Buyer I

Indirect Buyer

Nelson Global engineers, manufactures, and distributes clean and efficient Air & Fluid Transfer, NVH, Complex Structural, Acoustic, and Thermal Management Solutions. Nelson Global partners with the World's leading OEMs. With 22 global manufacturing and distribution facilities and unparalleled engineering and innovation capabilities, Nelson Global provides mission critical solutions with the highest degree of reliability at the lowest cost. Our dedication to serving our employees, partners, and the planet responsibly is realized across three pillars of sustainability environmental, social, and governance. By empowering our people, reducing waste, and developing innovative and efficient systems, we support the communities and resources that spur the industries and technologies of the future.

This Position is accountable for transactional support and procurement of required materials and services needed to support the manufacturing organization while maintaining spend to budget monthly. This position is responsible for purchasing transactions, including the processing of requisitions and purchase orders. Must ensure compliance with company policies and procedures for best practices to ensure best total cost and minimum inventory while supporting production.

Monday - Friday 40 hours a week.

Primary Responsibilities & Duties:

• Order material, expedite, move out, or cancel as appropriate to support production and drive cost and working capital results.
• Collaborate with sourcing team to identify sources of supply and pricing discrepancies
• Obtain information from suppliers concerning product, price, and delivery dates
• Identify and resolve issues, late deliveries, shortages, quality issues with vendors.
• Initiate and support continuous improvement activities to achieve improved efficiency.
• Process purchase requisitions for materials and services in ERP or Supplier Order Management systems and ensure system accuracy.
• Take ownership of open issues and ensure their timely resolution.
• Maintain effective supplier relationships and monitor supplier delivery performance.
• Maintain efficient Kan Ban System: ordering components, maintain correct card counts, update program to support new products as they come in.
• All other duties as assigned.

Required Education & Experience Requirements:

• 1-2 years of manufacturing experience required.

Preferred Education & Experience Requirements:

• Prior experience with inventory control buying/purchasing preferred.
• ERP experience desired (Oracle, SAP, Epicor)
• High School Diploma or GED
• Demonstrated computer skills
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Outlook, Word, Excel, TEAMS, and Access

Skills and Abilities:

• Effective negotiation skills.
• Takes initiative to take ideas and direction and convert them to workable solutions with minimal supervision.
• Ability to handle oneself professionally and build rapport with all customers (internal/external) and suppliers.
• Keep work area safe and clean (5S- Sort, Straighten, Shine, Standardize, Sustain)
• Needs to be able to organize and prioritize workload to meet due dates and execute multiple work activities.
• Must be self-motivated and demonstrate a positive attitude.
• Adhere to all safety guidelines and PPE requirements
• Good computer skills (Microsoft Office experience: Excel, Word, Outlook, TEAMS)
• Good verbal and written communication skills
• Able to read and interpret company documents, such as safety rules, operating instructions, policies, and procedures
• Regular, consistent, and punctual attendance is required

Physical and Mental Requirements:

The Indirect Buyer position is primarily an indoor office position. However, the incumbent may occasionally be in the manufacturing plant, which requires walking and standing on concrete and the use of required PPE.

Frequent sitting and/or standing

Occasionally walking

Occasional lifting or carrying up to a maximum of 25 pounds.

Occasional reaching at desk level, above shoulders, overhead, and below desk level.

Frequent use of a computer, keyboard, and mouse

Occasionally, learning new tasks.

Frequently remembering and focusing.

A frequent degree of organization is required

Frequently interpreting data and integrating information

Frequently reading and writing.

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