Buyer Direct

Flex•Columbia, SC

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 Columbia SC. Reporting to the Purchasing Manager, the Buyer Direct will be responsible for coordinating activities involved with procuring direct materials, components and equipment. Here is a glimpse of what you’ll do:

Requirements

Bachelor's Degree in Commodities, Business, or Accounting (ideal/optional) – or - equivalent work experience (see below):
5 years of procurement experience from manufacturing companies, ideally in the automotive industry (or similar).
Must have experience purchasing any of the following: repair parts or MRO , fabricated steel , copper , metal manufacturing , electrical or electronic components .
Must have experience/strong proficiency with Microsoft Word, Excel (formulas, v-lookups experience).
Must have experience with any ERP system (ideally with any of these: Baan, SAP, or Oracle).
Must have excellent communication (verbal and written), interpersonal / presentation skills (e.g., effectively present information and acknowledge questions from groups), and organizational skills.
Problem solving experience with multiple variables.
Ensures compliance with standards JT01 AA01 MS14 CC11

Nice To Haves

Experience with pivot tables and/or macros, ideal/optional).
PowerPoint experience ideal/optional.

Responsibilities

Maintaining relations with the suppliers.
Placing orders for necessary raw materials and purchased parts according to the requirements of the production.
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 financial performance and initiate corrective actions when required
Dealing with claims, settling debit and credit 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 invoices for payment.
Other duties as assigned