Senior Buyer

Alamo Group Inc.•Mukwonago, WI

13d•Onsite

About The Position

The senior buyer manages supplier relationships, purchasing activities, material planning, and cost-reduction initiatives to ensure timely, cost-effective materials are available to support production.

Requirements

Possesses excellent communication skills, strong negotiating skills and ability to multi-task.
A natural forward planner who critically assess their own performance
Self-driven, high energy, positive attitude, collaborative, respectful and trustworthy
Enjoys challenging the status quo, takes risks, presents new ways of doing things.
Takes pride in their work and takes ownership in the success of the organization.
Excellent time management and organizational skills
Solutions driven.
Bachelor level degree in Technical or Operations discipline.
Four (4) years' experience of procurement, supply chain or related supply management.
Experience and/or knowledge of Lean Principles
Effective trouble shooting, problem solving and organizational skills. Able to handle frequent interruptions, meet tight deadlines and handle conflict resolution in an effective manner.
Ability to interact with people at all levels of responsibility.

Nice To Haves

JDEdwards preferred.

Responsibilities

Maintain Critical Supply Relationships by regular communications with the supply base. Which should include Quality, Capacity, Pricing and Delivery requirements to meet Super Products needs.
Meet Commercial Expectations by driving overall cost competitiveness throughout the supply base through optimization, negotiation, design/manufacturing opportunities and identifying new suppliers.
Interact with suppliers to communicate delivery expectations, forecasts, design changes, lead-time management and material expedites to ensure Supplier On-Time Delivery to Super Products production schedule.
Drive cost reduction activities and cost avoidance opportunities.
Work with Engineering to provide assistance on ECO opportunities.
Maintain material master records for assigned materials.
Review and maintain part consumption characteristics to ensure appropriate planning parameters are maintained.
Ability to work on cross-function teams for various Kaizen events.
Strong Team Player and Contributor with attention to detail and an orientation towards results/execution.