Buyer III

Alamo Group Inc.•Sioux Falls, SD

11d•Onsite

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. The Buyer researches the marketplace and maintains awareness of suppliers and products that can improve quality, reduce cost, or both. The position ensures an uninterrupted flow of assigned commodities to meet forecasted demand within budgeted inventory levels, and purchases parts, materials, and services while managing suppliers, inventory, and purchasing expenses.

Requirements

Good verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to communicate with people at various organizational levels.
Ability to coordinate multiple activities.
Ability to read and interpret safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, procedure manuals, and similar documents.
Ability to write routine reports and correspondence and speak effectively before groups of customers or employees.
Ability to calculate figures and amounts, including discounts, inventory turn ratios, and annual-to-daily consumption needs.
Ability to apply common-sense understanding to written, oral, or diagram-based instructions and resolve 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.
Ability to read engineering drawings.
Minimum of 5 years of experience purchasing hydraulic component parts.
Minimum of 5 years of experience following the steel index and entering into 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 conducting the bid process from specification writing through signatures on a formal agreement.
Minimum of 5 years of experience as a Senior Buyer.
Ability to work overtime, weekends, and/or holidays as required to complete assignments.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor's degree.
CCP, CPPM, CPIM, or CPM certification.
Minimum of 5 years of experience in inventory control.

Responsibilities

Negotiate terms, price, 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.
Update purchase order due dates.
Create and enter purchase orders based on demand and MRP.
Expedite deliveries as needed.
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 participate in setting Material Standard Cost.
Assist in maintaining a fill rate of 93% or more.
Maintain an accurate forecast for assigned parts.
Maintain 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 under Alamo Group Purchasing Department policies and procedures.
Perform other duties as assigned.