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Job Description
Are you a skilled and motivated professional with a passion for procurement Do you thrive in a fast paced environment making strategic decisions that impact the success of business Knape & Vogt is looking for an experienced Buyer to join our industry leading team! Enjoy excellent pay and incentives at a company where you will be recognized and rewarded!
Company Overview:
Knape & Vogt Manufacturing Company has been based in Grand Rapids for over 125 years. We are a global leader specializing in the design manufacture and distribution of functional hardware office and healthcare ergonomics and storagerelated components for original equipment manufacturers specialty distributors hardware chains and major home centers.
Whats In It For You
- Benefits including Medical/Dental/Vision plus many more starting Day 1
- Competitive Pay
- Generous Paid Time Off
- 11 Paid Holidays
- 401K with Company Match
- Tuition Reimbursement
- Employee Discount Programs
- Sales Incentive Plan
- Bonus and Merit opportunities
What Will You Get To Do:
- Procures items (material parts supplies and equipment) optimizing price delivery and terms
- Monitors supplier performance (order placement order changes order performance etc.
- Identifies and executes solutions to ensure material flow to customer demand
- Manages issue resolution and recovery
- Develops/builds supplier relationships
- Mitigates and escalates related risk to minimize impact to business/material flow and customer commitments
- Identifies strategic cost out opportunities
- Mitigates cost up challenges and maximizes cost out opportunities
- Maintains purchase order status and shipment tracking information in ERP
- Reports product and material availability to planning and procurement
- Assists in the creation of quarterly Supplier scorcards
- Reviews and maintains ERP parameters related to planning and procurement
- Participates and contributes to monthly Sales and Operations Planning process
- Reviews and takes appropriate action on engineering changes to minimize impact on inventory
- Coordinates inventory planning and replenishments of materials
What Will You Bring:
- At least 2 years of experience in purchasing buying and/or planning
- Bachelors degree in Business Supply Chain related field or equivalent combined education and work experience
- Intermediate skills in MS Office experience working with MRP/ERP database systems
Employment Type
Full Time
