Buyer
Direct Hire
Salary: $69K - $80K annually
Our client in West Houston/Brookshire is looking for a talented Buyer to join their team! You will be responsible for sourcing, evaluating, and negotiating with suppliers to achieve optimal cost, quality, and service.
Role Accountabilities
- Identify and recommend new suppliers to develop globally to support business unit needs and lower costs
- Collect data to negotiate terms and conditions, payment terms, and other financial terms and agreements
- Negotiate with suppliers to achieve lower material costs and on time delivery
- Obtain competitive quotes for equipment and material requisitions
- Reconcile PO and invoice discrepancies with the finance department and suppliers
- Track non-conformance reports, cost of quality and prepare for supplier recovery activities
- Generate the Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) buyer’s report that identifies the requisitions to be processed and determine order of priority
- Notify expeditors of orders which must be expedited in addition to those scheduled in the ERP
- Provide timely updates on subcontractor performance, market trends, and supplier relationships to management
- Ensure purchase orders are issued with correct terms to minimize cost and liability to the Company
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in related field or equivalent via education and/or work experience
- 2 years of experience purchasing in an industrial or commercial environment
- 1 year of experience sourcing new suppliers
- Proficiency in MS Word, Excel and Outlook, and ERP
- Availability to travel, domestically and internationally, up to 10%, sometimes with limited notice
Preferred Qualifications
- 1 year of experience negotiating agreements
- Purchasing experience in a multi-entity, multi-currency, international, industrial environment
- Advanced Excel skills
- Proficiency in Oracle
