Buyer II

First Quality • McElhattan, PA

55d • Onsite

About The Position

First Quality is a family-owned company founded over 35 years ago, with a significant presence in the personal care and household products industry. The company operates multiple manufacturing campuses across the U.S. and Canada and is committed to innovation, growth, and maintaining its family values. This Buyer II position is located at Nutek Disposables in McElhattan, PA. The role involves performing moderately complex procurement duties to acquire supplies and services, contributing to meetings and projects, and ensuring adherence to safety and organizational policies. The Buyer II will partner with suppliers, resolve discrepancies, process purchase orders, and support strategic initiatives within the supply chain.

Requirements

• BA/BS in Supply Chain or related work experience.
• Strong MS office Suite skills to include Excel, Word, Power Point.
• Knowledge of SAP Ariba, Celonis, and QlikView.
• Minimum of 4 years’ experience in a manufacturing environment.
• Knowledge of MRO parts and services.
• Must be an effective communicator, both written and orally.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.
• Can support on-site personnel in all aspects of the procurement function.

Responsibilities

• Adhere to all safe Work Practices (SWP) and organizational policies and procedures.
• Abide by all safety requirements and attain safety goals.
• Partner with reliable suppliers, solving questions, and confirming expected deliverables, while resolving any delivery, payment, price discrepancies and quality related concerns.
• Verification and accuracy of requisitions being processed, per established polices, and assist with preparation of requisitions and E-req summaries as requested.
• Place purchase orders upon approvals.
• Make substitutions as possible, while maintaining necessary quality, collaborating with requesters of any deviations to confirm acceptance.
• Contribute to the creation of formal RFI, RFQ, for various parts and services, while doing some analytical work for comparison purposes.
• Support the implementation of value creation opportunities and strategic supplier initiatives.
• Utilize in place processes to contribute to an efficient Supply Chain, working with spare parts teams or reorder and inventory quantities, based on lead-times and criticality of part, for production.
• Works diligently on spot buy savings opportunities and contributes to cross plant initiatives.
• Travel to other FQ locations as required.

Benefits

• Competitive base salary and bonus opportunities
• Paid time off (three-week minimum)
• Medical, dental and vision starting day one
• 401(k) with employer match
• Paid parental leave
• Child and family care assistance (dependent care FSA with employer match up to $2500)
• Bundle of joy benefit (year's worth of free diapers to all team members with a new baby)
• Tuition assistance
• Wellness program with savings of up to $4,000 per year on insurance premiums

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level