Sr Buyer

Job description

Position Summary : The Sr. Buyer performs timely procurement, planning, inventory control, sales order demand analysis, and reporting functions to ensure adequate quantities of production and warehouse goods and services such as equipment, parts and components, raw materials, tools, supplies, and services essential to the manufacturing and distribution operations at the required quantity, quality, delivery, and customer fill rates at the most economical costs. Includes the placement and expediting of purchase orders, and the monitoring of appropriate inventory stocking levels to meet desired availability and service goals. Support all departments as needed to meet business objectives and provide recommendations for continuous improvement initiatives. The Senior Buyer will assist the departmental supervisor with process improvements, creating Standard Operating Procedures (SOP’s), training new Buyers, setting annual team goals and initiatives, and execution of the ABC Analysis and Annual Cost Roll. Description of Essential Job Functions: Serve in a leadership role for all departmental or site purchasing activities. Assist with training of new subordinates. Act as main point of conta...