Buyer, Business

Principle Duties and Areas of Responsibility:

• Establish sources of supply, negotiates price, and delivery date
• Identify business opportunities and risks through analyzing sales performance, provide analysis to summarize and analyze weekly sales data
• Run status reports and analysis for adequate levels of material to meet projected production needs.
• Review all purchase requisitions and order accordingly, ensuring the purchase of the highest quality materials, parts, components, or services at the most cost effective pricing, while meeting delivery requirements.
• Insert data in the ERP system, suppliers data and other data required by the company
• Process purchase orders needed for materials to meet production requirements.
• Communicate with suppliers.
• Check materials and part shortages and expedite as needed.
• Coordinate with suppliers for materials ensuring the ability to meet production requirements and quality standards. Assist with sourcing of new suppliers as required.
• Negotiate best pricing and delivery from vendors while working with vendors on cost saving measures.
• Work with Plant Manager and leadership to ensure the continuous, on-going improvement of processes, methods, productivity and quality, while reducing costs.
• Work with logistics to ensure the right organization and flow of material in the supply chain
• Management of relationships with freight forwarders and conducting the related tariff negotiations
• Organization of express, groupages and full load shipments, by land, sea and air
• Budget prevision and logistics cost analysis
• Other duties as required