Senior Buyer

Job description

Description The Senior Buyer is responsible for managing an assigned group of key commodities and suppliers. This includes placing and managing purchase orders, managing inventory levels, ensuring on time deliveries as well as other tasks. The Senior Buyer works closely with the operations team to maintain balance between supply and demand for production and customer orders while supporting plant goals. Requirements: Responsible for managing purchased components within key commodities and suppliers as assigned including analyzing demand to determine min/max of inventory levels, validating lead time, reviewing order report, placing and confirming purchase orders, and other transactional tasks as needed. - Ensure accuracy of all order and inventory management related ERP transactions including updated estimated delivery dates and purchase order confirmations. - Sourcing and quoting of new and/or existing parts as needed for lead time improvement, cost savings or quality improvement initiatives. - Request and manager VRAs with suppliers. - New part number creation in NetSuite ERP as needed including updated costs and sell price as required. - Ensuring on time deliveries to meet produc...