adjust supply chain settings within the MRP system

Other Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Effective verbal and written communication skills with suppliers and management
• Build and maintain relationships with suppliers and internal teams
• Highly organized
• Ability to multi-task
• Attention to detail, ensuring accuracy in purchase orders and compliance with company policies
• Microsoft Office experience, ie; Outlook, Excel, Word
• Data entry experience
• Ability to make decisions under pressure
Analytical Skills
• - understand and calculate price breaks
• Strong negotiation skills to secure the best price and terms from suppliers
• Proficiency with procurement software and tools, like ERP/MRP systems (preferable)

Education / Experience Requirements: High School Diploma, 0-2 years in a supply chain role or similar experience

Other Qualifications:

The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Language Skills: Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations. Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals. Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers, and the general public.

Mathematical Skills: Ability to calculate figures and amounts such as discounts, interest, holding cost, margins, percentages, economic order quantities, etc. Ability to apply concepts of basic algebra and geometry.

Reasoning Ability: Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists. Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.

Physical Demands and Work Environment:

The physical demands described here are representatives of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

• Is occasionally required to stand; walk; reach with hands and arms; stoop, kneel, crouch, and crawl; and lift up to 10 pounds.
• Is frequently required to talk or listen.
• Works in moderate noise levels.
• Minimal travel required.