Materials Buyer

Contract--Buyer, Materials 4 Months Brooklyn Park, MN 55445 United States 8:00-4:30 PM

The Buyer/Planner is responsible for ensuring a high service level to customers while achieving supply chain goals. He/she will purchase completed products and repair parts from approved suppliers, emphasizing timely delivery while producing and maintaining cost reductions, and preventing backorders and overstock situations. The position is also responsible for ensuring ERP material master and vendor information is up to date and for maintaining optimal inventory levels that balance service level and cost through the analysis and execution of system-generated MRP results.

• Interact with suppliers to foster cooperative working relationships and negotiate/resolve quality and service issues to the company's benefit.
• Execute purchasing activities with an assigned supply base, ensuring communication to suppliers is timely and accurate.
• Place purchase orders, obtain order confirmations, expedite, delay, and/or cancel delivery schedules.
• Manage ERP purchase order delivery dates to accurately reflect inventory availability to the planning and sales organizations.
• Thoroughly understand ERP system planning and its impact on purchasing activities.
• Evaluate material requirements and make changes to purchasing and planning item master data to support purchasing strategy, optimize inventory levels & improve service levels.
• Analyze changes to the inputs and outputs of the material requirements plan, identify problems, and recommend solutions.
• Project potential supply shortages and expedite delivery with suppliers to avoid backorders.
• Communicate in detail supply issues and recovery timelines to key internal stakeholders.
• Work with Supplier Quality and Warehouse to resolve material non-conformances, obtain return authorizations, and facilitate return shipments and credit memos.
• Assist Accounts Payable to resolve three-way-match issues (PO/receipt/invoice) with suppliers.
• Report supplier performance metrics for the assigned supply base and identify potential solutions to improve poor-performing suppliers.
• Manage Supplier Change Notices and material Phase-in/Phase-out processes.
• Ensure Supply Chain and ERP systems are set up to support new product launches.
• Support continuous improvement of business processes.

• Bachelor's degree with a Supply Chain or Business concentration required; APICS or similar certification preferred.
• Minimum of 2 years of experience in supply chain or procurement with a significant understanding of general business processes.
• Experience utilizing ERP systems, preferably SAP.

• Must be able to influence, negotiate, and resolve conflicts to reach consensus around common goals.
• Strong problem-solving, data analysis, and decision-making abilities.
• Advanced written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to multitask.
• Well-versed in MS Office applications – Excel, Teams, PowerPoint.
• Ability to travel 5-10%.

This is a temporary backfill for two Sr. Buyers that are out on leave. This temporary position will be a hybrid role at our Brooklyn Park location, with 2 days on-site and 3 days off-site per week.

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