Senior Buyer

Responsible for planning, sourcing, and procurement of goods as required by a variety of procurement categories.  The Buyer / Sr. Buyer will work closely with suppliers, customers, and all departments within PMC, to ensure the customer’s requirements are met, and communicate any issues quickly and accurately.  This is a full time exempt, salary position and reports directly to the Supply Chain Manager.

Responsibilities:

• Maintain positive working relationships with customers, suppliers, and Atlas personnel from other organizations.
• Analyzes MRP requirements and issues Purchase Orders to suppliers based on system parameters.
• Develops Requests for Quotations and analyze supplier responses. Negotiates with suppliers to obtain cost savings, economical prices, quantities, delivery dates, and payment terms according to Atlas specifications, production schedules, material requirements, and company policies and procedures.
• Track delivery of open purchase orders and advise appropriate personnel if customer delivery is in danger of not being met.
• Attend required meetings with complete and accurate data
• Maintain ethical business practices in all aspects of position as an upstanding Atlas representative.
• Monitor any/all immediate buy needs to verify timely deliveries.
• Accomplish daily tasks accurately and in a timely manner (phone calls/email)
• Document all issues of concern and important information
• Understand and perform within the company’s Policy Manual
• Maintain inventory levels and ensure levels/orders adhere to the ABC policy set forth.
• Ensure profitability on procured products.
• Develop recommendations to improve policies and procedures
• Minimize days/hours missed during standard business days (notify supervisor prior to any/all time away in advance when able to).
• Utilizes problem solving skills to provide solutions to problems that arise on a daily basis.

Additional Responsibilities:

• All employees are responsible for the quality of their work and implementation of the Quality Policy.
• Ensure that document and digital data control is in compliance with AS9100 guidelines.
• Has authority to stop any production order for quality concerns.
• Performs other similar or related duties as necessary.
• Consistently provides professional business communication to internal & external customers and peers.
• Strives to consistently act in accordance with normal business professionalism principles during all company events, including meetings, off-site supplier visits, audits etc.

Job Qualifications:

• High School Diploma or G.E.D., College degree preferred
• MRP/ERP experience highly desired
• Detail oriented with meticulous work habits

Work Environment:

Office and Industrial shop environment

Skills & Knowledge Requirements:

• Basic Blueprint reading
• Understands Supply Chain Principles

Physical Demands:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to stand, walk, sit, use hands, reach with hands and arms, and stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.