Parts Buyer
About The Position
The Parts Buyer will be responsible for purchasing parts in a timely manner while adhering to production deadlines. This role requires strong negotiation, analytical, and problem-solving abilities. The buyer will stay updated on market trends, pricing variations, and industry practices to implement strategic procurement decisions. They will identify, select, and manage suppliers based on performance, cost, quality, and delivery considerations. The role involves negotiating contracts, pricing, and terms with vendors and suppliers to secure favorable conditions aligning with SQM’s objectives and optimizing procurement conditions. Developing and maintaining effective working relationships with suppliers and vendors is crucial. The buyer will process orders, monitor delivery dates and orders to ensure products and services meet required standards, perform follow-ups, and maintain records. Key responsibilities include reducing excess and obsolete inventory, resolving issues and disputes regarding delivery, price discrepancies, quality, or other concerns, and ensuring proper documentation, record keeping, and filing of purchase orders, invoices, and other related documents. The role also requires responding to overseas vendor issues after business hours and performing material costing and price structure analysis. Familiarity with electrical components, machined parts, and industrial automation hardware, as well as the ability to interpret technical drawings, are important aspects of this position.
Requirements
- Strong negotiation, analytical, and problem-solving abilities.
- Familiarity with electrical components, machined parts, and industrial automation hardware.
- Ability to interpret technical drawings.
Responsibilities
- Purchase parts in a timely manner adhering to production deadlines.
- Stay updated on market trends, pricing variations, and industry practices to implement strategic procurement decisions.
- Identify, select and manage suppliers based on performance, cost, quality, and delivery considerations.
- Negotiate contracts, pricing and terms with vendors and suppliers to secure favorable conditions aligning with SQM’s objectives, and optimization of procurement conditions.
- Develop and maintain effective working relationships with suppliers and vendors.
- Process orders, monitor delivery dates and orders to ensure products and services meet the required standards, perform follow-ups, and maintain records.
- Reduce excess and obsolete inventory.
- Resolve any issues and disputes regarding delivery, price discrepancies, quality or other concerns.
- Ensure proper documentation, record keeping, filing of purchase orders, invoices, and other related documents.
- Respond to overseas vendor issues after business hours.
- Material costing and price structure analysis.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
