Sr. Buyer

Responsibilities

• Maintain daily interaction with supply base to insure the use of current information regarding open PO’s, current lead times, pricing, etc.
• Minimizes risk to the company and customers by utilizing data-based business analysis to select suppliers / manufacturers when purchasing materials for production and NPI.
• Responsible for creating/executing PO’s according to the MRP Planned Orders and Requisition procedure, with competitive pricing that maintains company’s profitability and success.
• Identifies / develops new suppliers to improve supply chain (pricing, delivery, etc).
• Approves invoices for payment within department procedural guidelines.
• Expedites delivery of goods to users when needed and uses alternate suppliers or sources if necessary.
• Works with supply chain management to establish goals for cost savings and executes plans to achieve them.
• Utilizes MRP action messages on ...