Buyer IV - Mobile, AL

Minimum Education Required

Bachelors

The following position is available to Veterans, Transitioning Military, National Guard and Reserve Members, Military Spouses, Wounded Warriors, and their Caregivers. Unless specifically stated otherwise, this role is 'On-Site' at the location detailed in the job post.

REPORTS TO:

Manager SCM Compliance & Small Business Liaison

SUPERVISES: N/A

As a member of the Supply Chain group at Austal, will play a role in the performance and success of the function and the group. Will ensure plant needs and requirements are met while maintaining a high level of customer service. Will have day to day responsibility for a buying desk in a specific commodity group within the Purchasing Department. Transactions at this level will be variable, but more complex than routine, and involve significant high dollar negotiations and high levels of risk with moderate volume.

• Quoting and negotiating (when applicable) and issuing purchase orders up to authorized limits for raw materials, parts, subassemblies, finished goods, MRO materials, equipment, tooling, supplies and/or services from suppliers via purchase requisitions or MRP messages.
• Following up with requestors and end users regarding purchase order due dates and status when inquiries are made.
• Following traffic and logistics guidelines and minimizing the use of expedited shipping services where/when possible.
• Skillfully balancing the price, delivery, quality, service and value tradeoffs and rationalizing the supply base on the given buying desk.
• Following all supply chain policies, procedures, guidelines and instructions including those regarding the procurement of materials and particularly the ability to keep confidential information regarding all purchasing or commodity strategies confidential (and in some cases, within the supply chain function exclusively).
• Running and maintaining the buying desk’s purchase requisition or MRP open order, expedite, de-expedite, and past due reports.
• Working in cooperation with material planning, production planning and logistics to reduce part inventory, obsolete and slow-moving materials and handle schedule changes.
• Striving to increase understanding of the services, material and manufacturing processes associated with the assigned buying desk.
• Providing assistance to related departments when applicable to the assigned buying desk (e.g., supplier invoice discrepancies with Accounting, non-conforming material and supplier root cause and corrective actions with Quality, etc.).
• Representing the supplier inside Austal.
• Maintaining close communication with supplier account and customer service personnel, and management levels if necessary, so as to minimize risk due to supplier capacity issues, plant shutdowns, and other day to day disruptions that may affect Austal and/or open purchase orders.
• Negotiating, or assisting in the negotiation of, short- and long-term agreements for raw materials, parts, subassemblies, finished goods, MRO materials, equipment, tooling, supplies and/or services from suppliers on the assigned buying desk.
• Assisting with, or conducting, supplier site audits and investigations.
• Assisting with supplier metrics and advising suppliers of their performance.
• Maintaining professional relationships with suppliers on the assigned buying desk even in difficult times.
• Knowing when to escape issues to, or ask for help from, the next level of management in the Supply Chain function.
• Assisting in the gathering of information to evaluate the financial stability, technical capability, process control, capacity and continuous improvement techniques of suppliers on the assigned buying desk when required.
• Conducting business in accordance with Austal policies, procedures and business ethics guidelines.
• Providing input to, and report outs on, commodity strategies and related projects.
• Reviewing statements of work when required.
• Maintaining the Buyer scorecard for the assigned buying desk to assist with cost savings/cost avoidance reporting.
• Purchasing in both MRP and project/purchase requisition-oriented type environments under Contractor…