Buyer Direct

Flex•Coopersville, MI

7d•Onsite

About The Position

To support our extraordinary teams who build great products and contribute to our growth, we’re looking to add a Buyer Direct located in Coopersville MI. Reporting to the Purchasing Manager, the Buyer Direct will be responsible for coordinating activities involved with procuring direct materials, components and equipment.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
4+ years of Procurement Buyer experience
Experience in Automotive Industry
Experience in 24/7 Manufacturing
Automotive/ Solenoid
Effectively present information and acknowledge questions from groups.
Problem solving experience with multiple variables.
Working usage of Word, Excel spreadsheet
Manufacturing experience required
Ensures compliance with standards

Responsibilities

Maintaining relations with the suppliers.
Placing orders for necessary raw materials and purchased parts according to the requirements of the production.
Own Inventory Control Operations including Cycle count
Receiving and handling the confirmations.
Checking the purchase orders and modifying them according to the changes in the production plan with the help of the Shortage List and the Open Purchase Order List.
Tracking shipments, expediting them if needed.
Tracks materials actions when required
Dealing with claims, settling payment issues.
Filing and recording all necessary documents, maintaining data integrity and privacy.
Getting in touch with the right warehouse personnel and having the discrepancy modified if there are any inventory discrepancies.
Assuring all active components are procured according to production needs, in time, for the correct price.
Confers with vendors to obtain product information such as price, availability and delivery schedule.
Orders, reschedules and cancels material based on requisitions and MRP output.
Manages supplier to price, delivery and quality expectations and escalates when appropriate.
Approves/reviews invoices for payment.