Buyer III

Alamo Group•Sioux Falls, SD

12d

About The Position

Tiger Mowers is seeking a proactive, detail-oriented Buyer to join its procurement team. The role procures commodities and services while considering price, quantity, delivery, quality, logistics, and carrying costs. It researches the marketplace and monitors suppliers and products to support the company’s position through improved quality, lower costs, or both. The Buyer ensures an uninterrupted flow of assigned commodities to forecasted demand within budgeted inventory levels, and purchases parts, materials, and services while managing suppliers, inventory, and purchasing expenses. The Buyer negotiates with vendors, manages inventory and purchase orders, evaluates supplier performance, resolves product quality problems, and sources new vendors. The position also supports customer service, territory managers, and the warehouse; may handle overseas purchasing; and mentors or trains Buyer I and II employees. The role requires substantial experience with hydraulic component purchasing, steel-index-based pricing agreements, supplier-base consolidation, and supplier sourcing and bidding.

Requirements

Good verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to communicate with various organizational levels.
Ability to coordinate multiple activities.
Ability to read and interpret safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, procedure manuals, and engineering drawings.
Ability to write routine reports and correspondence and speak effectively before groups of customers or employees.
Ability to calculate figures and amounts such as discounts, inventory turn ratios, and annual-to-daily consumption needs.
Ability to apply common-sense understanding to written, oral, or diagrammed instructions and solve problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.
Knowledge of Internet software, inventory software, ERP order processing systems, word processing software, and spreadsheet processing software.
Minimum of 5 years of experience purchasing hydraulic component parts.
Minimum of 5 years of experience following the steel index and entering pricing agreements according to trends.
Minimum of 5 years of experience reducing duplicity in a supplier base.
Minimum of 5 years of experience locating best-in-class suppliers and performing the bid process from specification writing through formal agreement signatures.
Bachelor’s degree.
Minimum of 5 years of experience as a Senior Buyer.
Ability to work overtime, weekends, and/or holidays as required.

Nice To Haves

CCP, CPPM, CPIM, or CPM certification preferred.
Minimum of 5 years of experience in inventory control preferred.

Responsibilities

Negotiate terms, prices, payment, and freight for components and materials in accordance with Alamo Group Purchasing Department policies and procedures.
Maintain inventory levels, ratios, and turns in line with Alamo Group objectives and goals.
Evaluate supplier price, quality, and delivery performance, and resolve product quality problems.
Review back-order lists and update purchase order due dates.
Create and enter purchase orders based on demand and MRP, expedite deliveries as needed, and address purchase order shortages.
Source new vendors based on quality, on-time delivery, price, payment, and freight.
May be responsible for overseas purchasing.
Provide technical assistance to customer service, territory managers, and the warehouse.
Set up outside packaging and labeling.
Assist in reducing obsolete parts.
Understand Purchase Price Variance and actively participate in setting Material Standard Cost.
Help maintain a fill rate of 93% or more.
Maintain an accurate forecast for assigned parts and an accurate supplier pricing catalog.
Complete and implement Engineering Change Requests, Notices, and Non-conformance reports.
Mentor and/or train Buyer I and II employees on daily requirements in accordance with Alamo Group Purchasing Department policies and procedures.
Perform other duties as assigned.