Senior Buyer

Responsible for tactical sourcing and buying of indirect materials. The senior buyer is responsible for tactical planning and processing of purchase requisitions, analyze spends and direct spends towards preferred vendors and providing active customer service related to indirect materials procurement.

• Actively manage inventory by determining appropriate stock levels to ensure high service levels and optimized inventory levels.
• Analyze MRP exception messages to react to changing material requirements (quantity, requested availability dates). Delay or expedite deliveries if necessary.
• Place purchase orders for CAPEX, direct and indirect materials, based on system generated and manual requisitions
• Maintain vendor acknowledgements to ensure up-to-date material availability information in ERP system
• Provide guidance and directing workflow and tasks for the buyer team
• Act as liaison between the purchasing manager and the buyer team.
• Track supply and stock situation; take corrective actions if necessary, and provide suitable information to internal customers
• Maintain material master data related to purchasing to ensure compliance of lead times, MOQ, Rounding values etc.
• Coordinate with Accounting Department to correct any discrepancies in documents or to supply necessary documents needed for invoicing, standard costs, purchase price variances, tooling, etc.
• Support non-conformity / warranty process management and help to resolve non-conformances and overall quality performance
• Create an effective and business focused working relationship with key internal customers;
  Manufacturing, Production Planning, Sales, Service, Warehouse and Engineering built on good communication and shared ambition
• Work with product lifecycle management (PLM) in new product introductions, and product phase-out activities.
• Execute assigned projects as defined.