- Senior
- Office in Wilmington
Job Description
Unless specifically stated otherwise, this role is "On-Site" at the location detailed in the job post.
Job Description:
The Senior Buyer plans, purchases, and expedites material, equipment and services on a broad assignment basis usually involving important and critical items. This position is responsible for responsible for critical purchasing/planning data in ERP system. The position is located in our Wilmington MA location.
Key Responsibilities:
Performs an active role in the supplier selection and assessment process. Seeks new sources of supply, performs periodic performance evaluations; generates on-time delivery reports.
Assess and evaluate suppliers and undertake performance reviews to ensure contract compliance and manage performance improvement activities.
Ensures continuous supply of required goods and materials and communicates any supply problems which may pose a risk or impact on business operations.
Research and evaluate areas of opportunity and reduce costs where possible.
Drives continuous improvement with suppliers and within Purchasing practices and tool set. Maintain KPI metrics on performance, delivery, and MRP system management.
Solicit competitive quotations from qualified suppliers and prepare total cost analysis to determine the best overall value including purchase price, freight terms, payments terms, quality of service and product specifications.
Analyzes purchase price variances and assists in the development of standard product costs.
Negotiate contracts, improve prices, and terms of business with suppliers and review opportunities to make business savings utilizing negotiation and procurement best practice tools and methods.
Monitor savings against individual and departmental cost savings objectives.
Contact suppliers to resolve price, quality, delivery, or invoice issues.
Delivers briefs, updates, and reports as and when required.
Develop ideas and strategies to improve operational efficiency, add value, aid business performance and work towards a strategy of continuous improvement.
Must have knowledge of legal practices and compliance systems including ISO
Attends production meetings for assigned product lines and understand materials impact.
Ensures compliance with company guidelines, purchasing policies and procedures.
Understand markets, conditions, trends and risks
Monitor and analyze supplier performance metrics and generate reports. Cost, Lead time and Inventory Management, analyze supply chain performance and identify for improvements and implement changes
Job Category
Minimum Education Required
City*
Additional Qualifications/Responsibilities
BS/BA degree in supply chain, business, or engineering discipline
Minimum of 10+ years of related experience with diversified commodities
Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) experience/Experience working with MRP.
Certified Professional in Supply Management (CPSM) or Certified Purchasing Manager (CPM) Certification required or hiring commitment to obtain in first 18 months of employment.
Must have established negotiation, supplier relations and sourcing skills along with strong organizational skills.
Must have experience with handling long term agreements, Kanban, and Just-In-Time (JIT) purchasing.
Applies continuous improvement techniques and methods to internal processes and systems.
Strong people skills. Ability to work successfully within teams.
Utilizes sound judgment and decision making
Demonstrated knowledge and experience in procurement
Demonstrated experience in supplier relationship management and supplier qualification
Excellent communication and presentation
Experience in manufacturing processes
Strong problem solving and analysis skills
Compensation
Employee Type: Salaried
Salary Minimum: $85,000
Salary Maximum: $125,000
Incentive: No
