Buyer

This position executes the purchasing of raw materials and services of a more technical and specialized nature.

Requirements

• Execute the transactional purchase of direct-use materials with intent to purchase through delivery, to support production needs without interruption.
• Purchase order execution, expediting, and other tasks in the day-to-day management of obtaining goods and services.
• Contribute to the development procurement processes and systems.
• Communicate with stakeholders to understand business requirements.
• Request documentation from suppliers to ensure stakeholder requirements are met.
• Ensure supply by maintaining and strengthening supplier relationships and communication.
• Results orientation with finding solutions in challenging supply chain environment.
• Analyze spend data and work with Finance team to identify improvement opportunities.
• Monitor supplier performance, report key performance indicators regularly, and bring ideas for improvement.
• Conduct regular physical counts of certain mission-critical supplies for purposes of maintaining accurate inventory
• Conduct vendor tours of manufacturing floor and production machines for purposes of determining vendor’s ability to meet plant needs
• Daily meetings across departments and on production floor, loading areas, and tool rooms to discuss production teams’ procurement needs
• Responsible and required to notify management about actual or potential food safety issues; and empowered to act to resolve food safety issues within their scope of work.