Buyer Purchasing

Position Title: Buyer

Location: Moncks Corner, SC 29461

Job Type: Direct Hire

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Identifies and recommends suppliers by investigating potential suppliers, researching parts, equipment, machinery, services, and materials availability. Develops potential bidder list and initiates formal requests for quotation or proposal.
• Conducts supplier site visits and evaluates them as to production capability, performance, delivery, and other key business criteria. May complete supplier certification independently or as part of a technical and/or quality team.
• Purchases parts, equipment, and materials by preparing request for quotations and submitting purchase orders with approved suppliers. Issues purchase orders and agreements that accurately reflect price, schedule, terms, and conditions as negotiated with suppliers. Maintains accurate lead times for assigned commodities.
• Evaluates bids for standard and non-standard items. Selects suppliers for a variety of moderately complex or technical materials, supplies or services and negotiates price, delivery, quality, and service. Develops alternate sources of supply by identifying and researching prospective suppliers.
• Monitors and evaluates supplier performance. Advises appropriate personnel of impending supplier failure to fulfil contractual agreements that may delay production or delivery. Resolves shipment quality discrepancies by mediating supplier/manufacturing issues. Facilitates inspections, substitutions, and standardization by arranging and participating in conferences between suppliers and company personnel.
• Negotiates and settles damage claims, rejections, losses, return of materials, over-shipments, cancellations, and engineering changes with suppliers.
• Prepares moderately complex reports by collecting, analysing, and summarizing information and trends. Provides parts, equipment, and materials information by answering questions and requests.
• Applies continuous improvement techniques and methods to internal processes and systems to increase efficiency and customer service and to reduce costs.
• Maintains professional and technical knowledge by attending educational workshops, reviewing trade
• publications, establishing networks, and/or participating in professional associations.
• Complies with federal, state, and aerospace industry regulations; ensures adherence to requirements and advises management on needed actions. Complies with Government/Commercial Practices Manual (GPM/CPM) policies and procedures.
• Shares specialized knowledge with others. Represents company on specific projects. Mentors new employees. Contributes to team effort by accomplishing related results as needed. Work assignments may include cross-functional or project team responsibilities (e.g., continuous improvement).

Required Skills and experience :

• Looking for at least 5 years of buying exp.

• Sending out requests for quotes and pricing.

• Must have Manufacturing exp (government facility-NO).

• Exp with lean process and principals.

• Team player

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor’s degree in business administration, Supply Chain, or related field. Demonstrated ability to perform the essential functions of the job typically acquired through five or more years of related purchasing experience. Certificate in Purchasing Management (CPM) or APICS a plus.
• Knowledge of key purchasing and negotiating methods, principles and concepts, and general business operations.
• General knowledge of legal and regulatory requirements related to procurement.
• Basic understanding of continuous improvement techniques and methods.
• Ability to use standard business application software and specialized purchasing and/or materials systems (e.g., electronic data interface (EDI) or manufacturing resource planning (MRP) systems).
• Ability to calculate figures and amounts such as discounts, interest, commissions, proportions, and percentages.
• Ability to research and analyse data and develop recommendations or resolve problems by drawing on internal information and referring to prior decisions.
• Ability to work with only general work direction and instructions regarding the scope of assignments and determine priority and order of assignments.
• Ability to read, analyse, and interpret financial reports.
• Ability to respond to common inquiries or complaints from customers, regulatory agencies, or members of the business community.
• Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.
• Ability to negotiate effectively to obtain the best price and terms.
• Ability to effectively demonstrate team member competencies and participate in goal setting, performance feedback, and self-development activities.