Buyer at Workforce Group

Job Summary:

• Responsible for managing the procurement, ordering, supplier relationship management in the Technical procurement spend pool for the entire company and maintains all stock of technical spares at established optimal levels.
• Responsible for materials marketing intelligence, formulation of buying strategy, supplier selection and relationship management as well as buying negotiation and management of purchasing process.

Responsibilities:

• Receives purchase requests for processing into purchase orders and tracks the activity to ensure an on time quality delivery.
• Procures raw materials for tooling and machine builds.
• Acts as a Leader for project sourcing to include scheduling and adherence to budget.
• Ensures suppliers adhere to prescribed work and delivery schedules.
• Utilizes sound negotiation and value analysis skills to reduce overall procurement costs
• Works directly with the project team (operations, engineering, and program management) to ensure suppliers understand company requirements and can deliver as needed. Reports status to the team and provides solutions to delivery and/or quality issues.
• Processes orders and updates material delivery status through SAP
• Evaluates, selects and negotiates with appropriate suppliers based on supplier capacities, capabilities, cost and quality.
• Maintains and develops new suppliers.
• Maintains accurate and complete records related to all purchasing and supporting activities.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Engineering, Operations Management or other relevant area
• 5+ years’ experience in Purchasing, Engineering, or Operations in a Manufacturing environment. Specific experience in purchasing or engineering of tooling and/or automation equipment a plus.
• Background using SAP and all Microsoft Office products.
• Strong technical acumen with knowledge of component manufacturing and assembly processes; ability to read mechanical drawings.
• Ability to work in a team environment in a support/service capacity as well as individually in a project leader role.
• Negotiation, problem solving and financial analysis skills.