Buyer/Purchasing Specialist
Temp to Hire
Pay: $65K - $75K annually
Hours: Monday - Friday, 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
**Must have experience purchasing electrical components in a manufacturing setting**
Duties/Responsibilities
- Responsible for the procurement of parts and materials, supplies and equipment for production and maintaining stock inventory
- Completes and maintains related purchase orders and reports, performs expedite and de-expedite activities as required to maintain production schedule and promote positive cash flow
- Monitors inventory levels and coordinates with departments to ensure that operations are smooth and uninterrupted
- Locates, compares, negotiates part deliveries and prices with suppliers
- Reviews order acknowledgments for item, cost and delivery date accuracy and updates the system, as well as notifying PMs and/or manufacturing of updates as necessary
- Monitors shipments to ensure that materials come in on time, and in the event of problems will trace shipments and follow up on undelivered material
- Confer with staff, users and suppliers to discuss defective or unacceptable goods/services and determine corrective action.
- Sources and provides material costs and availability to estimating, sales and engineering team for potential new business opportunities and/or change orders
- Provides recommendations regarding materials to other functional groups to drive towards cost savings and/or improved product availability
- Perform day-to-day administrative tasks such as compiling, coding, categorizing, calculating, auditing or verifying information or data, and maintaining information files and processing paperwork
Qualifications & Skills
- Bachelor’s degree in business, Supply Chain Management, Economics, or a related field or equivalent combination of education and experience
- 3+ years in a manufacturing environment in the electrical industry
- 3+ years of experience in materials management
- Strong proficiency in MS Office suite specifically Excel
- Experience with material expediting and implementing solutions to short-term and long-term supply issues
- Excellent negotiation, analytical, and communication skills to build and maintain strong vendor relationships.
