Buyer

Ring Power•St. Augustine, FL

13d•Onsite

About The Position

Ring Power Corporation is seeking a Buyer to join their team. The primary role of this position is to manage procurement processes, ensuring competitive pricing and efficient sourcing of goods and services. This includes verifying purchase requests, managing fuel programs, comparing supplier offerings, and processing invoices. The Buyer will also be responsible for maintaining an inventory of indirect items and researching market information for various purchases. This role requires strong analytical, communication, and organizational skills, with a focus on customer satisfaction and achieving desired results.

Requirements

High School diploma or GED
3-4 years of experience
Able to easily and effectively comprehend written material and communicate orally and in writing with employees and customers.
Knowledge of purchasing procedures and practices.
Computer skills, Excel, Word, Lotus Notes, Microsoft Office 365, Imaging programs/software required.
Ability to analyze varying products and service features, prices and qualities, and determine most cost-effective purchase for the organization.
Job requirements occasionally change requiring re-training to stay current every 3-5 years.

Nice To Haves

Demonstrates the required depth and mastery of knowledge and skill associated with the job as identified in the Learning Management System (LMS) and other applicable sources.
Demonstrates the effective application of the job specific knowledge, skills and ability required to resolve job related challenges in the workplace.
Refer to job specific training requirements for the job identified in the LMS.
Uses active listening skills, conveying information with the appropriate medium that is clear and easily understood.
Uses feedback to verify effective and accurate communication has occurred.
Ensures that others having a need to know are kept informed about developments, progress, problems and plans through consistent, effective communication.
Avoids surprises.
Checks all appropriate sources in identifying the information needed for analysis and decision making.
Uses skillful methods in obtaining high quality relevant information.
Checks work to ensure accuracy and completeness.
Compares observations or finished work to what is expected to find inconsistencies.
Clearly documents sources, and organizes the information according to the research needs.
Seeks to understand others' interests.
Knows when to be gentle and when to be assertive, and acts accordingly.
Questions and counters others' proposals without damaging relationships.
Explains positions to gain acceptance.
Works from facts and a strong knowledge base.
Seeks common interests and win/win solutions or mutually agreeable trade-offs.
Creates realistic schedules and follows them.
Evaluates progress against schedule and goal.
Identifies the sequence of tasks and the resources needed to achieve a goal, and prioritizes key action steps.
Anticipates the impacts / risks of actions.
Seeks and uses others' input about critical actions, timelines, sequencing, scope, methodology, expected outcomes, and priorities.
Adjusts plans based on input.
Anticipates, notices, and understands concerns of others, involving them in a process or decision to ensure their support.
Develops and maintains positive relationships.
Considerate and discreet in handling challenging, awkward or tense interpersonal situations, focusing on issues and interests instead of people or positions.
Knows when to escalate critical issues when unsuccessful in gaining support.
Understands how their roles, products, and services relate to and impact those of other work units.
Properly identifies the real decision makers and the individuals who can influence them.
Builds relationships with key players to gain support and get things done within ethical parameters.
Uses knowledge of the organization and political climate to solve problems and accomplish goals.
Demonstrates concern for satisfying external and/or internal customers.
Responsive, quickly and effectively addresses customer concerns or problems.
Assures customers he/she is willing to work with them to meet their needs.
Presents a cheerful, positive manner with customers.
Has a strong sense of urgency and commitment to achieve desired results in the face of obstacles and frustrations.
Remains focused, does not get bogged down in unnecessary detail.
Identifies and utilizes the most efficient methods to successfully achieve tasks on time despite unforeseen events.
Driven, maintains a sense of urgency and adjusts schedules as needed to achieve without sacrificing quality of work.

Responsibilities

Verifies nomenclature and specifications of purchase requests.
Sources suppliers / vendors to ensure competitive procurement, improvement efforts and less expensive solutions.
Manages on-site and off-site fuel program and procure fuel replenishments.
Reviews and assigns purchase orders from various departments and sends copy to supplier.
Confers with suppliers concerning late deliveries.
Verifies bills from suppliers with bids and purchase orders, properly code for general ledger and approves invoices for payment.
Provides Accounts Payable vendor additions, changes or deletions.
Utilizes and understands Procurement system and monitors compliance across all locations.
Develops and maintains an inventory of indirect items.
Researches product market information relating to furniture, office equipment, materials, supplies and services.
Makes information available to purchasing manager.
Performs other duties as assigned.