Purchasing - Buyer

Stanley Electric is offering a rewarding career in Purchasing as a Staff-level Buyer for a highly motivated individual with two years of Buyer experience and proficiency in MRP and Microsoft Office applications.

• Attaining cost down targets.
• Expeditiously responding to customer demand, inventory discrepancies.
• Being results-driven and detail oriented with excellent follow-through and a strong sense of urgency.
• Having a strategic, analytical and holistic approach to improvement opportunities.
• Being highly motivated and collaborative.
• Having a positive attitude, flexibility, and problem-solving mentality.
• You are adept at multi-tasking and know how to prioritize.

Facilitating several active accounts to ensure efficient and uninterrupted operations for production lines by:

• Receiving and reviewing quotes to ensure that packaging meets specifications and to control any price changes for materials to attain cost-down during mass production. To coordinate timing of price change with Acct Payable.
• Creating and issuing purchase orders for components after reviewing inventory needs to ensure that production operates without interruption. Perform frequent physical inventory counts to review/evaluate inventory levels meet production requirements.
• Responding to supplier errors and taking corrective action by issuing a DTR (delivery trouble report) and a CAR (corrective action request) to suppliers. To prepare accurate monthly supplier evaluations, and to take actions to correct performance problems.
• Setting up and maintaining stores minimum and maximum based on customer rate of sale. Requires update as conditions change. Minimize overflow condition.
• Expediting all materials and components due to changes in customer demand, inventory discrepancies, or rejects to ensure the efficient running of production lines.
• Regularly communicating with suppliers about any open issues, problems or concerns to establish that the supplier is meeting the requirements of the purchase order agreement.
• Processing all products in reject area on a daily basis.

• You have an Associate’s degree in business or a related field or equivalent experience described above.
• You have 2 years of experience as a buyer, preferably in the automotive industry.
• You are proficient in MRP and Microsoft Office.
• You are a strong negotiator.

• Occasional overnight travel may be required to perform essential functions at remote locations or receive training.
• Required to work overtime (unplanned and unscheduled) to meet customer deadlines and requirements.

All Stanley U.S. Associates share in the effort to achieve customer satisfaction and continuously improve overall performance. Success is found in the delivery of high-quality products on a timely basis at a competitive price. Every team member, in the conduct of his or her daily activities and interactions, has abundant opportunity to make a positive contribution. While no listing of duties and responsibilities can completely capture the many ways this opportunity presents itself, fulfilling the responsibilities of his role is an important means by which an individual Associate contributes to Stanley’s overall success.

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