Buyer -Contract Manufacturing

Aston Carter•Morgan Hill, CA

1d•$35 - $40•Onsite

About The Position

As a Buyer, you will join our talented Purchasing Department working alongside our Asset Managers (Material Planners) and Program Management Team. In this key role, you will produce a high quantity of accurate purchasing transactions. Business processes through a variety of systems, programs, and operations will keep you in sync with material demands and on target to achieve individual and team KPIs. Commodities you could procure may include, but are not limited to, Printed Circuit Boards, Cable Assemblies and Harness, various types of electronic components, custom and catalog assemblies, and Sheet Metal/Machined Parts.

Requirements

Cross-functional team player
Task prioritization to ensure critical tasks are completed first while allowing all other activities to be completed in a timely manner.
Proactive; assess what needs to be done and take the initiative to make it so.
Negotiation experience and comfort to negotiate with supply base with ease.
Clear in verbal communications ensuring written communications are professional, thorough, accurate, and a timely recap.
Purchase order experience
Buyer purchasing experience
Inventory experience
Buying experience

Responsibilities

Produce a high quantity of accurate purchasing transactions.
Proactively and assertively negotiate with suppliers for anything from commodities to shipping terms to avoid excess cost and purchase price variance.
Keep abreast of all changes related to commodity/desk.
Manage Past Due deliveries, Pull-ins, Push-outs, and Cancellations on a daily basis.
Identify risk parts and escalate to management.
Execute MRP actions consistent with purchasing policies.
Quickly resolve nonconforming material with suppliers, customers, and internal Quality and Engineering teams.
Work with Accounting to resolve discrepancies.
Reconcile open order reports.
Ensure system updates, such as material lead times, are accurate.
Prepare RFQs as required.
Support programs as assigned from Planning, Strategic Supply Chain, and Supplier Quality.
Send automated requirements out weekly to all relevant Target Suppliers.
Follow through with purchasing-related workflows and metrics.
Review excess material and dispositions on a monthly basis.
Action non-conforming material (MRB) on a weekly basis.