Purchasing Buyer

Purchasing Buyer - Comstock Park, MI

DISHER is currently partnering with a world leading automation company that specializes in groundbreaking technologies for flawlessly manufacturing millions of products. They have been awarded year after year as a great place to work and one of the "World's Most Admired Companies".

What it's like to work here:

Their team is the secret to their success. They are empowered, inventive, and inclusive. This company champions their teams, and fosters collaborations, inclusion, respect, and excellence. Working with this company, you will drive innovation with new advancements in industry. You will have opportunity for future training to broaden skills and be a part of a team of experts to drive solutions that improve efficiencies, safety, and quality. If you are passionate about your craft and are driven to succeed, this could be the place for you!

What you will get to do:

• Effectively collaborate with upper management, team members, clients, and suppliers.
• Facilitate daily communications across cross-functional groups, including internal teams, other Lear plants, and corporate office.
• Manage multiple tasks and prioritize effectively.
• Receive purchase lists and bills of materials from engineering groups, enter materials into the purchasing system (COUPA), and monitor the progress of requisitions until order receipt.
• Follow up with both internal buyers and suppliers for delivery issues/opportunities.
• Goods receipt verification: verify receipt of goods and enter details into Coupa
• Receiving and managing job specific items and inventory.
• Manage invoicing processes.
• Logistics coordination: arrange trucking and transportation.
• Handle all necessary customs documents.
• Maintain strong relationships with suppliers, coordinate deliveries, and resolve supply issues, track back orders, and communicate findings to team members
• Work closely with corporate purchasing teams.
• Foster mutual trust, respect, and cooperation among all team members.
• Assist corporate in setting up new vendors and supplier information changes
• Process special payment requests and single source forms.
• Collaborate with corporate to keep catalogs updated.
• Create reports to show the status of requisitions, spot buys, and purchase orders.

What will make you successful:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.
• +3 Years experience in a purchasing role at an Automation/Machine build shop.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office - Outlook, Excel, Word.
• Ability to prioritize, multi-task and meet deadlines.
• Ability to work efficiently within a team.
• Must be results oriented, focused, and attentive to detail and accuracy.
• Knowledgeable of automation components is preferred but not required.

We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process, such as reviewing applications, analyzing resumes, or assessing responses and identifying potential inconsistencies or verification signals in application materials based on available information. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed, please contact us.