Senior Buyer

Safe Fleet•Nesconset, NY

30d•Onsite

About The Position

Under the guidance of the Purchasing Manager, the Buyer is responsible for purchasing and negotiating materials and equipment from suppliers. Has knowledge of commonly-used concepts, practices, and procedures of related purchasing activities as they relate and are needed for ERP Systems. Needs sound knowledge of Logistics including domestic as well as international. And will work per a Team concept that will measure their personal success by the success of the purchasing department and the FRC facility as a whole.

Requirements

A 2-year business discipline education, with 5+ years of work experience in a high-tech manufacturer in a low to medium volume environment. This requirement may be offset by tenure, term, working knowledge, or other experiences within the commodity.
1 + year working experience with Visual ERP System.
3 + years’ experience working with pump, motor and hydraulic equipment
7+ years of experience: Buying to support assemblies in a manufacturing environment
Buying for a Fast Paced / High Tech Multinational Company
Buying Industrial Products (pumps, motors, gears, piping, plumbing fittings)
Buying Video Products (cameras, DVR’s, monitors)
Experience in sourcing, buying, importing from China / Other International suppliers
ERP system operations, Visual experience a must.
Microsoft Office: Outlook, Word, Excel
Internet Based Software
Team Player
Interpersonal Skills
Excellent Written/Oral Communication
Working knowledge of MS Windows, MS Excel, Word, is a must.
Organizational Support
Professionalism
Dependability
Ability to handle multiple projects at one time.
Must have the ability to independently develop solutions to complex or unique assignments

Responsibilities

Review Material Planning Window for purchase requirements.
Enter and maintain all purchase orders and related purchasing activities as they relate and are needed for the ERP System.
Contributes to the goal of ensuring the highest QUALITY product is obtained, with the best on time delivery, at the best unit cost, for those parts and assemblies assigned to this Buyer ID.
Negotiate yearly contracts for components by using lean principles
Report PPV, variances, progress, or anything else that applies to this position in a formal, and timely manner as required by the Purchasing Manager.
Evaluate parts and assemblies and recommends possible other candidates or assemblies that can be purchased from approved sources of supply.
Manage and initiate strategic sourcing projects, stocking and supplier agreements
Facilitate/Implement VMI programs such as KANBAN, replenishment and Point Of Use
Support/Facilitate Root Cause and Permanent Solutions for Supplier Quality Issues
Part Evaluation – Work with engineering, production planners, production managers, operations manager, and purchasing manager as needed to resolve issues.
Interfaces with Product Engineering when needed to ensure an accurate and timely implementation of new parts, revisions, or other tasks required to source the item.
Process vendor returns – Inspection failures, Non-Conforming Material, Service returns, Field return, CORE returns and incorrect shipments.
Resolves all MRR issues for those commodities assigned within 3 working days. This includes all processes and procedures required to replace, return, and or repair parts from assigned supplier sources.
Place purchase orders via email, fax, web, etc.
Process requisitions within 1 working day
Expedite/Maintain open purchase order due dates - pulling and pushing as needed
Quoting & price comparison
Engineering Change Notification (ECN)
Entering vendor pricing
Entering a new Vendor
Obtaining terms with vendors
Entering an RFQ
Sending parts for outside service (Kits, Anodizing, Welding, etc.)
Planning (PCB Assembly, Video, Controllers, Outside Machining, etc.)
Safety Stock Analysis, Management