Supply Chain Buyer - Centralia

Company Overview: Rogers Machinery, founded in 1949, specializes in industrial compressed air systems, blowers, vacuum pumps, and positive displacement pumps. We have eight branches in the Northwest with full sales, service, and parts capability as well locations in San Jose, CA, Atlanta, GA, Houston, TX, and Southern California. Our production facilities are in Portland, OR and Centralia, WA. Visit our web site for more information at www.rogers-machinery.com (http://www.rogers-machinery.com). Rogers Core Values: Commitment to our Customers; Honesty; Safety; Commitment to our Employees and the Communities we serve. Benefits: Full medical, dental, vision & life coverage; profit sharing & 401k; career training & growth support; counseling, life coaching, financial planning, personal & professional support; tuition reimbursement; paid vacation and sick leave; referral program; flexible spending account; legal aid; voluntary additional benefits (accident, hospital, etc.) Career Website: rogers-machinery.com/pages/careers (https://rogers-machinery.com/pages/careers) Job Summary: Rogers is seeking an organized individual with a Business or Supply Chain background to join our team as a Supply Chain Buyer. In this role, you will manage and maintain the entire planning and purchase-to-pay process for assigned suppliers. This position may also require some customer service activities related to parts sales. This position has advancement opportunities and may include additional responsibilities as the company grows. Essential Job Duties: Manage all Buyer assigned purchase order demand based on thorough planning review and validation of ERP signals, the most current production priorities, safety stock or min/max levels needing attention, and any special purchasing direction from management. Responsibly manages purchase order acknowledgements from the Supply Chain and makes sure that these supplier confirmations are reflected properly and timely inside the ERP system. Daily management of ERP shortage lists and will work to find the most effective and quick solutions to solve those shortages. Conducts second sourcing research, bidding, approval, and implementation. Will maintain the correlation triangle between purchase order data, supplier invoice data, and supplier packing slip data ensuring all data matches between the three and will coordinate needed corrections when there is not a match while collaborating with RMC Receiving and RMC Accounting. Implement an on-going search for cost reduction ideas and opportunities. The question of “how can I save the company money” should be part of every purchasing decision that is made. Work closely with production and engineering to effectively manage schedule revisions, component substitutions or obsolescence, and customer change requests which impact purchased parts. Regular review of inventory levels for the part numbers assigned and an ability to determine acceptable ways to reduce or reallocate inventory. For any Parts Sales activities within the department, these will be conducted with the highest sense of timely challenge resolution, proper order care, appropriate logistics care, all with a special focus on diplomacy and professionalism. Will manage small individual departmental projects. Ensure compliance with company policies and procedures. Expected to follow and where needed generate SOPs. Additional Duties: Develops and maintains strong relationships with internal stakeholders, our suppliers, and our customers. Will conduct all activities with the highest degree of ethics and honesty both internally at RMC and externally with our staff, our suppliers, and our customers. Responsible to provide urgent and appropriate communication with the correct staff when challenges arise. Participate in afterhours on-call program. Participate in cycle counts. Other duties as assigned. Qualifications: Agile collaborator who will work to build and support the strongest possible team and wil…

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