- Junior
- Bureau à Tempe
Position Summary:
Join our exciting & dedicated team at Vallen as an On-site Buyer. In this position, you will work at a customer location and will be responsible for providing exceptional service by purchasing products, goods, and materials (stock and/or non-stock, or stock buy) that meet the organization's standards of price, quality, timing, and reliability of supply.
Essential Job Duties and Responsibilities:
- Perform procurement activities to ensure the customer's current and anticipated demand for products and materials (stock and/or non-stock, or spot buy) are met and in alignment with Vallen's purchasing strategies.
- Review and approve assigned inventory forecasts produced by Vallen's inventory management or other Enterprise Resource Planning application.
- Review and approve daily replenishment recommendations produced by Vallen's inventory management or other Enterprise Resource Planning application.
- Assess existing orders to determine action for expediting or de-expediting for optimal delivery.
- Place purchase requisitions and vendor purchase orders.
- Research, assess, and make recommendations for vendors and/or specific items of request to ensure they that they comply with specifications and meet the customer's quality, pricing, and delivery standards.
- Monitor the quality and timeliness of products and materials supplied; may coordinate the return of damaged goods and/or replacement items.
- Negotiate and coordinate vendor returns for aging, expired, or excess inventory; coordinate other liquidation activities as required.
- Follow-up on the status of purchase orders with vendors to ensure timely delivery; and communicate status of orders with customers.
- Communicate with vendors to resolve problems with timeliness and product quality.
- Maintain and cultivate relationships with one or more suppliers, vendors, and assigned customers.
- Research and resolve account payables nonconformance with suppliers.
- Identify opportunities for and document customer cost savings.
- Produce customer KPI measurement data.
- Follow all Vallen and customer Standard Operating Procedures.
- Adhere to LEAN operating practices; ensure worksite is professional, clean and neat always.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
