Senior Buyer

Job Description

Primary Function of Position
Accountable for procuring materials, components, and equipment in help of new product introduction. Gathers quotations, knows about key supplier capabilities and matches those capabilities to new designs and project schedules. Tracks and updates orders, delivery commitments and inventory receipts both inside and outside of MRP. Insures adequate supply in place for production ramp-up of new products. Works in partnership with Strategic Sourcing to ensure the appropriate supplier strategy is utilized for new product release and scale up to production.

Establish material requirements from engineering, new product build schedules, and maintains inventory at planned levels. Evaluates supplier reliability and works with Supplier Development Engineering and Strategic Sourcing to develop new supply sources as needed. Monitors cost, schedule, and scope of assigned new products and projects. Insures materials availability for production release in time to meet project schedules. Works as a key member of a high performance team.
Roles and Responsibilities

• Uses developed forecasts and proper planning techniques to ensure that optimal inventory levels are available to meet engineering and production ramp up requirements.

• Applies extensive new product introduction/R&D purchasing experience to minimize material run times and insure on time delivery of material to help NPI project schedules.

• Works with engineering to assist suppliers in developing efficient fabrication processes.

• Identifies second sources for critical components as necessary.

• Participates in the continuous improvement of current systems and processes.

• Works with Strategic Sourcing to identify and qualify new supplier resources.

• Identifies potential supplier capacity issues and works in conjunction with Strategic Sourcing to resolve these issues and insure no impact to project schedules.

• Creates, updates, and publishes project material cost models.

• Quickly and proactively, resolves and/or escalates issues related to delivery, supplier performance, quality or cost.

• Insures and maintains accuracy of all applicable reports, purchase orders, component item master information, etc. Work with engineering and production control to insure BOMs are accurate and will function in a production environment.

• Provides direction and/or effectively delegate critical tasks as needed. Be a functional, productive member of a high performance team.