Buyer

Key Job Responsibilities

Work SAFE and be an advocate for Safety.

 

• Planning and procuring materials to support OEM and Aftermarket sales. Ensure orders are received to quality specifications from suppliers on the required due dates through expediting and overall order management to prevent production stoppages and workforce downtime.

 

• Maintain and control material costs. Provide support to cost reduction teams. Adherence to existing supplier contracts as directed by senior personnel.

 

• Review and resolve supplier performance issues. Creation of purchase orders to external suppliers.

 

• Maintains suppler information records, lead-times, source list, material master data, purchase orders and MRP related settings.

 

• Resolve purchase order and invoice discrepancies including pricing, quantity and/or shipping/receiving issues. Initiate requests for product development and support ERN/ECN process and the flow of information.

 

• Supplier development to improve quality, delivery, and reduce total cost of ownership. Provide direction and support to build supplier relationships with a long-term approach.

 

• Coordinate and disposition rejected parts in a prompt /cost effective manner to prevent production stoppages and workforce downtime. Recover associated costs from rejected materials and warranty items COPQ.

 

• Ensure orders are received from suppliers on the specified due dates through expediting and overall purchase order management including management of MRP messages to prevent production stoppages and workforce downtime.

 

• Support compliance initiatives (ex. NAFTA and Country of Origin collection, Conflict Minerals compliance, UK Modern Slavery, etc.).Creation and analysis of reports as specified by management.