Buyer / Supply Chain / Procurement / Inventory

Pay Range: $30.00hr - $35.00hr

Job Overview:

The candidate manages procurement of direct materials to support business requirements, including purchase order management, negotiating costs, and inventory management. The successful candidate assists with key procurement initiatives as directed by management.

Responsibilities:

Administers and manages purchase orders and delivery commitments to designated suppliers as necessary to support production and sales requirements within the business.
Reviews, interprets, and communicates material demand forecast and manages capacity planning for assigned commodity groups and supplier relationships.
Supports alignment of production supplier requirements and sourcing strategies with those of product development (NPI) for designated suppliers and commodities to ensure uninterrupted material availability, alignment of risk, and cost goals with vision for the business.
Owns performance management and improvement efforts for designated suppliers, providing information to strategic purchasing for supplier business reviews.
Utilizes lean sourcing principles, such as Kanban, consignment, and other similar material pull methods, to achieve 100% material availability and optimize on-hand inventory.
Embraces continuous improvement techniques to drive toward attainment of key purchasing metrics including supplier on-time delivery, quality, inventory turns, problem shelf, expedited inbound freight, vendor scrap, and E&O reduction.
Leverages problem solving skills to propose solutions to identified supply chain issues.
Coordinates engineering change order activity with suppliers and other functional groups.
Coordinates with strategic purchasing regarding price changes due to cost reduction initiatives, volume pricing, or supplier requests.
Supports assigned commodity team by participating in identified risk mitigation and cost reduction opportunities and supporting other commodity projects as assigned.
Skills, Experience, Education, & Training:

• Bachelor of Science degree or equivalent.
• 3+ years of purchasing experience in a regulated industry manufacturing environment, with medical device experience preferred.
• Computer experience including MS Office products and ERP systems, preferably SAP and Agile.
• Working knowledge of buying, material planning, master scheduling, and forecasting.
• Demonstrates concern for precision and thoroughness.
• Ability to consistently achieve stretch goals and objectives.
• Ability to handle multiple tasks and projects successfully.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Availability to travel to both domestic and international suppliers.