Buyer

仕事内容

The Buyer coordinates purchasing activities to acquire inventory in a cost effective and timely manner. Acquires and maintains technical understanding of products purchased. Issues purchase orders for material and/or services. Aligns with AP to resolve supplier invoice and payment issues. In general, the Buyer 2 coordinates with Warehouse personnel to correct receiving discrepancies. Monitors the cost, schedule, and scope of assigned subcontracts to assure highest quality at best value and is responsible for assigned commodities and suppliers.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Assists maintaining Open Purchase Backlog with correct dates
• Directly support production planning
• May perform some lifting and placing of inventory
• Understands and executes end-to-end procurement process efficiently, including evaluating purchasing requisitions, attaining quotes, considering bids, making awards, and facilitate payment issues
• Maintains master data integrity in ERP system
• Initiates cost reductions and cost targets of assigned materials
• Administrates procurement related projects as assigned
• Initiates and facilitates process improvements initiatives as assigned
• Follows established, standard practices and procedures in analyzing situations or data from which answers can be readily obtained
• Builds stable working relationships with internal and external stakeholders
• Understands, supports, and executes all work according to the established procedures of the organization
• Creates and maintains existing work instructions as assigned
• Project based assignments as requested
• Other Duties as assigned
  
  

Qualifications:

• A minimum of 3 years of experience in Procurement, or 2 years of related experience in Procurement or Customer Relations with a Bachelor’s degree in Business Admin, emphasis on Supply Chain Management or MIS preferred
• Experience using Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system preferred
• Previous Experience with Mechanical parts/Mechanical Drawings preferred
• Valid drivers licencse
  
  

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Able to work under tight deadlines
• Excellent Negotiation Skills
• Excellent customer service skills, with an advanced understanding of customer relationship building
• Ability to use MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, ERP, and electronic e-mail systems
• Self-start who is willing to learn and grown in procurement profession area
• Strong written communication and verbal skills
• Strong attention to detail
• Positive attitude, self-motivated and eager to succeed
• Proven ability to multi-task, set project priorities, goals and objectives for self
• Ability to effectively & professionally communicate with co-workers, customers and vendors.
  
  

Physical Requirements:

Essential functions of this job require the following minimal physical demands. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable the individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Requires bilingual French/English Spoken and written
• Requires a car with a valid driver’s license
• Required to sit, talk, or hear; frequently required to use hands to grip or feel; and occasionally required to stand, walk, reach with hands and arms, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl
• Vision and depth perception suitable for use of utilizing a computer, printer, phone, and keyboard
• Manual dexterity suitable for use of utilizing a computer
• Sufficient personal mobility and physical reflexes which permits the employee to work in an office setting
• Ability to walk and/or climb 5% of the time comfortably, with or without reasonable accommodation
• Ability to sit at a computer for 90% of the time comfortably, with or without reasonable accommodation
• Light to moderate lifting
  
  

Working Conditions:The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Must be comfortable working in an office environment to include moderate noise levels
• The working area is primarily in an open office setting with reasonable lighting and controlled temperatures.
  
  

Tasks listed are intended to be descriptive and not restrictive. Any employee in this job may perform any of the tasks listed; however, these examples do not include all the tasks an employee may be expected to perform. The company reserves the right to change tasks as needed.