Buyer

General Summary
To meet procurement goals, interact with suppliers and professionally represent the company.

• Develop and maintain relationships with suppliers and negotiate pricing and supply agreements as directed by Management for material and services.
• Review existing supplier pricing to ensure costs are competitive within the market.
• Evaluate procurement data and monitor key purchasing metrics.
• Process Purchase orders and scheduling for daily outsourced manufacturing services and MRO product. Initiate expedites of supplier services as directed by Production Manager.
• Issue and schedule purchase orders strategically to ensure continuity of purchased product
• Conduct periodic supplier visits to assess their service through supplier surveys and audits in conjunction with the Director of Quality.
• Resolve discrepancies with supplier invoices and purchase orders.
• Provide competitive position information/feedback to the company as identified through supplier interaction.
• Track open orders for on-time delivery.
• Identify cost improvement opportunities and recommend to CPI management.
• Support Customer Service and Manufacturing with inventory management of purchased goods.
• Support sales by obtaining quotations from suppliers for inclusion in customer quote submissions.
• Assist in developing bills of material for customer quotations.
• Identify and source suppliers as needed for new customer requirements.
• Backup for Customer Service/Supplier Coordinator handling customer orders, order entries, communication and coordination with various Cast Products department managers to resolve customer issues on delivery, quality, pricing and sudden changes in customer requirements.
• Interact with Maintenance to support purchase of supplies and capital used in manufacturing.
• Support new projects through the understanding of material, services, cost and lead-time.
• Interact with Engineering for technical and process details required for quotations.
• Interact with CPI Management for cost improvement reporting.
• Interact with IT for support on capital purchases.
• Support manufacturing with inventory management of purchased goods.
• Identify key industry opportunities for cost improvements.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Engineering or similar emphasis.
• Or at least 5 years of Purchasing experience in an industrial or manufacturing environment.
• or equivalent purchasing experience
• Basic proficiency in MS Office and CRM programs
• Fundamental understanding of manufacturing, product design and reading print specifications/blueprints