Procurement Buyer

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Search and evaluate good suppliers on multiple criteria such as price, quality, service support, availability, reliability, selection, etc.
• Evaluate suppliers based on cost, quality, service, availability, reliability, and selection variety.
• Examine catalogs, industry and company publications, trade journals, commerce publications and directories in order to find the right suppliers.
• Prioritizes and manages forecasting load/purchase order creation to meet various schedules and objectives.
• Ensure transactions are managed in a seamless process from order entry through invoice payment.
• Utilizes practices such as quote analysis, negotiation, and partnering to ensure maximum value for expenditures.
• Evaluates competitive quotations and negotiates agreements that achieve the lowest cost for materials balanced against optimum quantity, quality and on-time delivery.
• Maintain awareness or current market conditions, new products, and supply sources for assigned commodities, new technologies, and methods that enhance the value of the purchasing process.
• Recommend suggested changes to management and internal customers.
• Confers with suppliers to determine factors that affect prices and availability and perform market analysis as needed.
• Supports other departments within the company.
• Exhibits accuracy and thoroughness when purchasing product.
• Establishing foreign and domestic suppliers as needed.
• Respond promptly to branch needs and feedback to improve service.
• Studies sales records and inventory levels.
• Proven ability to work in an environment where the team relies on the collaboration and assistance of each member of the team.
• Aids with special projects as necessary.

Job Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• General knowledge of procurement and material inventory.
• Strong knowledge of Microsoft Suite software, specifically proficient in Word, Excel, Power Point, Outlook.
• Skilled in Epicor Prophet 21, and DSX forecasting.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Ability to work independently.
• Excellent mathematical skills. Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.
• Ability to compute rate, ratio, percentages, discounts, interest, commissions, proportions, percentages, and volume.
• Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form.
• Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.

Education and Experience

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• Bachelor’s Degree Preferred.
• APICS CPIM preferred.
• Knowledge of HVAC parts/products and components.
• Minimum of 3 years of working MRP experience.
• Familiar with HVAC vendors and suppliers.

Physical Demands

• Required to lift up to 35 lbs.
• Must be able to sit/stand up to 8-10 hours per day.
• Regularly required to sit, stand, bend, reach, and move about the facility.
• May be subject to sitting for long periods of time to perform job scope.