What you’ll do:

The Sr. Buyer will be responsible for releasing and delivering purchase orders for raw material and production support activities on time. You'll be responsible for resolving any procurement, quality, invoice, and inventory-related issues, including appropriate SAP transactions. Part consumption behavior and other parts characteristic analysis will be crucial components for this position. Interface with customer service, internal and external suppliers, Product Engineering, and Production is critical to ensure a high level of support to satisfy the customer.

In this function you will:

• Interact with suppliers to communicate delivery expectations, forecasts, design changes, lead time management, and material expedites or delays to ensure suppliers meet Supplier On-Time Delivery (SOTD) goals.
• Drive cost reduction and cost avoidance opportunities
• Involved with strategic sourcing to align negotiations, new supplier selection, and Supply Chain Strategy
• Review purchase requisitions, place purchase orders, issue change notices, and review exception messages to ensure delivery of materials or services as necessary to adhere to production schedules.
• Maintain material master records for assigned materials; ensure accurate PIR records, and source list; and promptly reconcile supplier invoices for payment.
• Review part consumption characteristics to ensure appropriate planning parameters are maintained
• Review and maintain internal/external Kanban replenishment, vendor-managed programs, scheduling agreements, and blanket orders.
• Provide root cause corrective action when needed
• Participate and lead continuous improvement opportunities
• Proactively avoid material shortages.
• Review and maintain purchase order date accuracy and maintain MRP health
• Issue consignment statements and inventory to suppliers
• Work cross-functionally to resolve complaints and clear blocks.
• Quote parts with suppliers.

Required (Basic) Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution required
• Minimum two (2) years of experience performing purchasing functions
• Must be able to work in the United States without corporate sponsorship now and in the future.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Purchasing experience in a manufacturing environment
• Proficient experience with purchasing and planning using SAP
• APICS certification (CPIM)
• Demonstrated capability of Lean Manufacturing and continuous improvement methodologies-Green Belt certification a plus
• Demonstrated negotiation experience
• Proven experience with quality assurance and reporting accuracy
• Proven knowledge and applications skills with process improvements
• Ability to work with engineering teams and all operations-related departments
• Understands key MRP health metrics.