Senior Plant Buyer
About The Position
Responsible for purchasing supplies from vendors, evaluating vendor quotes and services to determine the most desirable suppliers and their performance level. This role involves comprehensive plant purchasing of raw materials, office supplies, production supplies, maintenance, and tooling parts. The buyer will also assist with financial reporting and other clerical duties, coordinate material needs for production with various departments, and ensure timely delivery of ordered materials and services. Key tasks include issuing and verifying purchase orders, managing supplier and sub-contractor orders, coordinating railcar logistics, verifying purchase request specifications, consulting suppliers for pricing, maintaining purchase records, tracking capital project spending, performing data input for production and maintenance, and reconciling credit card charges. The position also requires compliance with Buckhorn Inc.’s Environmental Management System and ISO system procedures.
Requirements
- May require a bachelor’s degree.
- 1–3 years of experience in purchasing.
- Demonstrates knowledge of commonly used concepts, practices, and procedures within a manufacturing environment.
- Follows instructions and pre-established guidelines to perform job responsibilities.
- Performs primary job functions with limited need for independent judgment.
Nice To Haves
- Experience in the plastics industry.
Responsibilities
- Responsible for plant purchasing of raw materials, office suppliers, and production supplies, maintenance and tooling parts.
- Assists with financial reporting as well as other clerical duties.
- Coordinates with Plant and scheduling the needed materials for production of product and with other departments concerning their purchasing needs.
- Making sure the required materials and services are ordered and delivered as required.
- Issues purchase orders for plant purchases and verifies accuracy of documents (requisitions, purchase orders, receivers, etc.).
- Coordinates the flow of orders to suppliers and sub-contractors molders.
- Coordinates the flow of railcars in and out of the plant with the railroad, resin suppliers and corporate resin buyer.
- Verifies language and specifications of purchase requests.
- Consult catalogs and interviews suppliers to obtain prices and specifications.
- Complies records of items purchased or transferred between departments, prices, deliveries and inventories.
- Confers with suppliers concerning performance.
- Tracks’ spending of approved capital projects (PARS).
- Data input and summary reports from production and maintenance database.
- Tracks credit card charges, reconciles statements and ensures accounting procedures are followed.
- Comply with and follow all elements of Buckhorn Inc.’s Environmental Management System.
- Maintain applicable ISO system procedures.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Number of Employees
501-1,000 employees
