Senior Buyer

General Summary: The Senior Buyer oversees commodity procurement, key supplier relationships, cost effectiveness, along with on time materials and services. Strong negotiation and supplier management.

Principal Accountabilities:

• Sends Request for Quotation (RFQ) to potential suppliers for required material; analyzes quotes and negotiates for best price and/or delivery
• Understanding of market trends, Strong decision-making skills
• Works in Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system to collect, analyze, and summarize data trends to help plan inventory levels
• Runs Material Requirements Planning (MRP) daily to ensure proper inventory levels are maintained
• Prepares Purchase Orders (POs) by verifying specifications and price; monitors and expedites POs based on inventory levels and/or production needs; obtains recommendations from suppliers for substitute material and receives approval from requisitioning department
• Meets with suppliers to evaluate performance, resolve supply chain issues and grow vendor relationships
• Identify new supplier opportunities
• Requests, saves, and files critical documentation.
• Partner with Accounts Payable to resolve payment issues.
• Partner with Global/Corporate Supply team as needed
• Attention to detail, ensuring high stands of quality and compliance with policies and legal regulations
• Perform special projects as assigned; e.g. sourcing new material for research and development
• Communicates cross-functionally with various departments including, but not limited to, Accounts Payable, Engineering, Estimating, Manufacturing, Part Sales, and Shipping/Receiving
• Expedite materials, develop and utilize alternative suppliers
• Report, final project review of costs materials and identify strengths and weaknesses
• Other duties as assigned