Buyer

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Covers coordination with Engineering and QA to ensure material standards are met and non-conformances are minimized, rectified, and approved where appropriate.
• Controls inventory levels to minimize inventory dollars, ensuring maximization of company financial resources.
• Plans and executes purchase orders with suppliers, ensuring delivery on a timely basis. Ensures parts are tested and qualified, if required.
• Collaborates with Planning/Production to maintain accurate delivery schedules and coordinates with suppliers to proactively resolve delivery issues.
• Communicates with suppliers regarding Engineering Change Orders (ECO’s) and ensures their implementation. Reviews excess inventory caused by changes.
• Enters orders from subcontractors/suppliers for parts supplied by LeCroy and monitors the delivery timeline to meet production schedules.
• Aids management in evaluating vendor reliability and developing new supply sources to gain competitive advantages in cost, reliability, or schedule.
• Maintains inventory at planned levels using Just in Time, Economic Order Quantity, and Safety Stock principles, as well as expert knowledge of assigned commodities and the supply bases attached to same.

Education and Experience

• Professional certifications (i.e., through associations like APICS) preferred.
• Minimum 5 years related work experience.

Job Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Experience with MRP planning and ERP systems.
• Knowledge of Microsoft Excel and Windows.
• Knowledge of electronic components and semiconductor industry.
• Excellent interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills for interfacing with numerous internal and external contacts daily.
• Able to handle multiple projects simultaneously.