Buyer III - Hybrid

* Please note - The pay rate will be based on experience.

• Bonus Plan
• 10 Paid Holidays
• Paid Vacation and Personal Time
• Four Weeks of Paid Parental Leave with no waiting period
• 401K Plan with Employer Match (fully vested on day one)
• Company-Funded Short-Term Disability
• Health, Vision, and Dental insurance
• Quarterly Company Events and Lunches
• Have a say in TAPCO Happenings by joining the Fun or Safety Committee

The Buyer III is an advanced purchasing role responsible for independently managing complex suppliers, commodities, purchasing processes, and higher-impact procurement activities within established procurement procedures, approval requirements, and company policies. This position supports business continuity by leading complex purchasing execution, supplier follow-up, delivery recovery, inventory support, ERP data accuracy, and cross-functional issue resolution with limited supervision. This role is intended as an advanced execution and business process ownership level within the buying career track.

The primary focus is managing higher-complexity supplier and purchasing activity, leading cross-functional coordination, resolving escalated issues, supporting process improvement, and coaching Buyer I and Buyer II team members as needed.

• Create, release, and manage purchase orders for complex assigned suppliers, items, commodities, programs, or business processes in accordance with established procurement procedures, approval requirements, and company policies.
• Reviewpurchasingsignals, demand requirements, planning worksheets, forecasts, inventory positions, supplier capacity, and customer commitments to determine appropriate purchasing actions within assigned scope.
• Lead follow-up on supplier acknowledgements, promised delivery dates, open order status, shipment timing, receipt activity, and high-prioritypurchasingexceptions.
• Independently resolve complex late, missing, inconsistent, or incomplete supplier responses and escalate significant risks to Buyer IV+, the Procurement Manager, or other designated leaders as appropriate.
• Support continuity of supply by proactively managing supplier commitments, inventory constraints, shortage risk, customer impact, and recovery actions.
• Serve as the primarysuppliercontact for assigned complex suppliers, commodities, processes, or purchasing responsibilities.
• Communicate professionally and consistently with suppliersregardingorder status, delivery commitments, documentation requirements, pricing questions, recovery actions, and escalated issue resolution.
• Providetimelyand clear updates to internal stakeholdersregardingsupplier risks, late orders, shortages, customer impacts, recovery plans, and recommended next steps.
• Use established communication standards, escalation paths, and documentation practices to ensure supplier and internal follow-up is complete, visible, and actionable.
• Coach Buyer I and Buyer II team members on supplier communication, follow-up expectations, escalation discipline, and process compliance when needed.
• Enter,maintain, review, and correct purchasing data in the ERP system, including purchase order details, supplier responses, promised dates,receipt information, item notes, pricing, and other required documentation.
• Review assigned purchasing data for completeness and accuracy and resolve data issues within established authority.
• IdentifyERP setup, item master, supplier, lead time, pricing, planning, or purchasing data issues that mayimpactexecution, inventory, production, or supplier performance.
• Partner with appropriate internal teams to correct recurring data issues and improve the reliability ofpurchasingsignals, supplier information, and reporting outputs.
• Maintainaccuratetransactional records to support production planning, supplier communication, receiving, invoicing, reporting, procurement performance tracking, and business decision-making.
• Research and resolve complex receiving and invoicing discrepancies by reviewing purchase orders, supplier documentation, receipt status, pricing, supplier communication, and supporting records.
• Coordinate with suppliers, Accounts Payable, Receiving, Planning, Operations, Engineering, Quality, and other internal teams to resolvepurchasingand supplier-related issuesin a timely manner.
• Lead issue resolution for assigned complex suppliers, high-impact orders, customer-sensitive requirements, or recurring transactional problems.
• Escalate issues requiring negotiation, commercial decisions, supplier performance action, contract review, or leadership direction.
• Support follow-up activity related to missing confirmations,receipt mismatches, invoice holds, pricing discrepancies, late orders, supplier recovery, and other purchasing exceptions.
• Lead or actively support process improvement activities, procurement standard work development, and team problem-solving efforts.
• Identify recurring issues, supplier patterns, system gaps,…