Buyer, Design & Architecture

Overview

For 140 years, A.W. Chesterton has been an innovator and a knowledge provider for our industrial partners around the globe. From our ground-breaking split seal technologies, to our cutting-edge packing and lubricant solutions, we are continually focused on new ways to bring solutions to our customers, while also celebrating our own rich history and our unique place in the sealing industry.

Our Operations professionals manage and support the creation of our world-class flow control products in a low-volume, high mix manufacturing environment. These folks are our manufacturing leaders - shop managers, purchasing professionals, production and demand planners, engineers, and quality professionals who value working with other top manufacturing professionals and helping solve complex production problems. In addition to a work environment that promotes learning and promote-from-within opportunities, we understand what matters to our production workers: competitive, market-drive pay, outstanding benefits, and a stable and dependable job place supported by over 140 years of being in business.

If you are looking for a place to call home in your next manufacturing role, come and explore all that Chesterton has to offer!

Our benefits offering include:

• “Work Today, get paid tomorrow” - withdraw up to 30% of your earned daily wages the next day after you work rather than waiting for pay day!
• Chesterton Student Loan Repayment Program
• BCBS Medical Coverage
• Delta Dental
• 401K savings plan with a Chesterton contribution
• PTO including vacation sick, time, 11 paid holidays, and paid to time off to volunteer for causes
• Vision insurance
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Short-term disability and long-term disability insurance
• HSA & FSA options to cover additional medical costs
• Parental leave for moms and dads to be
• Hiring referral bonuses (up to $3,000 for select roles)

A host of other fringe benefits including legal services, pet insurance, Chesterton relief fund for employees in need, and more!

Job Summary:

At Chesterton, we have a laser focus on our customers. This job impacts the customer by increasing our cost competitiveness while maintaining high quality standards for raw materials. The Buyer coordinates and manages all activities relating to transactional processing of purchase orders. Responsible for purchase order vendor acknowledgement process and on time delivery performance.

Job Model: Hybrid

All fully remote positions have no regular expected onsite scheduled days. Fully remote employees may be required to come onsite due to business needs.

Hybrid positions will require employees to work both on-site and remote each week under a schedule that has been determined and agreed upon by you and your manager.

On-Site positions will require employees to work on-site for each of their scheduled shifts.

Responsibilities:

• Support procurement for designated functions, aligning with local demand, budgets, and policies.

• Follows ordering policies as defined by materials management for each commodity.

• Reviews and evaluates planned daily MRP orders and take appropriate action.

• Prepares and enters purchase orders into the materials business system, obtains supplier acknowledgement and monitors Open Purchase Order report to ensure On Time Delivery.

• Maintains/Changes Purchase Orders as necessary (cancel, postpone, etc.).

• Expedites materials as necessary to ensure continuous material availability.

• Manages the replenishment of Kanban and/or supplier consigned inventory for designated parts.

• Processes non-conforming material reports for defective material to ensure problems are resolved, containment is achieved, and replacement material is obtained in a timely manner.

• Acts as a liaison between suppliers and Chesterton’s Finance group on issues including invoices, payment terms, and payment method.

• Maintains Data Quality in Procurement Fields in AX (Pricing, lead time, MOQ, Approved Vendors, Material Category, etc)

• Monitor and Responds to Special Requests from CRM/CST in a timely fashion

• Works with the Logistics team to ensure supplier compliance with freight and shipping procedures, assist in resolving freight claims and issues, and utilizes cost effective and efficient shipping methods.

• Actively participates in lean/six sigma improvement activities within and outside the materials team.

Complexity of Duties:

• Works under general direction.

• Requires analytical application of principles, theories, and concepts in the field. Knowledge of other related disciplines.

• Works to solves problems and develop problem solving skills. Solutions should be solved as an individual/or team environment.

• Elevation of problem solving in the organization to avoid additional negative costs impacts

• Frequent inter-organizational and outside customer/supplier contacts are expected. Professionally represents the team and Chesterton in a variety of issues associated with specific projects.

Essential Skills:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty…