Buyer

ASSA ABLOY•Peachtree City, GA

11d

About The Position

ASSA ABLOY’s Hangar Large Applications Doors (HLAD), part of the Entrance Systems Division in Peachtree City, Georgia, is seeking a detail-oriented Buyer. HLAD designs, manufactures, installs, and services large-opening solutions worldwide, including hangar, shipyard, industrial, vertical lifting fabric, craneway, and dock doors. The Buyer oversees strategic and tactical procurement of raw materials, parts, components, equipment, and general corporate services. The role manages end-to-end buying cycles through approved vendors, uses Epicor MRP to plan and track purchases, develops suppliers, and maintains healthy inventory turns throughout the product lifecycle. The Buyer works closely with manufacturing and other functions to align sourcing with production schedules, engineering needs, quality metrics, and financial goals. ASSA ABLOY describes itself as a global access-solutions leader with nearly 63,000 colleagues in more than 70 countries. The company emphasizes results, career development through feedback, training, and development opportunities, and diverse, inclusive teams.

Requirements

3–5 years of progressive buyer experience managing specialized technical items, custom configurations, and lower-volume, long-lead supplier bases.
Demonstrated understanding of extended global supply chains, international trade regulations, logistics networks, and tariff management.
Functional proficiency with ERP/MRP database software; Epicor exposure is advantageous.
Intermediate-to-advanced proficiency with Microsoft Office, particularly Excel data compilation.
Ability to work across a diverse organization and translate constraints between corporate offices and fabrication floors.
Strong organizational habits and ability to prioritize independently and remain composed in a deadline-driven environment.
High school diploma or equivalent required.

Nice To Haves

Experience in industrial, manufacturing, or heavy-machinery buying.
Continuing professional education or a degree in Supply Chain, Logistics, or Business.
Direct procurement knowledge or industrial market experience sourcing raw steel or aluminum components.
Experience contracting custom complex fabrications, outsourced assemblies, or heavy industrial toll operations.
Buying familiarity with electronic components, hardware assemblies, or integrated control-system architectures.
Epicor platform exposure.

Responsibilities

Procure custom components, raw materials, capital equipment, supplies, and operational services needed for manufacturing.
Interpret production schedules, determine material requirements, and generate and track purchase orders through Epicor MRP while balancing safe-stock limits and inventory-turn targets.
Establish, audit, and optimize planning architecture, supplier records, and inventory-replenishment variables in Epicor.
Collaborate with Production, Engineering, Accounting, Quality, and Sales to correct Bills of Materials, identify production costs, improve incoming material quality, and protect delivery expectations.
Use Lean methodologies to identify and permanently clear stagnant, excess, or obsolete materials.
Drive inventory-reduction plans to improve free cash flow and capital utilization.
Prepare RFQ packages, obtain competitive bids, and audit supplier purchasing agreements to achieve suitable quality-to-cost outcomes.
Support planning, validation, and physical audits during annual comprehensive physical inventory cycles.
Manage and report sourcing metrics contributing to departmental KPIs, including inventory velocity, purchase price variance, and supplier quality, logistics, and service performance.