Buyer

About the role

HR HealthCare is a fast-growing, family-owned medical device manufacturer seeking a motivated and driven Buyer to join our Supply Chain team. This is an excellent opportunity for someone who enjoys working in a fast-paced environment, building strong supplier relationships, and making a direct impact on the success of the organization. The ideal candidate will be organized, detail-oriented, and ready to take ownership of purchasing activities while growing their career with a company that values its people and their contributions.

Responsibilities

• Material Planning and Inventory Management
  • Evaluate production requirements, inventory levels, supplier lead times, and open purchase orders to ensure material availability while minimizing excess inventory.
  • Identify and communicate potential shortages, delivery delays, and other supply risks that could affect production.
• Purchase Order Management
  • Create, issue, maintain, and adjust purchase orders within the ERP system based on production and inventory requirements.
  • Ensure purchase orders accurately reflect approved pricing, quantities, delivery dates, payment terms, and shipping requirements.
  • Resolve purchase order, receiving, and invoice discrepancies in coordination with suppliers and internal departments.
• Supplier Management
  • Develop and maintain professional supplier relationships that support the company’s expectations for quality, cost, delivery, and service.
  • Support supplier qualification, evaluation, development, and ongoing performance management.
  • Coordinate with suppliers to resolve late deliveries, quality concerns, corrective actions, rejected materials, and replacement product.
• Strategic Sourcing and Cost Management
  • Request and evaluate supplier quotations and support negotiations involving pricing, payment terms, lead times, freight, and service expectations.
  • Identify opportunities for cost savings, cost avoidance, supplier consolidation, inventory reduction, and purchasing-process improvement.
• Cross-Functional and Logistics Coordination
  • Partner with Production Planning, Inventory Control, Quality, Warehouse, Finance, and other departments to support manufacturing requirements and resolve supply-related issues.
  • Support new-product introductions, material and artwork changes, and supplier transitions.
  • Coordinate domestic and international shipments, including freight arrangements and required shipping documentation.
• Systems, Documentation, and Compliance
  • Maintain accurate supplier lead time, minimum order quantity, and purchasing information within the ERP system.
  • Maintain purchasing records and supporting documentation in accordance with company procedures and quality-system requirements.
  • Perform additional purchasing and supply-chain responsibilities as assigned.

Qualifications

• Qualities
  • Highly organized and able to manage multiple priorities
  • Strong attention to detail
  • Proactive in identifying material shortages and delivery risks
  • Clear and professional communicator
  • Dependable, accountable, and consistent with follow-up
  • Analytical with strong problem-solving skills
  • Adaptable to changing production schedules and business priorities
• Education & Experience
  • Associate or bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain Management, Business, Operations, or a related field preferred.
  • One or more years of purchasing, procurement, inventory, or supply-chain experience in a manufacturing environment is preferred.
  • Experience working with an ERP or material-requirements-planning system is preferred.
  • Proficiency in Microsoft Excel, Outlook, and other Microsoft Office applications.
  • Working knowledge of inventory management, lead times, safety stock, reorder points, and minimum order quantities.