Buyer

Modern Packaging•Deer Park, NY

12d

About The Position

The Buyer is responsible for sourcing, purchasing, and managing the inventory of materials, products, and services required to support business operations. This role evaluates suppliers, negotiates pricing and contracts, places purchase orders, and monitors delivery schedules to ensure timely and cost-effective procurement. The Buyer collaborates with internal departments to forecast purchasing needs, maintain optimal inventory levels, and resolve supply chain issues while ensuring compliance with company policies and quality standards.

Requirements

Minimum 3 years hands-on experience purchasing components utilizing MRP/ERP.
Understanding of purchasing principles including the ability to research, analyze and negotiate.
Ability to work in a fast-paced work environment and be able to manage and prioritize a dynamic workload.
Excellent communication, written, interpersonal and organizational skills. Professional phone and internal business etiquette a must. Must show a professional level of interpersonal communications skills while holding oneself calm, cool, and collected always.
Persistence, determination, and a desire to get the job done.
Problem solver while considering other’s ideas to achieve a common goal. Work as part of a team while remaining flexible.
Self-motivated and possesses the ability to complete tasks on-time and with little to no supervision in an organized and structured manner.
Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Office suite including Excel, Word, Access, and Outlook while also having MRP/ERP experience.
Excellent analytical, problem solving/decision making skills; ability to make timely, effective, fact-based decisions with confidence.
Able to manage difficult situations, respond well to change, meet commitments, focus on solving conflict and maintain confidentiality.
Always maintain a positive attitude while remaining neutral in areas or topics not pertaining to position requirement.
Understanding of Mechanical and assembly drawings and onscreen 3D model interpretation skill sets.
Must understand basic manufacturing, quality and on time delivery management principle.

Responsibilities

Purchase commercial and non-commercial parts and other operating supplies and/or services in a timely manner to support the manufacturing of finished goods and new product development.
Clearly communicate and track communications of inability to meet release requirements.
Coordinate with vendors to obtain information concerning product, negotiated price, ability, and validation of vendor to provide product or service and delivery date.
Track and manage daily on time delivery and vendor quality to include quarterly report and qualifications.
Determines the need for expediting - follows up on late orders and monitors delivery performance taking corrective action as needed.
Coordinate purchasing activities with manufacturing, planning, inventory, and engineering departments to acquire inventory in a cost effective and timely manner.
Resolve accounting discrepancies and process supplier returns/rejections.
Track and post weekly/monthly results while establishing goals and benchmarks.
Work with management to establish systems and processes within purchasing while playing a major role in development of same.
Attend production meetings and resolve any outstanding issues that may arise.
Working within the ERP Software (Syteline) at a high level (Power User).
Maintain “item master” records, part “methods of manufacture” (MoM), costing methods, “bill of material” (BOM) exports and analysis as a backup.
Active member in the overall ERP Software maintenance, coordination, strategic utilization, and development with the ERP Software provider as a backup.
Manage commercial stock and modified parts to Machine shop for fabricating/production.
Manage commercial parts supplied to outside vendors to fabricate parts.
Achieve and track discounts while optimizing volume leverage with vendors. This includes tracking and reporting on same in an organized and understandable manner.
Work as a backup to other associated and non-associated areas when and if needed.
Any other tasks that may be assigned on an as needed basis.