Materials - Buyer – Direct

Iconma Portal•Austin, TX

2d•Onsite

About The Position

The Materials Buyer – Direct supports supply continuity for manufacturing, enabling production with speed and quality. The role applies knowledge of its discipline while continuing to build higher-level skills and familiarity with the company, its processes, and customers. It handles a range of straightforward purchasing problems using standard procedures and receives a moderate level of guidance and direction. The buyer follows established purchasing processes, manages supplier orders and delivery, and works with suppliers and internal stakeholders to address supply, shipment, receiving, and billing issues. The role also supports inventory reduction, demand and supply collaboration, and cost-effective purchasing while considering quality, source reliability, and urgency.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree.
1–2 years of Buyer or Purchasing experience.
Solid understanding of the industry’s key business drivers.
Good communication and interpersonal skills, including the ability to explain complex information to others.
Competencies listed: Creativity (no experience); Buyer – Supplier Selection (basic understanding); Excess and Zero Demand (E&Z) Inventory (working experience); Buyer – Supplier Problem Resolution (basic understanding); Dispute Management (working experience); Buyer – Supplier Monitoring (basic understanding); Change Control (basic understanding); Supplier Capability (basic understanding); Buyer – Supplier Relationship Management (basic understanding); Buyer – Requests for Quotes (RFQs) (working experience); Buyer – Supplier Negotiations (basic understanding); Problem Solving (basic understanding); Buyer – Supplier Capacity (basic understanding); Allocation Management (basic understanding); Shortage Management (working experience); Material Plan (MRP) Execution (basic understanding); Buyer – Material Cost Management (PPV) (working experience); PO Management (working experience); Influencing (working experience); Exception Handling (working experience).

Responsibilities

Ensure supply continuity to support manufacturing speed and quality.
Follow up on orders, verify delivery, approve payment, and maintain necessary records.
Adhere to standard purchasing business processes.
Drive timely delivery and shipment of parts from suppliers to company factories, resolving shipment, receiving, and billing issues with suppliers.
Partner with suppliers on demand and supply collaboration.
Execute and manage supplier pull-ins and push-outs to meet MRP demand.
Drive inventory and excess-and-zero-demand (E&Z) reduction efforts.
Negotiate and execute purchases and requests for quotes (RFQs) to achieve the lowest cost while considering quality, source reliability, and urgency of need.
Drive supply-problem resolution with stakeholders, including engineering, manufacturing, and Program Managers, with support from managers.