Buyer II

FleetPride•Irving, TX

About The Position

FleetPride is the largest after-market distributor of heavy-duty truck and trailer parts in the U.S. with some of the best and brightest people in the business! Partner with the best in the heavy-duty industry and apply today! Primary responsibility is to generate and maintain an order pipeline that balances service and inventory levels and work with vendors to ensure timely delivery and address backorders and delivery performance issues. Responsible for handling the analysis and the decision making to translate Blue Yonder JDA recommended orders into orders that meet program requirements (e.g. minimum order value) and are most cost effective for transportation and handling in DCs and branches.

Requirements

A bachelor’s degree or equivalent combination of education and experience
Minimum 5 years of experience in a buyer position or related role.
Experience in production or stock buying capacity, replenishment buying experience preferred.
Previous AS400 inventory database experience preferred.
Must have strong E&O and Product Life Cycle Management experience.
Strategic level decision making experience as it applies to product management is essential.
Must have knowledge of import purchasing processes.
Intermediate to advanced knowledge of MS Excel, MS Word, MS PowerPoint, AS400, Windows components.
Active Listening : Giving full attention to what other people are communicating; taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
Communicating: Conveying information to others in an effective manner.
Judgment & Decision making: Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.
Time management: Managing one’s time productively and efficiently. Ability to organize and prioritize tasks.
Reading Comprehension: Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents.
Writing: Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience.
Social Perceptiveness: Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do.
Mathematics: Using mathematics to solve problems.
Critical Thinking: Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.
Service orientation: Actively looking for ways to help people.
Oral Expression : The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.
Oral Comprehension: The ability to understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
Written Comprehension: The ability to understand information and ideas presented in writing.
Written Expression: The ability to communicate information and ideas in writing so others will understand.

Responsibilities

Replenish inventory for assigned vendors through the use of the replenishment programs within the iSeries/AS400 and Blue Yonder JDA.
Ensure that ordered products are available and on hand by communicating with vendors and staff members at the various FleetPride and PDC locations.
Collaborate with Category Managers and Sourcing Managers to address vendor issues and track and manage the vendor performance through supplier scorecards.
Work with commercial teams (National Accounts, PDC, RAMs/AMs/Branches) and Demand Planners to support execution of orders or inventory moves for new or lost business.
Ensure orders have been shipped and received and tracking data is updated in the appropriate systems.
Work with vendors and internal teams to improve EDI usage and data quality.
Maintain assigned vendor lines and work with data and CM/SM teams to correct costs, pack sizes, or other attributes as discrepancies are noted.
Contact vendors to determine the status of an order and address discrepancies in quality and quantity of receipts including the CM/SM team as required.
Copy data and documents and compile records and reports.
Facilitate import and domestic purchasing and sourcing
Identify process improvement ideas and work with the appropriate teams to operationalize.