Buyer III Hybrid

If you are looking to be part of a company focused on making our roads and communities safer, join our team of talented individuals.

Benefits

• Bonus Plan
• 10 Paid Holidays
• Paid Vacation and Personal Time
• Four Weeks of Paid Parental Leave with no waiting period
• 401K Plan with Employer Match (fully vested on day one)
• Company-Funded Short-Term Disability
• Health, Vision, and Dental insurance
• Quarterly Company Events and Lunches
• Opportunity to join the Fun or Safety Committee and have a say in TAPCO happenings

About the role

The Buyer III is an advanced purchasing role responsible for independently managing complex suppliers, commodities, purchasing processes, and higher-impact procurement activities within established procurement procedures, approval requirements, and company policies. This position supports business continuity by leading complex purchasing execution, supplier follow-up, delivery recovery, inventory support, ERP data accuracy, and cross-functional issue resolution with limited supervision.

This role is intended as an advanced execution and business process ownership level within the buying career track. The primary focus is managing higher-complexity supplier and purchasing activity, leading cross-functional coordination, resolving escalated issues, supporting process improvement, and coaching Buyer I and Buyer II team members as needed.

Responsibilities

• Create, release, and manage purchase orders for complex assigned suppliers, items, commodities, programs, or business processes in accordance with established procurement procedures, approval requirements, and company policies.
• Review purchasing signals, demand requirements, planning worksheets, forecasts, inventory positions, supplier capacity, and customer commitments to determine appropriate purchasing actions within assigned scope.
• Lead follow-up on supplier acknowledgements, promised delivery dates, open order status, shipment timing, receipt activity, and high-priority purchasing exceptions.
• Independently resolve complex late, missing, inconsistent, or incomplete supplier responses and escalate significant risks to Buyer IV+, the Procurement Manager, or other designated leaders as appropriate.
• Support continuity of supply by proactively managing supplier commitments, inventory constraints, shortage risk, customer impact, and recovery actions.
• Serve as the primary supplier contact for assigned complex suppliers, commodities, processes, or purchasing responsibilities.
• Communicate professionally and consistently with suppliers regarding order status, delivery commitments, documentation requirements, pricing questions, recovery actions, and escalated issue resolution.