Buyer, Supply Chain/Logistics
Listed on 2026-09-10
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Supply Chain/Logistics
Procurement / Purchasing
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The Buyer is responsible for sourcing, purchasing, and managing the inventory of materials, products, and services required to support business operations. This role evaluates suppliers, negotiates pricing and contracts, places purchase orders, and monitors delivery schedules to ensure timely and cost-effective procurement. The Buyer collaborates with internal departments to forecast purchasing needs, maintain optimal inventory levels, and resolve supply chain issues while ensuring compliance with company policies and quality standards.
The Buyer is responsible for sourcing, purchasing, and managing the inventory of materials, products, and services required to support business operations. This role evaluates suppliers, negotiates pricing and contracts, places purchase orders, and monitors delivery schedules to ensure timely and cost-effective procurement. The Buyer collaborates with internal departments to forecast purchasing needs, maintain optimal inventory levels, and resolve supply chain issues while ensuring compliance with company policies and quality standards.
Purchase commercial and non-commercial parts and other operating supplies and/or services in a timely manner to support the manufacturing of finished goods and new product development.
- Clearly communicate and track communications of inability to meet release requirements.
- Coordinate with vendors to obtain information concerning product, negotiated price, ability, and validation of vendor to provide product or service and delivery date.
- Track and manage daily on time delivery and vendor quality to include quarterly report and qualifications.
- Determines the need for expediting - follows up on late orders and monitors delivery performance taking corrective action as needed.
- Coordinate purchasing activities with manufacturing, planning, inventory, and engineering departments to acquire inventory in a cost effective and timely manner.
- Resolve accounting discrepancies and process supplier returns/rejections.
- Track and post weekly/monthly results while establishing goals and benchmarks.
- Work with management to establish systems and processes within purchasing while playing a major role in development of same.
- Attend production meetings and resolve any outstanding issues that may arise.
- Working within the ERP Software (Syteline) at a high level (Power User).
- Maintain “item master” records, part “methods of manufacture” (MoM), costing methods, “bill of material” (BOM) exports and analysis as a backup.
- Active member in the overall ERP Software maintenance, coordination, strategic utilization, and development with the ERP Software provider as a backup.
- Manage commercial stock and modified parts to Machine shop for fabricating/production.
- Manage commercial parts supplied to outside vendors to fabricate parts.
- Achieve and track discounts while optimizing volume leverage with vendors. This includes tracking and reporting on same in an organized and understandable manner.
- Work as a backup to other associated and non-associated areas when and if needed.
- Any other tasks that may be assigned on an as needed basis.
- Minimum 3 years hands‑on experience purchasing components utilizing MRP/ERP.
- Understanding of purchasing principles including the ability to research, analyze and negotiate.
- Ability to work in a fast‑paced work environment and be…
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