Sr Buyer Purchasing

Sr. Buyer – Manufacturing

Overall, Purpose:

Ensure that material is procured and delivered on time to enable operational and production continuity. Works closely with internal and external parties to ensure supply of materials is in place to satisfy production requirements. Conducts regular tactical and strategic activities to support this goal.

Key Responsibilities:

• Seeking a senior buyer (10 years’ experience) would consider a more junior level 5+ with a college degree, would need to be sharp, outgoing etc.
• Daily actioning of buy messages, placing orders as necessary to address negative material allocations or items below safety stock thresholds
• Generate weekly ocean and air freight orders for largest suppliers
• Generate orders as needed for project specific demand based on input from project managers
• Daily actioning of buyer reports related to KPI’s including past due PO lines, unconfirmed PO’s, at-risk PO lines
• Conduct weekly meetings with largest suppliers and freight forwarders to ensure continued flow of up-to-date information
• Keep ERP system (JD Edwards) updated with confirmed delivery dates, en-route shipment dates and tracking information
• Work with appropriate business functions and ensure JDE data fields are complete and correct for all supply chain related item master data

Qualifications and Experience:

• Relevant degree required, along with ongoing SCM continued education
• Significant experience working in a materials buying/planning role and managing the smooth supply of materials in line with distribution and production requirements
• Expert knowledge of materials planning processes
• Advanced Excel skills
• Experience in manufacturing/distribution environment
• Excellent working knowledge of and experience using Material Requirements Planning (MRP) systems or similar – implementation experience preferred
• JD Edwards experience preferred
• Configuration management/Item Master data management experience preferred
• S&OP experience preferred.