Buyer

IDEX CorporationMansfield, OH

About The Position

If you’re looking for a special place to build or grow your career, you’ve found it. Whether you’re an experienced professional, a recent college graduate or somewhere in between, IDEX is a place where you can apply your existing skills and learn new ones in an environment where you can make an impact. With interesting opportunities in engineering, marketing, sales, supply chain, operations, HR, finance, and more across more than 40 diverse businesses around the globe, chances are, we have something special for you. PRIMARY FUNCTION: The Buyer will perform and manage the buying function to assure continuous supply of assigned components across diversified commodities to maintain required levels of material to support production requirements at optimum cost while ensuring materials meet or exceed company quality requirements.

Requirements

  • Strong attention to detail and accuracy in work
  • Demonstrate good organizational skills and good follow-up techniques
  • Must be able to multitask
  • Advanced computer skills
  • Commitment to supporting team goals
  • Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain or related field from four-year College or technical school (preferred)
  • 2 years of Supply Chain experience
  • To perform this job successfully, an individual should have working knowledge of Microsoft Excel, Word, Access and Outlook software
  • Exceptional written and verbal communications skills are necessary
  • Ability to move within office and manufacturing complex.
  • Perform general office functions.
  • Visual acuity needed for close detail work and computer use.

Nice To Haves

  • Working knowledge J.D. Edwards operating systems is beneficial

Responsibilities

  • Establishes and maintains good supplier relationships
  • Monitors open purchase orders to ensure on-time delivery and working capital targets can be achieved
  • Monitors supplier delivery, quality and customer service performance and coordinate development and track improvement plans when necessary including the issuance of supplier scorecards with Commodity Managers
  • Contact suppliers for expedites, quality issues, past due shipments, and stock-outs
  • Ensure timely order and receipt of material to support production
  • Periodic review of stocking levels and replenishment plan for all inventory items in a structured manner to ensure customer delivery performance expectations and working capital targets are met.
  • Use MRP (Materials Requirements Planning) to maintain proper inventory levels
  • Ensure proper execution of procedures and all related activities when issuing purchase orders including, but not limited to, obtaining required approvals, resolving discrepancies with suppliers, managing non-conforming materials, etc.
  • Ensure proper execution of procedures related to scrapping material and debit memo process
  • Identify suppliers that are good candidates for stocking agreements, consignment, blanket programs, etc.
  • Track and control inbound freight costs to ensure total cost meets or exceeds expectations and advise management of exceptions
  • Engineering Change Notice (ECN) and supplier transition review to ensure proper inventory levels are maintained to reduce risk to Excess, Obsolete inventory while maintaining proper levels to meet customer needs.
  • Performs other duties as required
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