Senior Buyer

Job Description

Job Description

Senior Buyer Job OverviewAs Senior Buyer, you will balance cost, quality, and delivery across your assigned commodities, build the supplier relationships that keep our manufacturing running, and negotiate the pricing and supply that keep ACI products competitive.How You'll Make a DifferenceOwn Your Commodity Strategy: You will take full ownership of your assigned commodities, setting the sourcing approach that best balances cost, quality, lead time, and supply risk. You'll translate MRP requirements into a purchasing strategy rather than simply reacting to demand.Day-to-Day Buying: This is a hands-on role. Alongside the strategy work, you will place and manage purchase orders against MRP requirements, enter and manage companywide purchase requisitions, keep PO changes current, resolve invoice discrepancies, and expedite deliveries when production needs them. You handle both the planning and the daily buying.Sourcing and Negotiation: You will obtain and analyze competitive quotes, recommend sources, and negotiate favorable pricing, terms, and contracts for products, tooling, and services. Your negotiations will directly influence ACI's product cost targets.Total Cost Management: You will develop and execute strategies to control total landed cost over the short and long term, avoiding factory stock-outs while eliminating excess and obsolete inventory. You'll lead cost-savings initiatives and identify cost and process improvement opportunities across your categories.Supplier Relationship Management: You will build and manage new and established supplier relationships, identifying and recommending alternate sources of supply, monitoring delivery and quality performance, driving corrective actions, and removing barriers to supplier success. You will recognize consistently poor performers and act to address them.Supply Continuity and Risk: You will safeguard production against disruption - anticipating shortages, prioritizing critical needs, escalating risks to management with proposed solutions, and expediting when required. You'll manage transitions and end-of-life (EOL) activities so supply is never interrupted.Change and Lifecycle Management (ECN): You will implement changes released through the Engineering Change program, communicate revision changes to suppliers, and manage the associated sourcing, transition, and phase-out activities.Continuous Improvement: You will review purchasing methods to maximize lean supply chain efficiencies, write and maintain purchasing work instructions, and help raise the capability of the procurement function - including acting as a trainer for procurement activities.Freight and Logistics: You will understand freight terms and shipping methods and recommend the best delivery option from domestic and overseas vendors, balancing cost against lead time.What You'll Need to SucceedBachelor's degree in engineering, business, supply chain, or a similar technical discipline, or equivalent progressive purchasing experience.7–10 years of buying experience at a manufacturing company, including experience sourcing electronic components (ICs, capacitors, resistors, crystals, connectors, and similar items).Demonstrated experience developing commodity or category sourcing strategy, not just executing transactions.Proven ability to negotiate contracts, pricing, and terms with suppliers to achieve favorable outcomes and cost targets.Strong command of total cost concepts (total landed cost, cost reduction, avoidance of unfavorable price variances).Exceptional communication (written and verbal) and interpersonal skills, with the ability to collaborate and influence across internal and external stakeholders at all levels.Proficient with Microsoft Excel, Word, Outlook, OneNote, and PowerPoint.Detail-oriented, self-motivated, and able to respond quickly in a fast-moving, ever-changing environment.Proven ability to manage multiple priorities and projects while maintaining accuracy and professionalism under pressure.Senior Buyer – Work EnvironmentOffice environment with regular interaction across production floor, quality, and service departmentsProlonged computer work; extended hours may occur during product launchesRegularly scheduled meetings with other departments and suppliersWho We AreApplied Concepts is a 49-year-old, 250-person privately owned company, located in Richardson, Texas. Founded in 1977 by an electrical engineer, we have a long history of profitable, organic growth. Our company remains entrepreneurial at heart, constantly re-inventing ourselves with new products and new markets, but still balanced with business prudence. We manufacture our own products, in our own facilities. Integrating our product development with our own manufacturing resources is a key part of our business culture, keeping us nimble and able to provide high quality products. What We DoWe focus on designing, manufacturing, and selling products that promote public safety. We are the number one supplier of speed enforcement products to law enforcement in the United States. Our employees take pride in the quality of our products and the service we provide in keeping our streets and neighborhoods safe. We offer a variety of engineering challenges, from microwave to high-speed lasers, to image capturing and processing, and LED speed calming devices. To learn more about us and apply for the position, please visit: Employment OpportunityApplied Concepts, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.We are looking for full-time employees. U.S. Citizenship or U.S. Permanent Resident (Green Card) required. Sorry, NO Sponsorship for U.S. visas (no H-1B, etc.). Only qualified candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.