Junior Buyer

Essential Responsibilities

• Sources, purchases, and negotiates materials, equipment, components, and services from approved suppliers.
• Evaluates, selects, and develops vendor relationships to ensure quality, delivery, and cost objectives are achieved.
• Issues and manages purchase orders while monitoring supplier performance.
• Collaborates with engineering, estimating, manufacturing, accounting, sales, and project teams to support business objectives.
• Acts as a liaison between internal departments, vendors, jobsites, and remote offices.
• Prepares detailed cost analyses and cost tables to support budgeting, bidding, outsourcing, and estimating activities.
• Assists in estimating fabricated mechanical and electrical components.
• Supports annual purchasing initiatives focused on cost reduction, quality improvement, and supplier performance.
• Ensures compliance with company procurement policies and procedures.
• Tracks and resolves supplier delivery, pricing, and quality issues.
• Maintains accurate purchasing records and documentation within the ERP/MRP system.
• Performs additional duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 1 year of experience in purchasing, sourcing, procurement, supply chain, or production planning.
• Strong communication, negotiation, and organizational skills.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office, including Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and Outlook.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.
• Customer-focused mindset with the ability to support internal stakeholders.