Buyer III (24154)
Buyer III (24154)
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Requisition ID: 24154
The Purchasing Buyer III will be responsible for daily purchasing tasks including but not limited to: maintaining stock levels viewing open purchase requisitions creating POs building supplier relationships following up on open orders and providing customer updates on outstanding purchase orders. The Purchasing Buyer III will be responsible for using industry best practices and strategies to assist in the negotiation of cost and contract discussions. The Purchasing Buyer III will own the relationship with the largest of suppliers and be responsible for performance metrics of those suppliers. The Purchasing Buyer III will be responsible for researching negotiating and onboarding new sources of supply. Also will be accountable to identify key projects to improve the purchasing process.
Responsibilities:
- Run open purchase requisitions
- Create POs to vendors
- Open PO Report
- If past delivery date follow up with vendor
- Update Item Records
- Update POs and resend to vendor
- Handle CSR Requests
- Provide Tracking/shipment POD
- Updated Shipping dates
- Expedite POs
- PO Acknowledgement
- Update PO confirmation tab
- Investigate Reoccurring problems
- Cost issues missed ship dates UoM issues etc.
- Escalation Point for Buyer II
- Own largest supplier relationships
- Onboarding new suppliers
- Vendor performance metrics
- Contract/Cost Negotiation
- Collaborate with vendors on process and price improvements
- Research new supply sources
- Strategic Sourcing planning and process implementation
- TCO and Cost out opportunities
- Leadership role within Purchasing team resource for Buyer I and Buyer II
- Project management with cross functional teams with the goal of cost reduction/innovation
- Perform other duties as assigned
Requirements (education experience travel physical work environment):
- Associates Degree in Supply Chain or related field
- Minimum of 58 years related work experience
- Expert in the use of Microsoft Office suite (Excel Word Outlook etc.)
- Experience with Visio and SAP MRP purchasing systems preferred
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Employment Type
Full-Time
