Senior Buyer

The Senior Buyer is responsible for managing the supply chain for run rate production, with an emphasis on category management, material planning, purchasing, and supplier relationship management. This role ensures continuous improvement in the quality, timeliness, and total cost of purchased components and services.

The Senior Buyer is responsible for ensuring materials are ordered to maintain the production schedule and meet job requirements, considering as inputs the sales forecast and orders, production capacity, service requirements, safety stock, market conditions affecting material availability, customer special purchase agreements, and other relevant factors.

The role focuses on increasing gross profit (GP) for the company, including, but not limited to, cost savings, proactive supplier agreements, and continuous improvement in processes. Working closely with Operations, Sales, NPI, Engineering, Quality, and Finance, the Senior Buyer identifies potential supplier risks, develops mitigation plans, and resolves supply chain issues.

In addition, the Senior Buyer supports New Product Introduction (NPI) programs by providing sourcing expertise, supplier quoting, and onboarding support, and by helping transition new programs into run rate production.

This list of duties and responsibilities is not all inclusive and may be expanded to include other duties and responsibilities as management may deem necessary to meet the needs of the organization from time to time, as needed.