Buyer

Job Description

Job Description

Job Title: Buyer

Location: Fort Mill, SC

Hire Type: Direct Hire

Pay Range: $70,000 - $80,000 + 10% bonus eligibility

Work Type: Full-time

Work Model: Onsite

Work Schedule: Monday – Friday, 9am – 5pm

Recruiter Contact: Tanny / Phone: View phone number on ziprecruiter.com / View email address on ziprecruiter.com

Nature & Scope:

Positional Overview

Imagine Staffing is recruiting for a Buyer on behalf of our client, a national leader within the renewable Energy/Solar industry, in Fort Mill, SC . This is a direct hire opportunity offering a competitive wage, comprehensive benefits package, and long-term potential for professional growth and career advancement.

In this role you will be responsible for managing the procurement of materials, equipment, and services to support manufacturing operations while ensuring quality, cost, and delivery objectives are met. You will collaborate with suppliers and cross-functional teams to negotiate pricing, monitor inventory levels, resolve supply chain issues, and maintain strong vendor relationships to ensure uninterrupted production. As part of the team, you will enjoy a comprehensive benefits package, including:

• Paid Time Off (vacation, sick, and holiday)
• 401(k)Retirement Plan
• Medical/Dental/VisionInsurance Plans
• Health Savings Accountoption
• Supplemental/Voluntary InsurancePlans
• Employee Assistance Program
• Tuition Reimbursement Program
• Employee Recognition Programs
• Employee PV Panel Purchase Program

Role & Responsibility:

Tasks That Will Lead to Your Success

• Assist in developing a strong relationship with suppliers, acting as a point of contact
• Develop new contacts and sources of supply through research, networking, and assistance from the executive team.
• Perform supplier due diligence in qualifying potential new suppliers and insuring supplier compliance with guidelines as per company policy.
• Use benchmarking, statistical techniques, value engineering, and total cost activities to ensure that suppliers continue to offer the best market prices available. Assist supplier side of the negotiations process and ensure management is fully aware of all aspects of the transactions through ongoing meetings and updates. Assess the risks within a given transaction and develop contingency plans for alternate sources of supply where necessary.
• Maintain supplier information for entry into Sales Management, Accounting, and Logistics Tracking systems.
• Ensure that deal confirmations are received from suppliers by company guidelines. Address product quality and delivery concerns directly with the supplier.
• Assist production, engineering, sales and marketing in developing sources for new products based on internal directions and market trends.
• Managerial
• Ensure timely supply of raw materials, semi-finished products, machinery and equipment, materials and services for manufacturing, inspection, packaging and logistic, including utilities, janitorial and general office needs.
• Daily management of an efficient but effective level of inventories, in coordination with Operations and Finance.
• Collaborate with logistics and supplier to best accommodate delivery scheduling of all inbound goods.
• Provide inbound goods delivery forecasting on a weekly basis.
• Manage and track all open purchase orders.
• Total ownership of all materials planning including complete BOM replenishment planning, ordering of goods, providing delivery forecasting and following up of all goods until order is received in stock.
• Collaborate with engineering and maintenance to develop minimum quantities to keep on hand, alternate supply bases for all critical parts, and managing of inventories, including reordering as required.
• Buying and Publishing
• Set up and maintain stock and supplier records.
• Order product based on rate of sale and min/max quantities to maintain optimum levels.
• Monitor daily out-of-stock information, customer’s backorders, and re-orders. Follow up non-delivered supplier purchase orders and back orders.
• Prepare documentation and attend monthly buying meetings and minute action points.
• Keep publication dates for forthcoming products up to date.
• Update sales orders based on product status changes.
• Manage price change/information changes.
• Maintenance of individual product lists.
• Placing orders to ensure maximum benefit taken from special terms available.
• Manage replenishment function for consignment accounts. Maintain consignment and distribution supplier files.
• Setting up and maintaining stock and supplier records.
• Manage supplier invoice/supply disputes.
• Investigate stock discrepancies and adjust as necessary.
• Answer and field incoming calls.
• Process orders received from customers and sales team.
• Handle customer orders and product queries.
• Prepare sales/product reports for customers/sales team on request. Provide support to sales team.

Skills & Experience

Qualifications That Will Help You Thrive

• Bachelor's degree in Purchasing Management, Supply Chain Management or Business Management.
• This is a hands-on purchasing role responsible for direct and indirect pro-curment
• 5+ years of purchasing experience in a manufacturing environment (automotive, electronics, or industrial).
• Experience purchasing raw materials or components that are directly used in the manufacturing process or final product.
• Must have: Understanding of Incoterms (i.e., FOB, CIF, EXW), freight, and customs documentation.
• Must have: Basic understanding of supply chain fundamentals (lead times, inventory impact, shipment tracking).
• Experience working with international vendors and coordinating overseas shipments.
• Strong negotiation and vendor management skills.
• Basic understanding of MRO and CAPEX procurement cycles.
• Able to collaborate with engineers and maintenance teams who may have urgent technical needs.
• Proactive and responsive; takes ownership of issues from requisition through delivery.
• Flexible and hands-on; comfortable with both transactional details and vendor negotiation.