- Senior
- Optionales Büro in Peachtree City
SUMMARY
Under broad supervision, secures and analyzes quotes and negotiates prices and terms with domestic and international suppliers, subject to management approval, for the purchase of fixed assets, parts, tooling, raw materials, and/or services. Prepares analytical reports and forecasts to track product costs. Recommends appropriate course of action to management. Expedites the procurement of parts and/or materials in short or critical supply. Coordinates quality matters, engineering, and price changes between company components and suppliers.
KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS (KPIs)
- Emergency PO creation/ratio
- Cost Savings
- Cost Avoidance
- Part Shortages
- Supplier Contract Management
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
- Purchases a high volume and variety of materials and supplies. Evaluates bids, selects, and recommends suppliers and negotiates price, delivery, quality, and service.
- Develops and implements strategies for cost savings, cost avoidance, supplier consolidation, quality improvements and process efficiencies.
- Coordinates purchasing details with vendors, including pricing revisions, order cancellations, discontinued items, acceptable substitutes, back orders, delivery date revisions and invoice discrepancies.
- Plans, coordinates, and manages various sourcing projects related to price, availability, cost to produce and quality for possible category cost savings.
- Analyzes inventory levels and plans orders based on production and sales requirements. Investigates discrepancies between actual and systematic levels, conducts and coordinates corrective actions and implements process improvements.
- Develops replenishment strategies to reduce lead times.
- Supports new supplier qualifications, engineering and new product development activities as required including supplier visits and audits.
- Develops and maintains relationships with key cross functional teams.
- Keeps abreast of market conditions and changes within the supplier’s organization that may affect our relationship.
- Reconcile invoice discrepancies as they arise.
- Participate in annual physical inventories.
- Maintains data in the MRP system of records relative to purchased part item set ups, purchase orders, requisitions, and approvals.
- Reviews requisition orders to verify quantities ordered are the quantities that were received.
- Develops and maintains strong relationships with suppliers. Monitors performance of suppliers. Compiles information on price trends and manufacturing processes.
PHYSCIAL REQUIREMENTS
- Work is primarily sedentary in nature.
- Significant interaction with team, some customers and vendors
- Occasional manual labor that includes lifting, bending and reaching
- Ability to read, write, listen and communicate effectively.
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