Buyer

Wabtec•Plattsburgh, NY

23d•$55,900 - $74,100•Onsite

About The Position

As a member of the team at Vapor Stone Rail Systems, you will be responsible for the coordination of activities involved with procuring goods and services, such as raw materials, equipment, tools, parts and supplies. You will need to be able to work in a cross-functional team setting and resolve material shortages in a timely manner to meet production schedules. Your responsibilities will include reviewing requisitions and preparing purchase orders, maintaining ongoing communication with related departmental personnel to ensure timely and accurate procurement of materials/services, and maintaining computerized procurement records in Oracle, such as items or services purchased, cost, lead time, accounting term, delivery arrangements, and comments. You will also follow up with related departments to ensure acceptable material is received and vendors are paid within terms of the purchase order, handle invoice referrals, and expedite the delivery of goods to users. Strong professional inter-personal skills for effective communication with vendors, clients, and related departmental personnel are essential, as are excellent written and oral communication skills, excellent organizational skills, and the ability to work well under stress with accuracy and attention to detail. An understanding of supply chain management concepts is also important.

Requirements

Knowledge of purchasing processes.
Proficient understanding of Oracle system or any other ERP systems.
Proficient with the MS Office products and Excel (V-Lock Up and Pivot Table).
Strong computer skills.
Organizational Skills
Computer Skills required
Technical Capacity
Time Management
Counting and basic math skills
Communication Skills
Ability to work in cross functional team setting.
Team player and strong professional inter-personnel skills for effective communication with vendors, clients and related departmental personnel.
Excellent written and oral communication skills.
Excellent organizational skills and ability to work well under stress. Accuracy and attention to detail.
Understanding of supply chain management concepts (identifying and eliminating redundant costs and non-value-added procedures. etc…)
Must be able to read, write, speech English.
Standing, bending, twisting or sitting for 8 hours per day.
Ability to lift 50lbs.
Wearing PPE including but not limited to hearing protection, hard hat, bump cap cut resistant gloves at various times based on current project.
Safety glasses & steel/composite toe shoes are required for entirety of shift.
Must successfully pass initial and random drug screenings.
May require step stools or ladders.

Nice To Haves

Read, write and speech French is a plus.

Responsibilities

Coordinate activities involved with procuring goods and services, such as raw materials, equipment, tools, parts and supplies.
Resolve material shortages in a timely manner to meet production schedules.
Review requisitions and prepare purchase orders.
Maintain ongoing communication with related departmental personnel to ensure timely and accurate procurement of materials/services.
Maintain computerized procurement records in Oracle, such as items or services purchased, cost, lead time, accounting term, delivery arrangements, comments, etc.
Follow up with related departments to ensure acceptable material is received and vendors are paid within terms of purchase order.
Handle invoice referrals.
Expedite delivery of goods to users.
Perform other duties as requested, directed or assigned.