**Description**
Under mínimal supervision of the Purchasing Manager, the Buyer manages the supply chain to support the overall needs of the business (sourcing and negotiating with new and existing suppliers, materials, and services as needed to increase capacities, improve quality and reduce costs); review weekly demand requirements and place purchase orders as needed to meet those requirements; and participate in team activities as required.
**Essential Duties and Responsibilities **include the following.
Other duties may be assigned.
- Runs the order recommendation, reviews and releases orders according to MRP suggestions and considering stock rotation objectives and needs by dates;
- Ensures on time delivery for open orders to suppliers and works on establishing an efficient working cooperation with them;
- Expedites open PO's to ensure timely delivery;
- Enters/updates part item information into the ERP System
- Ensures the availability of items for the flow of production processes according to demand and inventory availability objectives;
- Analyses possible issues and the options regarding availability of items and takes necessary actions.
- Follows the order acknowledgement received from suppliers and inputs the dates in the ERP systems, to make sure that all orders have a promised date received within the specified time frame.
- Follows ASCP signals to make sure parts are delivered in due time and without creating excess (Exception Messages: Compression Days, Pull In, Push Out, Cancellation messages)
- Consistent review of invoicing price or count discrepancy.
Communicates with finance team to have them released for payment.
- Updates suppliers contact details in the ERP system when needed.
- Updates item attributes whenever there is a change
- Work Collaboratively with the Planning team to prevent shortage and to provide feedback on lead time requests or expedites
- Communicates suppliers related issues with sourcing group to ensure proper development measures are taken
**Required Skills - External**
**Requirements**:
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.
The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
**Education and/or Experience**
- Bachelor's degree in Business, Engineering, or related discipline
- 3-5 years' experience in Purchasing or Production Scheduling/Planning
- N.A.P.M and/or A.P.I.C.S certification a plus
**Language Skills**
- English Proficiency Required
**Other requirements**
- Experience working with Oracle ERP system Preferred
- Good working knowledge of MRP
- Good working knowledge of Microsoft Office, specifically with Excel and PowerPoint
- Good analytic and problem-solving skills and be attentive to detail work in a dynamic environment.
**Requirements**:
- Good Negotiating Skills
- Ability to handle multiple priorities
- Ability maintaining positive work relationships with all work associates
- Ability to maintain good customer relations.