Buyer II - St. Louis, MO

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Woodgrain is one of the top millwork operations in the world, with locations throughout the United States and Chile. With 70 years of quality manufacturing craftsmanship and service, Woodgrain is a top producer of mouldings, doors, and windows, as well as a premier distributor of specialty building products. Woodgrain Inc. is headquartered in Fruitland, Idaho with six divisions and over 45 manufacturing and warehouse facilities in the United States and South America.

Since 1954, Woodgrain is proud to be family owned and operated.

Responsible for buying all imported Huttig-Grip product, which is primarily fasteners. Optimizes the use of company assets in the acquisition of assigned goods and services. Execution of short and long-term strategies to ensure quality, continuity, and timeliness of supply while minimizing total product and supply chain cost.

include the following.
Other duties may be assigned.

• Analyzes quantities on hand, supplier lead-time, inventory and economic order quantities daily to determine purchase order requirements.
• Performs tasks associated with issuing PO's, reducing cost, improving lead times and increasing sourcing reliability.
• Ensures purchased goods are sourced on a timely basis within suppliers’ capacity; ensure PO's are issued correctly to mitigate risk to the company.
• Analyzes TLC report and uses current material resource planning (MRP) system to make purchasing decisions from all qualified and approved suppliers.
• Knowledgeable of international purchasing basics (Incoterms, International commercial code). Demand management review to generate consolidated requisitions.
• Expedites product when necessary to meet required delivery commitments
• Reconciles product receipts and invoices to ensure proper payment within mutually agreed payment terms.
• Manages the appropriate levels of inventory at branch or region based on lead-time, EOQ, safety stock, etc. incorporating six sigma statistical measures where appropriate.
• Evaluates and coordinates disposition of slow moving and obsolete inventory with current corporate policies of Huttig Building Products.
• Procures appropriate product needs, upon request, to support select branch, regional and corporate product strategies.
• Coordinates and execute regional and multi-branch buying strategies, as assigned, to improve overall product availability and inventory performance.
• Key performance metrics include:
  On-time delivery, fill rates, inventory turns, E&O inventory, invoice errors, product outages, inbound freight costs, duty cost, purchase price variance, and warehouse lead-time, etc.

To perform this job successfullycandidate must demonstrate excellent attention to detail. An individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Bachelor's degree (B.

A.) from four-year college or university, and one to two years related experience and/or training

Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations. Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals. Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions in a professional manner from all stakeholders, both internal and external.

Ability to work with mathematical concepts such as probability and statistical inference, and fundamentals of plane and solid geometry and trigonometry. Ability to apply concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios, and proportions to practical situations.

Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions. Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram…