Buyer I

Essential Duties And Responsibilities

• Prepare and compile documents, terms and conditions, technical and commercial exhibits to issue RFP/RFQ(s) bids.
• Collect vendor quotes and compare bids by performing routine commercial comparisons.
• Aid Procurement and Legal by assembling documentation and summaries to support commercial review and negotiation activities on commercial negotiation.
• Issue purchase orders by contacting suppliers, confirming lead times, monitoring delivery status, and reporting delays or issues to management.
• Track materials using excel documents until receipt.
• Update purchasing systems accurately and timely related to orders, supplier data, and delivery statuses.
• Maintain organized, complete procurement records, including bids, purchase orders, contracts, correspondence, and delivery documentation in accordance with record-retention requirements.
• Handle routine supplier and internal customer inquiries related to order statuses.
• Perform other duties as assigned by management.

Qualifications

• High school degree or GED.
• Experience in expediting.

Physical Demands

• Stand - Up to 1/3 (Occasionally)
• Walk - Up to 1/3 (Occasionally)
• Sit - 2/3 and more (Regularly)
• Talk or Hear - 2/3 and more (Regularly)
• Use Hands to Feel, Handle or finger tools or controls - None
• Climb or Balance - None
• Stoop, Kneel, Crouch or crawl - None
• Reach with Hands and Arms - 2/3 and more (Regularly)
• Taste or Smell - None
• Weight Lifting/Lifting & Carrying Capacity - Up to 10 Pounds
• Vision Requirements - Special Vision Requirements: None
• Work Environment - Moderate Noise (Examples: business office with typewriters, and or computer printer, light traffic)

Work Environment

• Wet, Humid Conditions (Non-Weather) - None
• Work Near Moving Mechanical Parts - None
• Work in High, Precarious Places - None
• Fumes or Airborne Particles - None
• Toxic or Caustic Chemicals - None
• Outdoor Weather Conditions - None
• Extreme Cold (Non-Weather) - None
• Extreme Heat (Non-Weather) - None
• Risk of Electrical Shock - None
• Work with Explosives - None
• Risk of Radiation - None
• Vibration - None