Sr Buyer

Description

Summary: The Buyer II maintains supply base interactions, manages purchasing activities, and collaborates on supply chain improvements to minimize risk and achieve cost savings. Highlights: 1. Manage daily interactions with suppliers for optimal procurement. 2. Drive cost savings and improve supply chain efficiency. 3. Collaborate across departments to resolve issues and achieve goals. **Buyer II** **ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:** * 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 a weekly basis to place new orders and/or reschedule expedite, or cancel existing PO’s. * Responsible for maintaining MRP data for open PO’s related to promise dates, pricing, quantities, expedites, etc. * Manages and coordinates related supplier updates for ERP system with regard to pricing; lead time, minimum order quantities, specification change notices or other information. * Works with Quality Assurance group on related MRB's and takes responsibility for coordinating the corrective action process with suppliers. * Partners with the Accounting Department to resolve any accounts payable issues. * Works with other members of the materials team to create and maintain department KPI’s and reports (PPV, late report, expedite list, etc). * Direct Supplier and Commodity management for a specific number of Commodities/Suppliers. * Representing the section at internal meetings and presenting Purchasing performance achievements * Management and coordination of purchasing activities with relation to Cost, Inventory reduction and Delivery and Quality * Coordinating and managing with Quality personnel, resolutions to Supplier Quality concerns, ensuring timely and effective containment and long term resolution of each concern **EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:** * Bachelor degree in Engineering or Administration * 5 year of experience in the position, preferable in Maquiladora environment within an electronics manufacturing environment. * Bilingual * Working knowledge of kanban and supplier managed inventories is a plus. * High competency level in use of Microsoft Office (Excel, PowerPoint, Word, as a minimum) * Proven track record of controlling and reducing external spend whilst developing a robust supplier base. * Proven track record of controlling and reducing inventory on hand and Excess and Obsolete. * Able to bring a new dimension to procurement activities. * Fully conversant with modern procurement and purchasing techniques. * Experience of Purchasing bespoke, manufactured parts including scheduled deliveries. * Experience of working with MRP systems is essential. * Experience of outsourcing to low cost countries. **SKILLS AND ABILITIES:** * Ability to develop constructive and effective working relationships within and outside the organization. * Strong leadership skills * “Hands on” approach to all tasks * Ability to take a proactive approach to overcome challenges and achieve results * Versatile, tenacious and people orientated * Result orientated and confident * Proven appreciation of customer service expectations and cost demands of business * Commercial and financial acumen * Sets priorities taking into account short and long\-term needs of the business **LEADERSHIP CHARACTERISTICS:** **Delivers results** * **Sets high standards of performance and consistently meets them** **Fact\-based** * **Collects the relevant and appropriate data and makes actionable decisions/plans based upon this information** **Continuous Improvement** * **Utilizes a lean process approach to continually improve the speed and effectiveness of all Company processes**