Senior Buyer

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Review requisitions and obtain quotations from approved suppliers.
• Prepare and issue purchase orders in accordance with the hard demand, forecast, and safety stock requirements on the Grayhill system.
• Review and take action upon "exception" alerts generated by the Grayhill planning system.
• Manage suppliers on time delivery performance utilizing historical data and current open order reports.
• Use economic order quantities to determine optimum lot sizes and pricing.
• Average invoice exception payments based on completion of a purchase order.
• Analyze data sets based on purchased part type, vendor, etc., and utilize the information to provide recommendations on most cost-effective and efficient procurement strategies.
• Stay current with supplier capacity and advise appropriate departments when supplier cannot meet Grayhill schedules and/or technical requirements.
• Act as a liaison between suppliers and Grayhill; communicate all contract and design changes as appropriate.
• Update PO information on the Grayhill planning system and notify schedulers as well as suppliers of modifications.
• Resolve conflicts with suppliers involving "hot list" priorities.
• Provide suppliers with updated forecasting reports as appropriate.
• Discuss defective or unacceptable goods or services with Quality Control, users, vendors, and others to determine source of trouble and take corrective action and/or process RMAs.
• Process engineering change notices, update Purchase Orders and controls, and suppliers.
• Maintain appropriate inventory turns on managed purchased parts.

Education And/or Experience

• Bachelor's degree required.
• Strong communication skills and competency working with internal personnel and external vendors.
• Minimum of 5-10 years' experience in direct purchasing or related field.
• Minimum of 3 years' experience with ERP systems.

Preferred Skills/Experience

• Experience with SAP preferred but not required.
• Knowledge of Electronics or Electro Mechanical Industry.