Buyer

Dover Food Retail•Atlanta, GA

9d•Onsite

About The Position

Hillphoenix is looking for a Buyer, who performs various purchasing and planning duties to obtain supplies and raw materials in support of the production schedule. The Buyer will work as part of cross-functional team to identify low-cost, high-quality, reliable sources of supply in support of strategic business objectives.

Requirements

Minimum 2 years’ purchasing experience
Bachelor’s degree or 5 years’ relevant experience required
Good communication skills both written and verbal.
Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations.
Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals.
Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers, and the general public.
Ability to calculate figures and amounts such as discounts, interest, commissions, proportions, percentages, area, circumference, and volume.
Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists.
Must have a bias for action and ability to make decisions.
Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.

Nice To Haves

Experience in manufacturing environment preferred
Proficiency in Microsoft Excel and Outlook required
ERP experience required, Visual & Oracle preferred
CPIM certification preferred
Lean and / or CI experience preferred
Oracle experience a plus.

Responsibilities

Issue POs daily in response to various demand signals (Kanban, MRP, Min / Max)
Expedite deliveries to ensure on-time delivery of components to the production line
Work with other departments to mitigate impact of changes in pricing and lead times
Partner with engineering to identify alternate materials if delivery would delay production or lead to an increase in excess inventory
Maintain professional company image and supplier relations through daily business communications
Utilize ERP system to provide data on demand history and usage for use in negotiating contracts / quotes with suppliers
Provide forecast of future demand to suppliers based upon historical demand, market / sales intelligence and knowledge of engineering changes
Issue debit memos to vendors on changes resulting from returned / rejected material
Calculate and maintain optimal inventory levels to support safety stock needed to absorb demand variation while supporting inventory turns objectives
Seasonally adjust purchase volumes to support business objectives
Identify root cause of errors in material tracking processes, BOM accuracy, UOM conversions, etc. that contribute to supply chain defects
Work closely with finance and engineering to disposition E&O material