Senior Buyer

Patriot Erectors is a full-service, AISC Certified Steel Fabricator and AISC Advanced Steel Erector. Founded in 1991, the company is located just west of Austin, Texas, with a modern 60,000-square-foot fabrication facility. With quality employees and the equipment required to handle complicated structures, Patriot strives to provide exceptional customer service to fabricate and erect structural steel facilities and non-building steel structures, focusing on quality, safety, and immense pride in every project.

At Patriot Erectors, we are dedicated to making a positive impact on our customers, employees, stakeholders, and communities. We believe in fostering self-reliance and respecting the interdependent elements of our business. Our mission is to fabricate and erect steel products that meet or exceed customer requirements without defects or accidents. We pursue a deeper understanding of market, customer, and employee needs, and we embrace values such as Safety, Teamwork, Ethics, Enthusiasm, and Leadership in all our operations.

Company Vision:
Recognize a Need & Fulfill It. We actively seek steel-related opportunities, embracing challenges to deliver mutually respected, mutually beneficial outcomes. This approach supports continual growth and development for our employees and stakeholders.

The right candidate for this position is someone with extensive experience in Safety who will support our projects. This person will constantly be responsible for successfully integrating safety initiatives into the functional operation of the different projects by maintaining processes and procedures to prevent injuries and violations of the law or company policies and minimize the environmental impact of our operations.

Reporting to the Purchasing Manager, the Senior Buyer will be responsible for source selection and procurement functions related to the detailing, fabrication, and field operations for various Patriot Erectors locations, including DFW, Central Texas, Houston, and Trinity, Texas.

• Serve as a Team Lead and Mentor to the department.
• Secure and analyze supplier quotes.
• Generate purchase orders for raw steel materials, fasteners and pre-fabricated products from suppliers.
• Negotiate prices and terms with suppliers.
• Organize and implement purchasing strategies with direction from the Purchasing Manager.
• Study market prices and trends.
• Responsible for all inbound shipments of raw materials and the accuracy of the purchase order according to job specs and ASTM standards provided, assuring the quality/quantity received is acceptable and meets customer/contract requirements. Includes checking P.O. with MTR to verify and authorize received material for payment.

• Closely coordinate with Fabrication/Field Operations and Project Management to ensure timely execution of product sourcing activities.
• Research and recommend suppliers with respect to cost, quality, and delivery (schedule) competitiveness for assigned responsibilities.
• Coordinate the inventory control parameters for the assigned products.
• Assist in the resolution of product quality and delivery problems.
• Ensure buyouts, materials are received timely.
• Monitor and measure the quality and reliability of materials vendors.
• Verify that materials meet proper specifications and originate from approved sources.
• Consider inventory levels before making purchases.
• Receive and check delivery tickets from shop management; prepare them for posting.
• Obtain approval for major material purchases.
• Enter and reconcile fabrication inventory.

• 5+ years of experience in a steel manufacturing environment.
• 2+ years of purchasing and material control experience in a steel manufacturing environment.

• Technical and Analytical Capacity.
• Ethical Conduct.
• Time Management and Organizational Skills.
• Attention to Detail.
• Leadership Skills.
• Enthusiastic and high energy.
• Eagerness to achieve company goals through the management of a team of employees.
• Continual improvement – must continually be growing one’s craft, learning new tools and techniques to manage one’s self.

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