Senior Corporate Buyer

-Understand supplier lead times and production processes.
-Communicate to suppliers business goals to maintain a strong relationship.
-Document and analyze all product related activities in various databases.
-Coaches, mentor and train team members through our purchasing processes
-Responsible for managing Corporate Buyer team
-Responsible for Corporate annual contracts such as copiers, lawn maintenance, air compressors, ink towels, laser gases etc.
-Work with maintenance managers on service and contracts.
-Back up other Buyer(s) on Material Requirements Planning (MRP) reports as needed.
-Prepare purchase orders, solicit bid proposals, and review requisitions for goods and services.
-Research and evaluate suppliers based on price, quality, selection, service, support, availability, reliability, production and distribution capabilities, and the supplier"s reputation and history.
-Confer with staff and vendors to discuss defective or unacceptable goods or services and determine corrective action.
-Maintain and review computerized or manual records of items purchased, costs, deliveries, product performance, and inventories.
-Approve invoices as needed following accounting rules.
-Support Lean programs and ISO.
-Responsible for safety supplies in Corporate, including a visual inventory in the supply vending machine.
-Assist R&D in finding new products, ordering and Supplier Data Sheet data.
-Support ink buying the set up new part #"s as needed (each plant has main ink PO entry and ink part # entry).
-Maintain Visual software for costing and closed PO"s for all location.
-Overall Inventory Management.
-Run various reports as needed.
-Other duties as assigned.
-High School Diploma
-Three years of purchasing experience (print or thermoforming preferred)