Junior Buyer

The Junior Buyer will work as part of the purchasing team to support all Divisions of Miller Industries. Under direction of the Senior Buyer the Buyer performs a wide variety of tasks related to procurement, including (but not limited to): pricing research and comparisons, day-to-day vendor relationship management, critical internal client support, order placement and tracking, managing inventory levels, and supporting new business quotations.

• Enter purchase orders in the ERP system [Global Shop].
• Source component parts and materials in line with the Bill of Materials [BOM] and Raw material lists [RML].
• Ensure budgets are maintained working in close liaison with both the Purchasing Manager and Project Manager for the project.
• Report on variances and open PO’s to Project Managers
• Follow up with vendors on open purchase orders
• Seek out new vendors, validate performance matrices for on time delivery, quality, and level of business support and maintain vendor relationship.
• Ensure compliance to company guidelines, purchasing policies and procedures.
• Negotiating on vendor pricing, delivery costs and delivery time frames as quoted.
• Resolve receiving and accounting issues.
• Attend project meetings/kick offs.
• Process RMA’s for non-conformance Materials.
• Daily receiving of pack slips.
  • Scanning and filing daily.
• Maintaining the open PO dashboard.
• Closing WO sequences: PFAB and FA Divisions.
• Weekly check in with paint to assess supplies. i.e. chemicals, spray cans and shipping items
• Quarterly updates with MIR to review open PO’s and receive in as needed.
• Inventory implementation as needed
  • Weekly cycle count verification.

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