We are seeking a Buyer to join our team at Arlon Graphics, LLC. The successful candidate will be responsible for the procurement and planning of materials, building relationships with internal and external suppliers, and ensuring optimal stock levels for current and future demand. The ideal candidate will have a BA or BS in Materials Management, Procurement, Business Administration, Operations Planning or a related field and at least 3 years of experience in procurement.
Requirements
- Generate, review, analyze and manage system demand plan, demand history and business inputs to develop executable procurement plan in support to production plan and future customer shipments and warehouses shipments.
- Handle day-to-day correspondence concerning over-shipments, delivery shortages, changes in quantity, delivery dates, and prices and report such changes to the interested parties in a timely manner as required.
- Complete purchase requests with domestic and international suppliers by inputting purchase orders, expediting deliveries, and verifying all transactions.
- Maintains appropriate inventory levels consistent with targeted inventory goals and stocking strategies to meet inventory turn and service goals.
- Work directly with suppliers in managing inventory levels and purchases of raw materials.
- Provides detailed analysis as needed regarding purchasing requirements, material usage, inventory levels and targets
- Analyzing historical data and forecast requirements to better understand and optimize purchasing levels.
- Maintain professional and technical knowledge by attending workshops and reviewing professional publications.
- Assist internal and external customers by interpreting laws, policy, codes, and regulations pertaining to purchasing; answer inquiries both orally and in writing concerning purchasing operations.
- Sourcing new materials to help support new product development and cost reductions.
- Continuous negotiations for cost reductions, annual rebates and terms that are optimal for Arlon to help drive down cost structures.
- Support purchasing MRO materials and other functions, as needed.
- Monitor supplier performance by ensuring that materials is delivered as scheduled and meets specifications; maintaining appropriate files and records of meetings with suppliers to ensure company requirements are met.
- Manage all areas when relating to the supplier and interactions (coordinating meetings, following up on new projects and products, following up).
- Provide reporting, KPI updates and metric data related to supply chain indices as assigned.
- Liaison between quality and supplier to get corrective action on any quality or service related issues.
- Maintain accuracy of stock code information within SAP, including lead-time, pricing, current supplier information, current purchase order data, etc.
- Continually searches for strategic process and system improvement for procurement process and vendor/supplier management.
- Ensure SAP parameters are maintained by monitoring minimum, maximum, safety stock, and current inventory levels; making recommendations to management for adjustments to levels.
- Working knowledge of SAP, to develop into the subject matter export on SAP procurement module
- Works with warehousing and logistics to ensure clear communication of inventory spikes and warehouse requirements for stocking.
- Works with Product Management to understand forecast changes and new product pipeline.
- Ability to interact and work effectively across multiple departments and various management levels.
- Communicate with shipping and receiving regarding expected deliveries and volumes in advance of arrival at Arlon to accommodate and prepare for any storage requirements in warehousing.
- Contribute to team effort by accomplishing other job-related tasks as needed; enabling other workers to achieve their job objectives.
Benefits
- Health, Dental and Vision Insurance
- 401(k) Plan with company match
- Paid Time Off
- Holiday Pay
