Buyer

Job description

As a Buyer, your goal will be to maintain relationships with suppliers and identify local suppliers for indirect materials. You will establish economic order quantities (EOQ) and shipment cadence for every component. You will understand and monitor purchasing triggers, discrete purchase orders and automated vendor schedules. You will also monitor the flow of components from suppliers to the plant to ensure optimized packaging and compliance with EOQ directives. You will do this by: Acting as a liaison between multiple departments to ensure the delivery of appropriate component parts to manufacturing facilities through ordering and expediting as needed Monitoring purchase requisitions and invoices including: expediting shipments by preparing/following up on orders and obtaining certifications of delivery Maintaining necessary records of purchase, price, stock and consumption, supplier/vendor, specifications and catalog filesManages relationships with suppliers and internal functions and proactively communicates demand schedules to suppliers Maintaining supplier requisite programs to manage unanticipated demand spikes as needed; creates and manages lead-time reduction programs with s...