Purchasing Buyer

Job Overview

Assist with all aspects of plant and corporate purchasing operations, including capital expenditures and budgetary controls. Responsible for purchasing materials, supplies, and services; selecting sources; maintaining purchase records and contacting suppliers. Assist other departments when necessary in searching for new sources, products, and developments. Review requisitions and create purchase orders. Negotiate with suppliers on quality, warranty, price, and delivery.

YOU MUST BE AT LEAST 18 YEARS OLD TO WORK AT TRIUMPH FOODS. Triumph Foods only employs individuals who are 18 years of age or older. If you are under 18 your application will not be considered.

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• Support purchasing policies, practices, and procedures that meet accepted purchasing principles.
• Support internal control procedures that protect and secure the assets of the corporation and that preclude misappropriation of funds or assets.
• Compilation of internal reports as assigned.
• Operate the requisitioning/purchasing system for Triumph Foods to improve responsiveness, provide dollar savings through volume and blanket purchases, and meet the needs of the company with timely delivery of materials, supplies, and services.
• Receive and timely analyze (using the value analysis approach) requests for purchases of materials, supplies, and services; determine vendor source; process requisition; provide for monitoring receipt and providing status to requesting department.
• Negotiate with suppliers on quality, warranty, price, and delivery so that Triumph Foods pays only for the actual value of supplies or services received.
• Monitor an inventory control system for materials, services, and mechanical parts that ensures adequate levels for continuous operations while at the same time maintaining inventory at a level that uses a just‑in‑time purchase and delivery process.
• Provide both written and verbal reports on all problems/opportunities that occur in your area of responsibility, including actions being taken to correct and a recommended action plan with a timetable for achieving.
• Develop a collaborative relationship with those you need to maintain good rapport with in order to successfully accomplish your job.

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the work environment, knowledge, skill, and/or ability required or preferred. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Bachelor’s degree with an emphasis in Business (e.g., Administration, Accounting, Finance, Economics, or Marketing) or a minimum of three years of purchasing experience.

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Ability to read and interpret documents in English such as safety files, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals. Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos. Ability to write routine reports and correspondence. Ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or employees of an organization.

Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs.

Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form. Ability to deal with problems involving a few concrete variables in standardizing situations.

The employee must be familiar with personal computers and all standard programs used by the industry. The ability to learn and effectively use any and all other computer programs that are or will be made available. The ability to be flexible in work duties and to expand knowledge of the work area.

The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close…