Steel Buyer

About the role

As the Steel Buyer, you will apply Metalcraft of Mayville’s core principles—unwavering quality, on-time delivery, unmatched value, and continuous improvement—to purchasing for manufacturing. The role involves maintaining strong supplier relationships and collaborating across departments on new product sourcing, supply issue resolution, inventory availability, quality improvement, and cost reductions. This position reports directly to the Corporate Purchasing Manager.

Responsibilities

• Establish and maintain effective working relationships with suppliers and internal customers.
• Collaborate with purchasing and estimating teams to identify key and preferred suppliers for critical spend categories that align with business unit and corporate objectives.
• Support supplier demand forecasting, capacity planning, supply base inventory management, supplier replenishment, and procurement transactions.
• Plan transitions for all new finished goods to the business.
• Execute standard purchasing processes and strategies, including procure-to-pay definition and optimization.
• Manage supplier on-time delivery (OTD) performance, maintain system data integrity, and measure performance on key indicators (e.g., past due purchase orders, open PO acknowledgements, PO expedites, non-conforming material return cycle time, and supplier invoice resolution).
• Proactively identify, communicate, and resolve risks to prevent delivery or inventory replenishment delays from impacting the business.
• Apply creative problem-solving solutions and work collaboratively.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Associate’s Degree in a related field OR 3 years of related experience in the Supply Chain function within a similar working environment.
• 5 years of purchasing experience in a manufacturing environment is required.
• Demonstrated skills in problem-solving, analytics, contract negotiation, and project management.
• Effective verbal and written communication skills.
• Highly organized with the ability to prioritize multiple projects/tasks simultaneously.
• Proven track record of managing shifting deadlines and priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Occasional travel to key suppliers for onsite visits and supply chain development.
• ERP/MRP experience—SAP strongly preferred.
• Market knowledge and experience sourcing for new product development.
• High-volume steel buying experience preferred.