Purchasing Generalist

Purchasing Generalist (HL Mando America Corporation; Opelika, AL):
Ensure appropriate Integrated Purchasing materials (raw materials and subsidiary materials like Grease, Oil, Polymer, etc.) and maintenance, repair, and operations (MRO) items are delivered to manufacturing facility by ordering materials, expediting, and liaising with manufacturing, logistics, and warehouse personnel. Develop functionally integrated sourcing strategies. Negotiate contracts and pricing agreements with suppliers. Maintain technical understanding of the materials and chemicals used in automotive parts required for quality requirements.

Search for potential suppliers for raw casting materials and chemicals (Grease, Oil, and Polymer). Establish, monitor, and manage relationships with key suppliers and internal functions. Anticipate and communicate demand schedule to suppliers from internal customers and ensure suppliers have requisite programs in place to respond to unanticipated demand spikes. Create supplier specific strategies and improvement initiatives in concert with the appropriate cross functional teams, including engineering function and manufacturing.

Create and manage lead-time reduction programs with key suppliers. Analyze quotations using broad purchasing principles, concepts, and practices in the field of specialization for cost and price and value analyses to select, recommend, or develop alternative suppliers. Check and approve purchase requisitions and/or payment invoices. Direct preparation of and follow-up on orders to expedite delivery/shipment as needed; obtain certification of delivery and verify against purchase orders.

Promote sustainability and responsible sourcing practices within the purchasing function and evaluate, select suppliers based on their environmental, social, and governance (ESG) performance, promote sustainable material choices, and implement initiatives to minimize the environmental impact of the supply chain. Analyze the demands and effort to make decision in purchasing for a request from Plant Engineers in terms of Quality, Cost, and Delivery (QCD).

Support free trade agreement certificate of origin (FTA C/O) and FTA System management and customs and border protection (CBP) audit management. Conduct purchasing planning (including Purchasing strategy, Supplier operation plan, and TCI tracking). Follow-up for Global Purchasing (supply chain management) Center’s requests.

Requirements:
Bachelor's degree or foreign equivalent in Chemical Engineering or related field.

Must have experience with the following:
Microsoft Office Products:
Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook; working with Integrated Purchasing for raw materials and Subsidiary materials (Grease, Oil, and Polymer); working with free trade agreements: KORUS and USMCA; negotiating contracts and pricing agreements with suppliers; and Supply Chain Management. Skills may be gained through academic coursework and concurrently while pursuing academic studies.

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