MRO Buyer at undefined

SUMMARY:

A maintenance, repair, and operations (MRO) buyer is responsible for the preparation and issuance of purchase orders for the products and services that are used to maintain and fix broken machines. For example, in a factory, machines gradually break down, and an MRO buyer is responsible for getting the materials needed to fix the machines.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Manage all aspects of purchasing and distribution while taking into account cost-effective solutions.
• Communicate with the team, foster a team atmosphere, and report on progress.
• Assess purchase orders for accuracy and compliance with regulations.
• Receive price quotes from vendors, compare quotes against requirements and the budget, and purchase orders.                                                                                          
• Responsible for the preparation and process purchase orders and documents in accordance with Company policies and procedures. 
• Maintain complete updated purchasing records/data and pricing in the system. 
• Source, select and negotiate for the best vendors in terms of quality, price, availability, reliability, terms, and deliveries. 
• Support relevant departments with quotations for the purpose of tenders. 
• Responsible for monitoring the resolution of pricing discrepancies claims to factories and vendors for defectives, shortage missing products. 
• Assists Inventory with monthly cycle counts, and yearend inventory. 
• Maintain complete updated purchasing records/data and pricing in the system. 
• Other duties as assigned.

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 accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Associates Degree in Industrial, Mechanical, or other technical field with 3 years of manufacturing experience, or 5 years equivalent experience. 
• Good communication, negotiation, and mathematical skills; knowledge of supply-chain management; and the ability perform financial analyses. 
• Good team player with integrity, interpersonal, organization and time management skills. Work well under pressure and able to work independently.  
• Ability to perform work accurately and thoroughly. 
• Ability to make critical decisions while following company procedures. 
• Ability to work independently with minimal supervision.

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.

• Occasional standing, walking, sitting, handling, reaching climbing, crawling, squatting, kneeling and bending
• Frequently pushing/pulling and lifting/carrying 25 pounds or less. 
• Occasional pushing/pulling and lifting/carrying 50 pounds or less.
• This role may require longer hours or weekends on occasion
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to use hand to fingers, handle controls; and talk or hear.  
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, and the ability to adjust focus.