Senior Buyer - Materials Purchasing Analyst III

Job description

Overview Overview: The Senior Buyer will be responsible for timely placement of purchase orders for our Taunton Operations. Delivery of materials and engineering samples in accordance with Material Requirements Planning (MRP) requirements to satisfy customer needs, production schedule, New Product Introduction (NPI) support and inventory goals/objectives. They will have a supporting role in strategic supplier development activities. Responsibilities: - Review purchase requisitions and convert them to purchase orders with dedication dates. - Ensure all purchased materials are in-house on time. - Reviewing open Purchase Orders status and Item Shortages; expediting as needed. - Monitor supplier open order reports and communicate with planning and production the updated delivery dates. - Identify and escalate critical supplier issues such as lead time changes, delivery, or quality performance concerns. - Monitoring / driving external operations (vendor operations - coating, plating, welding, etc.) - Monitoring price increases/fluctuations and communicating changes as vital. - Maintaining non-inventory & engineering purchase requisitions on an as-needed basis. - Acquiring quotes for pur...