Buyer

Founded over 35 years ago, First Quality is a family-owned company that has grown from a small business in McElhattan, Pennsylvania into a group of companies, employing over 5,000 team members, while maintaining our family values and entrepreneurial spirit. With corporate offices in New York and Pennsylvania and 8 manufacturing campuses across the U.S. and Canada, the companies within the First Quality group produce high-quality personal care and household products for large retailers and healthcare organizations. Our personal care and household product portfolio includes baby diapers, wipes, feminine pads, paper towels, bath tissue, adult incontinence products, laundry detergents, fabric finishers, and dishwash solutions. In addition, we manufacture certain raw materials and components used in the manufacturing of these products, including flexible print and packaging solutions.

Guided by our values of humility, unity, and integrity, we leverage advanced technology and innovation to drive growth and create new opportunities. At First Quality, you’ll find a collaborative environment focused on continuous learning, professional development, and our mission to Make Things Better®.

We are seeking a Buyer II for Nutek Disposables located in McElhattan, PA.

This position will be responsible for performing moderately complex procurement duties with the purpose of obtaining supplies and services from a variety of suppliers. A participation role, contributing to meetings and projects.

Primary responsibilities include:

• Adhere to all safe Work Practices (SWP) and organizational policies and procedures. Must abide by all safety requirements and attain safety goals.
• Partner with reliable suppliers, solving questions, and confirming expected deliverables, while resolving any delivery, payment, price discrepancies and quality related concerns.
• Verification and accuracy of requisitions being processed, per established polices, and assist with preparation of requisitions and E-req summaries as requested. Place purchase orders upon approvals.
• Make substitutions as possible, while maintaining necessary quality, collaborating with requesters of any deviations to confirm acceptance.
• Contribute to the creation of formal RFI, RFQ, for various parts and services, while doing some analytical work for comparison purposes.
• Support the implementation of value creation opportunities and strategic supplier initiatives.
• Utilize in place processes to contribute to an efficient Supply Chain, working with spare parts teams or reorder and inventory quantities, based on lead-times and criticality of part, for production.
• Works diligently on spot buy savings opportunities and contributes to cross plant initiatives.
• Travel to other FQ locations as required.

The ideal candidate should possess the following:

• BA/BS in Supply Chain or related work experience.
• Strong MS office Suite skills to include Excel, Word, Power Point, along with knowledge of SAP Ariba, Celonis, and QlikView.
• Minimum of 4 years’ experience in a manufacturing environment; having knowledge of MRO parts and services.
• Must be an effective communicator, both written and orally.
• Has the ability to work in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.
• Can support on-site personnel in all aspects of the procurement function.

What We Offer You

We believe that by continuously improving the quality of our benefits, we can help to raise the quality of life for our team members and their families. At First Quality you will receive:

• Competitive base salary and bonus opportunities
• Paid time off (three-week minimum)
• Medical, dental and vision starting day one
• 401(k) with employer match
• Paid parental leave
• Child and family care assistance (dependent care FSA with employer match up to $2500)
• Bundle of joy benefit (year's worth of free diapers to all team members with a new baby)
• Tuition assistance
• Wellness program with savings of up to $4,000 per year on insurance premiums
• ...and more!

First Quality is committed to protecting information under the care of First Quality Enterprises commensurate with leading industry standards and applicable regulations. As such, First Quality provides at least annual training regarding data privacy and security to employees who, as a result of their role specifications, may come in to contact with sensitive data.

First Quality is an Equal Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender identification, or protected Veteran status.

For immediate consideration, please go to the Careers section at to complete our online application.