SENIOR BUYER

Franklin Precision Industry Inc•Franklin, KY

14d

About The Position

Essential Functions • Prepare, solicit, and evaluate technical requests for quotation documents. • Acts as a primary contact for supplier negotiations and contracts for all responsible purchases. • Acquire materials, supplies, packaging, and services, placing purchase orders for goods that have requisition approval. • Maintains constant contact and coordination with end users, suppliers, subcontractors, and freight companies to ensure compliance with each contract. • Provide cost analysis data to management for strategic decision making • Manager new model material, component, equipment, or tooling readiness projects. • Foster and develop a “Development Partner” philosophy to select, develop and manage suppliers: Ethical Behavior, Mutual Trust, Respect, Candor, Continuous Improvement. • Act as a primary contact for supplier negotiations and contracts on assigned commodities. • Assist plant and suppliers in continuous improvement efforts. • Act as primary contact in resolving issues that the plant has with suppliers. • Coordinates with Engineering, Quality Assurance, Production Control, Manufacturing, Maintenance and Aisan Engineering and Purchasing to investigate and screen potential suppliers to determine if suppliers meet the Aisan technical requirements. • Manage, develop and implement Supplier Performance measures for quality, cost and on-time delivery improvements. • Conduct market research, evaluation, and selection of new and current technology options. • Ensures that contractual language for capital contracts protects company interests. • Develops comprehensive project resources and mobilization plans. • May approve purchase orders in responsible management’s absence. • Supports Kaizen and continuous improvement activities to enhance efficiency, reduce waste, and improve processes • Other duties as assigned Additional Functions

Requirements

Excellent oral and written communication skills
Proficient in constructing analytical tools for decision making using Microsoft Office Suite.
Technical aptitude and inclination.
Strong interpersonal skills; able to forge internal customer and external supplier relationships
Deadline and results-oriented
Working knowledge of budgeting methods and financial controls.
Able to lead productive and efficient meetings, and direct activities of buyers and Procurement support staff.
Working knowledge of exchange rate conversions and raw material indices.
Intermediate working knowledge of injection molding, metal stamping, forging, extrusion, and metal forming processes.
Able to efficiently identify quotation inconsistencies and potential errors based on general market knowledge, and comparison to other quotations offered to FPI.
BS in Supply Chain Management, Business, Engineering, or a related STEM discipline or minimum 3-years Supply Chain, Purchasing / Procurement, or related experience.

Responsibilities

Prepare, solicit, and evaluate technical requests for quotation documents.
Acts as a primary contact for supplier negotiations and contracts for all responsible purchases.
Acquire materials, supplies, packaging, and services, placing purchase orders for goods that have requisition approval.
Maintains constant contact and coordination with end users, suppliers, subcontractors, and freight companies to ensure compliance with each contract.
Provide cost analysis data to management for strategic decision making
Manager new model material, component, equipment, or tooling readiness projects.
Foster and develop a “Development Partner” philosophy to select, develop and manage suppliers: Ethical Behavior, Mutual Trust, Respect, Candor, Continuous Improvement.
Act as a primary contact for supplier negotiations and contracts on assigned commodities.
Assist plant and suppliers in continuous improvement efforts.
Act as primary contact in resolving issues that the plant has with suppliers.
Coordinates with Engineering, Quality Assurance, Production Control, Manufacturing, Maintenance and Aisan Engineering and Purchasing to investigate and screen potential suppliers to determine if suppliers meet the Aisan technical requirements.
Manage, develop and implement Supplier Performance measures for quality, cost and on-time delivery improvements.
Conduct market research, evaluation, and selection of new and current technology options.
Ensures that contractual language for capital contracts protects company interests.
Develops comprehensive project resources and mobilization plans.
May approve purchase orders in responsible management’s absence.
Supports Kaizen and continuous improvement activities to enhance efficiency, reduce waste, and improve processes
Other duties as assigned