Buyer, Engineering

The Judge Group is seeking a Buyer for our client in their Carrollton, TX area corporate offices.

LOCATION
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Fully onsite

• BS Degree (Business, Finance, or related)
• 4+ years’ experience Buying in a manufacturing operation (Heavy Industrial, Automotive, or similar industry)
• CPIM certification, or other APICS certification
• Detailed knowledge of purchasing policies, procedures

• Procuring parts used directly in the manufacturing process of large industrial machinery
• Manage the assigned commodities and suppliers
• Meet parts cost, quality and availability goals
• Develop, source, and manage foreign / domestic suppliers
• Buy parts and materials necessary to support production requirements
• Perform all procurement duties
• Manage all supplier contracts
• Collaborate with Engineers, Finance, Quality, Marketing, and suppliers understand instructions
• Achieve cost savings plans with current suppliers and seek new opportunities with potential new suppliers
• Assist production in inventory availability and quality problems
• Evaluate new sources of supply
• Identify potential suppliers by reviewing previous domestic and foreign suppliers. Involve quality competitive suppliers early in the design cycle
• Handle quote request forms from potential suppliers
• Process Engineering change requests and change notices to suppliers and negotiate pricing

• BS Degree
• 4+ years’ experience Buying in a manufacturing operation (Heavy Industrial, Automotive, or similar industry)
• CPIM certification, or other APICS certification
• Detailed knowledge of purchasing policies, procedures
• Experience creating price analysis
• Knowledge of import/export issues
• Knowledge of pricing of raw materials, labor rates, and manufacturing costs
  
  Ability to read and understand blueprints, bills of materials, formal engineering change processes, supplier processes
• Strong MS Office including Outlook, Excel, Word
• Must be a US Citizen or a Green Card Holder