Senior Buyer

Altron LLC•Anoka, MN

About The Position

Responsible for supporting manufacturing and production operations through purchasing and supplier development. Responsible for the purchase of materials, equipment, and supplies. Report key performance metrics and benchmarks monthly, which include Purchase Price Variances, Time Delivery Performance, Freight, Expedites, and Shortages. Serve as liaison between company and supplier regarding all changes in or problems with materials deliveries to meet production schedules. Work in conjunction with Program Management, Quality and Engineering to ensure issues are resolved and deliveries are satisfied.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree
6 years of purchasing experience
every employee must be US citizen or permanent resident (valid green card holder).

Nice To Haves

CPP, CPPM, CGPP, CPDW
Purchasing experience within the Circuit Board Assembly/Fabrication industry, at least 3 years.

Responsibilities

Monitor department open purchase orders and maintain current planned delivery schedules per MRP requirements.
Work with Buyers to opens and closes orders as needed to maintain inventory levels from the material planner workbench.
Follow up on open POs, backorders, expedite delivery of orders, and communicate to the stakeholders the expected delivery date
Identify and select the best suppliers to purchase raw materials, finished parts, equipment, tools, supplies, and services.
Ensure that current vendor contract prices for purchased materials and use them to establish annual standard costs.
Negotiate with suppliers for the best price and delivery of the required materials in the correct quantity and quality. Develop long-term supply agreements.
Maintain current delivery lead-times in Sytleline at item level and Supplier Contracts for all items purchased from supplier and continue to work to reduce.
Studies market trends, maintain relationships with vendors, and identifies new domestic and global suppliers to ensure continuous supply
Monitor supplier on-time delivery and quality levels to develop plans for continuous improvement of overall supplier performance
Ensure all POs are completed through finance in a timely manner. Resolve supplier payment disputes with finance and optimize payment terms and freight terms. Resolve NCR’s.
Source new suppliers for cost savings, lead time reduction, and quality improvements to support manufacturing requirements. Adds new vendors to the AVL as necessary.
Collaborate with Program Management, Engineering, and Quality during new product introduction (NPI) phases.
Report key performance metrics and benchmarks on a monthly basis, including Purchase Price Variances, on-Time Delivery Performance, Expedites, Shortages and Vendor PCNs.
Conducts supplier visits as needed, analyze on-time delivery performance and publishes results internally and to the vendor as required. Conducts supplier quarterly reviews in conjunction with quality and engineering.
Resolve escalated issues related to supplier nonconformance, payment disputes, and delivery impacts.
Other duties as deemed necessary