Senior Buyer

Milacron is looking for a Senior Buyer to join our team in Batavia OH. The Senior Buyer is responsible for leading and executing advanced tactical procurement activities to ensure timely material availability and support daily production requirements. This role focuses on handson supplier management issue resolution detailed purchasing execution and continuous improvement within the buying process. The Senior Buyer serves as the primary escalation point for delivery quality or communication issues and provides guidance and support to Functions:Tactical Procurement Leadership:Executes daily purchasing activities with a high degree of accuracy urgency and complex or high-volume part families requiring tighter control and more frequent supplier PO lifecycle management including placement confirmations changes cancellations and supplier acknowledgements ship dates and quantity updates are accurately reflected in the ERP and reacts to MRP messages adjusting orders to support changing production with Strategic Commodity Manager to place POs with Milacron Preferred Suppliers and make decisions based on Cost lead time and quality when and fix data where needed on Management & Expediting:Acts as the primary escalation point for supplier delays quality issues or inaccurate advanced expediting to resolve material shortages and protect production supplier open order reports identifies gaps and implements corrective with Supplier Quality on non-conformances RMAs and repeat updated information is loaded in JDE and communicated across the debit memos are created and suppliers are charged back costs when supplier overall performance with Global Commodity Managers and make recommendations regarding suppliers ability to meet Quality Delivery and Cost Inventory & Material Flow Performance:Owns day-to-day supplier On-Time Delivery (OTD) performance and drives corrective inventory health including safety stock open POs and slow-moving material risks early and implements mitigation steps to prevent production forecasts and planned orders to support accurate supplier forecasting improvements and supports SIOP prepare and maintain production levels / PFEP within the A B and C classifications by SKU number (PFEP).Communication & Cross-Functional Support:Provides daily communication to Operations Scheduling and Logistics on material ECO transitions by coordinating run-outs replacements and shipping discrepancies freight issues and packaging OpSys alignment and part structure changes to suppliers as needed for Part Lead times are correct in Ownership & Continuous ImprovementIdentifies and recommends improvements to purchasing processes and expediting standardization of procurement tools reports and tracking key metrics such as OTD confirm rate and shortage counts to drive in short-term problem-solving activities with suppliers (A3 8D root-cause reviews).Follow and implement departmental policies goals objectives and procedures as & Team SupportProvides guidance and support to junior Buyers and in training new hires in purchasing processes and ERP/MRP as a resource for complex part transitions and supplier with team to develop and execute category strategies in partnership with Strategic with Strategic team and Quality for supplier scorecard reviews and corrective action planning along with risk (Required) Qualifications:Education and ExperienceBachelors degree required.57 years of purchasing or supply chain experience in a manufacturing supplier management and tactical procurement in ERP/MRP systems (JDE preferred).Strong communication and follow-through skills with the ability to handle multiple to work independently and support less experienced team and/or APICS certification a plus#LI-ONSITE #LI-DM1