Senior Buyer

Senior Buyer

Safety is where everything begins. It shapes our culture, our products, and the way we show up for our communities. Join us as we build smarter technologies that redefine fleet safety. When you help make fleets smarter, you make people safer.

Nesconset, NY

About The Position

Senior Buyer

Location: FRC; Nesconset NY

FRC develops innovative electronics for the emergency vehicle market, including lighting systems, pressure governors, sensor-based controls, and other mission-critical components. Our products help fire, EMS, and utility professionals operate more safely and efficiently in the field.

Under the guidance of the Purchasing Manager, the Buyer is responsible for purchasing and negotiating materials and equipment from suppliers. Has knowledge of commonly-used concepts, practices, and procedures of related purchasing activities as they relate and are needed for ERP Systems. Needs sound knowledge of Logistics including domestic as well as international. And will work per a Team concept that will measure their personal success by the success of the purchasing department and the FRC facility as a whole.

Job Duties:

• Review Material Planning Window for purchase requirements.
• Enter and maintain all purchase orders and related purchasing activities as they relate and are needed for the ERP System. Areas can include:
• Lighting (Fabricated LED Lighting, Electronic PCB assemblies)
• Foam Pro (Hydraulic Pumps, Fittings, Valves)
• Video (Video Camera, Displays)
• Paint (Powder Coating)

In Addition:

• Contributes to the goal of ensuring the highest QUALITY product is obtained, with the best on time delivery, at the best unit cost, for those parts and assemblies assigned to this Buyer ID.
• Negotiate yearly contracts for components by using lean principles
• Report PPV, variances, progress, or anything else that applies to this position in a formal, and timely manner as required by the Purchasing Manager.
• Evaluate parts and assemblies and recommends possible other candidates or assemblies that can be purchased from approved sources of supply.
• Manage and initiate strategic sourcing projects, stocking and supplier agreements
• Facilitate/Implement VMI programs such as KANBAN, replenishment and Point Of Use
• Support/Facilitate Root Cause and Permanent Solutions for Supplier Quality Issues
• Part Evaluation – Work with engineering, production planners, production managers, operations manager, and purchasing manager as needed to resolve issues.
• Interfaces with Product Engineering when needed to ensure an accurate and timely implementation of new parts, revisions, or other tasks required to source the item.
• Process vendor returns – Inspection failures, Non-Conforming Material, Service returns, Field return, CORE returns and incorrect shipments.
• Resolves all MRR issues for those commodities assigned within 3 working days. This includes all processes and procedures required to replace, return, and or repair parts from assigned supplier sources.

Regular Activities:

• Place purchase orders via email, fax, web, etc.
• Process requisitions within 1 working day
• Expedite/Maintain open purchase order due dates - pulling and pushing as needed
• Quoting & price comparison
• Engineering Change Notification (ECN)
• Entering vendor pricing
• Entering a new Vendor
• Obtaining terms with vendors
• Entering an RFQ
• Sending parts for outside service (Kits, Anodizing, Welding, etc.)
• Planning (PCB Assembly, Video, Controllers, Outside Machining, etc.)
• Safety Stock Analysis, Management

Key Measures:

• Material Cost Savings
• Inventory Turn Improvement
• Supplier On Time Delivery
• Supplier Lead Time Reduction
• Supplier Quality Improvements
• Supplier Rationalization
• Supplier Payment Term Improvements

New York Salary Range: $80,000 - $90,000 USD

*We do not discriminate in hiring or employment on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, marital status, national origin, sexual orientation, age, disability, ancestry veteran status or any other status protected by law.

Requirements

Experience:

• A 2-year business discipline education, with 5+ years of work experience in a high-tech manufacturer in a low to medium volume environment. This requirement may be offset by tenure, term, working knowledge, or other experiences within the commodity.
• 1 + year working experience with Visual ERP System.
• 3 + years' experience working with pump, motor and hydraulic equipment
• 7+ years of experience: Buying to support assemblies in a manufacturing environment • Buying for a Fast Paced / High Tech Multinational Company • Buying Industrial Products (pumps, motors, gears, piping, plumbing fittings) • Buying Video Products (cameras, DVR's, monitors) • Experience in sourcing, buying, importing from China / Other International suppliers

Computer Skills:

• ERP system operations, Visual experience a must.
• Microsoft Office: Outlook, Word, Excel
• Internet Based Software

Team Player

Interpersonal Skills

Excellent Written/Oral Communication

Working knowledge of MS Windows, MS Excel, Word, is a must.

Organizational Support

Professionalism

Dependability

Ability to handle multiple projects at one time.

Must have the ability to independently develop solutions to complex or unique assignments