Manufacturing Buyer

Manufacturing Buyer Subcontracting and Outside Services Marne, MI | Full time | Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Reports to: Materials Manager Why DeWys At DeWys Metal Solutions, we invest in the people, learning, and teamwork that help our business grow. We are looking for a Manufacturing Buyer who enjoys understanding how parts are made, working with suppliers, and helping our manufacturing teams keep work moving. Position Summary The Manufacturing Buyer works alongside the Materials Manager to manage subcontracting, outside services, and assigned purchasing activities. Subcontracting is the primary focus, with ownership from the initial request and RFQ through supplier coordination, delivery, and closeout. This is a practical role for someone with manufacturing, estimating, or production experience who can read engineering drawings, manage several priorities, and follow through with vendors. Purchasing experience is helpful, and we are open to training someone who brings strong manufacturing knowledge, sound judgment, and a willingness to learn. What You Will Do Own subcontract projects. Coordinate scope, drawing packages, quotations, approvals, purchase orders, supplier progress, shipments, completed-part delivery, and order closeout. Work with Engineering, Scheduling, Quality, Shipping, and Receiving to meet production and customer requirements. DSS and ReFab subcontract work remains with the Buyer II. Review technical requirements. Read drawings, BOMs, and routings to confirm revisions, quantities, tolerances, material specifications, finishes, and applicable customer requirements. Resolve missing or conflicting information with Engineering or Quality before releasing work. Coordinate suppliers and quotations. Work within approved vendor lists and purchasing guidelines. Compare pricing, lead times, capacity, process capability, quality, tooling, and freight. Coordinate sourcing and make-versus-buy recommendations with the Materials Manager and obtain required approvals. Manage outside services. Coordinate plating, powder coating services, e-coat, heat treating, deburring, and other assigned processes. Confirm specifications, certifications, schedules, transportation needs, and completion dates. Powder material purchasing remains with the Buyer II. Purchase MRO and miscellaneous items. Clarify requestor needs, obtain quotes, place approved orders, confirm delivery, and resolve discrepancies for assigned maintenance, repair, and operations supplies and miscellaneous purchases. Support supplier quality resolution. Coordinate NCMRs, corrective-action requests, supplier responses, returns, replacements, rework, and credits for assigned subcontract, outside service, and MRO suppliers. Track actions through completion with Quality, which retains technical disposition and corrective-action approval. Investigate material holds and inventory discrepancies. Review assigned quality holds, shortages, physical quantities, and ERP transactions. Coordinate counts and recovery actions, make inventory adjustments within documented guidelines, and escalate exceptions. Obtain authorized Quality disposition before releasing quality-held material. Source new parts for Estimating. Obtain quotes for purchased parts and services listed on potential customer BOMs. Communicate pricing, lead times, minimum quantities, tooling costs, and sourcing risks to support accurate customer proposals. Recommend new sources and coordinate approved onboarding when needed. Maintain accurate purchasing information. Keep quotations, purchase orders, acknowledgments, revisions, pricing, due dates, and status current in Global Shop Solutions. Resolve order, receiving, and invoice discrepancies with suppliers and internal teams. Communicate risks and improve processes. Identify delays and quality concerns early, recommend recovery actions, and keep the Materials Manager and affected teams informed. Support practical process improvements and other assigne…

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