Senior Buyer

Sonny's Enterprises•Tamarac, FL

2d•Onsite

About The Position

Sonny's Enterprises is the world's largest manufacturer of conveyorized car wash equipment, parts, and supplies. We are the industry leader, recognized and awarded by the International Car Wash Association for innovating new technologies to advance the industry with products proudly designed and built in the USA. Our culture thrives on finding new and better ways to accelerate what’s next. We embrace change and the opportunity it produces to maximize the potential of our most valuable resource — our PEOPLE! We invite you to explore our opportunities and grow your career with us. The Senior Buyer will research and purchase products to meet the material needs of our organization. They are responsible for finding suppliers, arranging the distribution to several retail outlets, and supervising other purchasing agents.

Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree or related experience
Three to five years of previous buyer experience
Mechanical aptitude
Experience in manufacturing and MRP systems
Experience with a large number of suppliers

Nice To Haves

SAP experience a plus
Bilingual (English/Spanish) speaker preferred
Analysis skills highly preferred- ability to run reports in MRP system and utilize tools such as Excel, PowerBI, etc. to analyze

Responsibilities

Buys material utilizing the MRP system
Purchase order acknowledgements & manage exceptions (quantity, price & delivery date)
Expedite parts due to late delivery or as identified in shortage reports/meetings
Blanket PO management
Understand cause of issues & recommend/implement solutions using Root Cause / Corrective Analysis
Ability to manage more challenging & strategic suppliers; smaller tactical workload
Initial escalation points for Buyers / Associate Buyers. Also responsible for further escalation as needed
Ordering parameter management (within standard guidelines)
Establish plans to address key and systemic supply chain issues
Use experience and reasoning to identify issues early
Implements supplier agreements (Kanban agreements, volume contracts, etc.) when beneficial by working with suppliers to reach agreement on contract terms and conditions
Lead supplier calls (Regular reviews, forecast discussions, key issue resolution)
Supplier performance monitoring. Support collection & presentation of supplier performance metrics and address performance issues in regular supplier reviews
Identifies and works process improvements
Other duties as assigned