Buyer

Aston Carter•Merritt Island, FL

11d•$29 - $38•Onsite

About The Position

The Buyer plays a key role in driving cost savings, improving supplier performance, and enhancing productivity across the supply chain. This position manages the procurement of materials, supplies, and equipment for a manufacturing environment, ensuring timely delivery at the lowest possible cost and highest quality while maintaining compliance with established purchasing policies and ISO standards.

Requirements

Manage the end-to-end procurement of materials, supplies, and equipment, including negotiating with vendors on price, lead times, rebates, terms, and supply agreements to secure favorable conditions.
Monitor and evaluate vendor performance using scorecards and other metrics, and work proactively with suppliers to ensure timely delivery, quality, and responsiveness.
Support manufacturing operations by developing and maintaining accurate purchasing schedules and methodologies, working closely with production to ensure raw materials are available to meet manufacturing requirements.
Utilize Open Order Reports, Stock Status Reports, and other relevant tools to follow up on orders, expedite materials, and ensure on-time delivery to production.
Act as lead negotiator in purchasing activities when required, including analyzing and qualifying potential suppliers, both domestic and international, to assess present and future material availability.
Research and evaluate delivery systems and logistics options to optimize material availability, cost, and reliability.
Ensure adherence to purchasing policies, account and credit terms, and internal approval processes, preparing and negotiating purchase orders as appropriate.
Verify material specifications, pricing, and delivery dates on purchase orders, and resolve chronic delivery or quality issues in collaboration with suppliers and internal stakeholders.
Verify received materials against receiving documents, identify and rectify discrepancies or damages, and update Great Plains (GP) with shipment dates and purchase order confirmations.
Maintain accurate and up-to-date purchasing records, including filing and logging purchase orders and packing slips, and ensuring documentation is organized and accessible.
Prepare, maintain, and review purchasing files and material price lists, tracking the status of requisitions, contracts, and orders to keep stakeholders informed.
Locate and qualify suppliers, calculate the total cost of orders, and forward invoices for payment in accordance with company procedures.
Perform analytical reasoning and mathematical calculations, including working with whole numbers, fractions, and decimals, to support pricing, costing, and forecasting activities.
Prepare clear written communications, including reports, correspondence, and documentation related to purchasing activities, and participate in successful negotiations with vendors.
Assist in problem solving related to purchasing, inventory, and supplier issues, handling multiple concurrent tasks and interacting professionally with vendors and internal staff.
Apply a process-oriented, logical, and methodical approach to problem solving, including reading and interpreting business periodicals, professional journals, and technical procedures relevant to purchasing and materials management.
Organize and manage workload effectively, demonstrating strong time management and delegation skills, and work with minimal supervision to meet deadlines and objectives.
Travel domestically and internationally as needed to visit suppliers, attend meetings, or support purchasing and supply chain initiatives.

Responsibilities

Manage the end-to-end procurement of materials, supplies, and equipment, including negotiating with vendors on price, lead times, rebates, terms, and supply agreements to secure favorable conditions.
Monitor and evaluate vendor performance using scorecards and other metrics, and work proactively with suppliers to ensure timely delivery, quality, and responsiveness.
Support manufacturing operations by developing and maintaining accurate purchasing schedules and methodologies, working closely with production to ensure raw materials are available to meet manufacturing requirements.
Utilize Open Order Reports, Stock Status Reports, and other relevant tools to follow up on orders, expedite materials, and ensure on-time delivery to production.
Act as lead negotiator in purchasing activities when required, including analyzing and qualifying potential suppliers, both domestic and international, to assess present and future material availability.
Research and evaluate delivery systems and logistics options to optimize material availability, cost, and reliability.
Ensure adherence to purchasing policies, account and credit terms, and internal approval processes, preparing and negotiating purchase orders as appropriate.
Verify material specifications, pricing, and delivery dates on purchase orders, and resolve chronic delivery or quality issues in collaboration with suppliers and internal stakeholders.
Verify received materials against receiving documents, identify and rectify discrepancies or damages, and update Great Plains (GP) with shipment dates and purchase order confirmations.
Maintain accurate and up-to-date purchasing records, including filing and logging purchase orders and packing slips, and ensuring documentation is organized and accessible.
Prepare, maintain, and review purchasing files and material price lists, tracking the status of requisitions, contracts, and orders to keep stakeholders informed.
Locate and qualify suppliers, calculate the total cost of orders, and forward invoices for payment in accordance with company procedures.
Perform analytical reasoning and mathematical calculations, including working with whole numbers, fractions, and decimals, to support pricing, costing, and forecasting activities.
Prepare clear written communications, including reports, correspondence, and documentation related to purchasing activities, and participate in successful negotiations with vendors.
Assist in problem solving related to purchasing, inventory, and supplier issues, handling multiple concurrent tasks and interacting professionally with vendors and internal staff.
Apply a process-oriented, logical, and methodical approach to problem solving, including reading and interpreting business periodicals, professional journals, and technical procedures relevant to purchasing and materials management.
Organize and manage workload effectively, demonstrating strong time management and delegation skills, and work with minimal supervision to meet deadlines and objectives.
Travel domestically and internationally as needed to visit suppliers, attend meetings, or support purchasing and supply chain initiatives.