Buyer bei Edlund Company

Company Overview

Edlund Company, part of the Welbilt group, is a leading foodservice equipment manufacturer with over 100 years of history. The company emphasizes quality, innovation, and customer satisfaction, serving a global market with USA-based R&D, manufacturing, and customer service teams.

Company Mission

Empowering our customers worldwide to become more productive and profitable.

Summary

The Buyer will be an integral part of the materials team and make improvements that facilitates effective problem solving, process and product improvement.  Buyer will be responsible for raw material and some indirect purchases, negotiations on terms and pricing, and proactively identifying opportunities to improve pricing, quality and vendor relationships.  Strong communication skills are critical in this role.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Negotiates favorable prices and terms with suppliers for goods and services 
• Ensure materials are available to meet product demand and forecasts.
• Expedite and reschedules purchased item shipments as required to meet production needs
• Locate, evaluate and qualify new suppliers.
• Identify strategic improvements in the parts that are being sourced.
• Manage purchased inventory dollars to meet business objectives.
• Implement lean manufacturing principles to the supply chain, to include vendor managed inventory, kanban and visual reordering systems, inventory reduction, waste reduction, etc.
• Manage existing suppliers in accordance with company ISO procedures.
• Responsible for the issuance of contractual purchase orders for materials and services.
• Maintain accurate records for all purchasing activities; including pricing, delivery, performance, quantities received, and quality of service.
• Facilitate communication and coordinate with appropriate management on issues affecting future parts availability, work stoppage, or significant price changes.
• Manage supplier issues including late deliveries, rejected shipments, quality, and delays caused by increased customer demand.
• Work with vendors to develop product packaging.
• Verify vendor invoices and vouchers receipted Purchase Orders.
• Support annual physical inventory and manages supplier inventory.
• Works with management and company peers in the development of new products.

Other Necessary Job Functions

• Follows all policies, procedures, ergonomic standards and safety requirements directed by Edlund Company and the department. 
• Ability to work flexible hours.
• Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals.  
• Ability to write technical and business correspondence.  
• Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one and small group situations to engineering team and/or employees.
• Ability to use basic mathematic calculations and arithmetic. 
• Ability to perform these operations using units of U.S and international monetary, weight measurement, volume, and distance.
• Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form.  
• Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.

Supervisory Responsibilities

None

Qualifications

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Education and/or Experience

• Bachelor’s Degree (B.A.) from an accredited four-year college or university; or two to four years’ related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience is required. 
• Global purchasing experience for a manufacturing organization is preferred.

Required Competencies and Aptitudes

• Excellent project and time management skills.
• Excellent organizational and customer service skills.
• Ability to positively and comfortably handle and prioritize multiple tasks in a fast-paced environment with focused attention to detail.
• Self-motivated positive team player with ability to interact with individuals at all levels.
• Ability to make independent decisions in accordance with company policy.
• Strong analytical skills and the ability to propose positive business solutions to problems.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to work within a team and lead project teams.
• Ability to clearly and concisely report data via spreadsheets.
• Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.
• Ability to keep accurate records.
• Ability to read, analyze, and interpret common scientific and technical journals, financial reports, as well as legal documents.   
• Ability to respond to common inquiries or complaints from customers, regulatory agencies, or members of the business community.   

Technical Skills

• Proficiency in Microsoft Office, Word and Outlook.
• Intermediate to Advanced skills in Microsoft Excel
• Crystal Reporting is a plus
• Experience with IQMS or other ERP systems.

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

•  Frequently required to sit type; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; and reach with hands and arms (67% - 100% of the workday).
• Regularly required to stand, walk, talk and hear.
• Occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.  
• Specific vision required includes close, peripheral, and distance vision, as well as color vision and depth perception.  
• Ability to adjust focus. 
• Position is occasionally exposed to moving mechanical parts.
• Occasionally exposed to wet and/or humid conditions as well as outside weather conditions.
• The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate

Work Environment

This position requires working in a manufacturing/production environment with exposure to noise, dust, and machinery. Personal protective equipment (PPE) will be provided and must be worn as required.

Onsite, non-hybrid office position. Starting hours between 6am and 8am, flexible.
40 hours per week, with occasional need for additional hours depending on business necessity. Jetzt bewerben