Materials - Buyer - Direct – Entry

Iconma Portal • Austin, TX

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About The Position

The Materials Buyer - Direct supports supply continuity for manufacturing, ensuring parts are delivered with speed and quality. The role follows standard purchasing processes and works with suppliers to manage orders, shipments, demand and supply, inventory, and supply-related problems. It receives a moderate level of guidance and direction and addresses straightforward problems using standard procedures.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree.
• 1–2 years of related experience.
• Knowledge and experience in the discipline, while continuing to acquire higher-level knowledge and skills.
• A 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; supplier selection; excess and zero demand (E&Z) inventory; supplier problem resolution; dispute management; supplier monitoring; change control; supplier capability; supplier relationship management; RFQs; supplier negotiations; problem solving; supplier capacity; allocation management; shortage management; material requirements planning (MRP) execution; material cost management (PPV); purchase order management; influencing; and exception handling.

Responsibilities

• 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 client factories, resolving shipment, receiving, and billing issues with suppliers.
• Collaborate with suppliers on demand and supply.
• 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 quotations (RFQs) to obtain the lowest cost while considering quality, source reliability, and urgency.
• Resolve supply issues with stakeholders, including engineering, manufacturing, and program managers, with support from managers.
• Build knowledge of the company, its processes, and its customers; analyze possible solutions to straightforward problems using standard procedures.

Benefits

• Health benefits
• Referral program
• Growth and advancement opportunities

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level