Senior Buyer

Local growing top workplace and looking for an experienced purchasing professional to join our team and take the lead on our purchasing activities and centralize company buying processes to optimize cost, maintain quality, leverage relationships necessary to support growth.

Role will be responsible for overall organizational procurement activities, process implementation, and assist in setting strategy to support growth in collaboration with General Management and Operations leaders.

Great opportunity for someone who enjoys both tactical and strategic purchasing responsibilities, and is looking for their next growth opportunity in a culture, and people focused organization. Position will report to the General Manager, and will work heavily in collaboratively with sales, planning, operations team.

Position will be Responsible For:

• Lead all buying/sourcing activities to support contract manufacturing operations: Machining, Stamping, and Fabrication including raw materials (metal sheet, bar, coil stock), components, tooling, VMI
• Assist in monitoring, managing, reconciling inventory levels and transactions for accuracy; establishing responsible, proactive purchasing practices.
• Supplier evaluation, relationship development for quality, accountability, and to identify cost reduction, and contract negotiation
• Proactive steel, metal market trends and internal demand analysis to support sales and operations teams
• Develop, maintain accurate purchasing and payment records
• Lead discrepancy resolution to support operations, accounting
• Assist in purchase requests for general office supplies or other miscellaneous company needs

Required:

• 5 or more years’ progressive experience in a metals procurement focused role
• Some prior experience centralizing purchasing functions, and installing or improving on best practices
• Strong interpersonal, negotiation skills
• Detail orientated, strong follow through
• Aptitude for numbers, analysis, and process improvement
• Strong ERP skills, aptitude

Preferred:

• Prior experience supporting an ERP implementation, any Epicor experience is a plus
• BS/BA Degree (Supply Chain, Operations, or Business preferred)
• CSCP, CPIM (or other APICS) certification
• Experience in a purchasing role in the contract manufacturing industry strongly preferred