Jr. Buyer

This position is to maintain a supply of purchased materials and services in a timely mannerto support purchasing and manufacturing, to perform both internal and external commercial transactions, to track incoming materials, ensure parts move through the system so that we achieve Lex goals for on time customer delivery while maximizing inventory turns.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Reviews and processes purchase requisitionsto quote for pricing and lead time from approved suppliers
• Process purchase orders from approved quotes for MRO tooling and inventory items to support production and facilities maintenance
• Manage suppliers and parts to support Corrugated and Hardware VMI commodity
• Communicate with approved suppliers via email and/or phone, to confirm new orders, review open PO status for delivery timelines and adjustments to open orders
• Manage open PO reports to maintain OTD from suppliers and update M2M with change requests to delivery dates
• Work with Accounts Payable team to review and assist in resolving invoice discrepancies for quantity receiving and pricing errors.
• Develops and assists with implementation of processes for efficiency improvements; provides customer service and departmental support
• Develops departmental communications; maintains and updates departmental files, and databases; contributes to and supports departmental initiatives.
• Participate in weekly quality review meetings with purchasing and Engineering to assist with disposition of nonconforming material; communication and follow up with internal/external suppliers for prompt closed-loop resolution
• Participate in department meetingsto support the materials and production teams to meet outlined goals and objectives to achieve LEX DFFR
• Assistto research and locate obsolete parts, obtain quotes for pricing and lead time, work with engineering to facilitate BOM updates
• Interact with Operations daily to assist with expedited requests and update on delivery ETA’s
• Ensure that inventory is maintained at an accuracy of 98.5% absolute variance or better
• Perform other duties as required
• Work overtime when required
• Follow all ISO 9001 and AS9100 practices

Minimum Qualifications/Experience:

• High school diploma or equivalent required, preferred associates or bachelors in business or technical degree (or years directly related experience in lieu of the formal education)
• Two or more years in a similar purchasing role is required.

Abilities/skills required

• Proven experience coordinating a variety of complex activities involving associates at all levels in the organization.
• Good math skills to include percentages and fractions
• Strong ability to operate various software programs to include Microsoft Office Suite (spreadsheets and databases)
• Good verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to Multi-task
• Strong desire to satisfy every customer – good interpersonal and customer service skills
• Ability to work with all levels of the organization and interact with vendors
• High level sense of urgency
• General knowledge of how contract terms and conditions are applied
• Ability to follow through on tasks and projects
• Self motivated, ability to work independently using standard procedures
• Lean manufacturing experience a plus
• Must be able to work in a production environment, as well sit at a desk for extended periods of time.