Buyer

Job Description

Position Summary:

This position performs daily standard work as it pertains to tactical purchasing activities, including PO placement, PO management and closure, supplier relations, expediting orders, and order discrepancies. This position must be highly organized, innovative, and resourceful serving to identify and improve inventory management, reduce purchase price to drive savings and/or cost avoidance, and ensure delivery of quality products in a timely manner. This position must provide passionate customer service to internal and external contacts while serving to be resourceful in supplier relationship management to ensure goods and services are delivered at the right time, correct quality, and pricing. The Buyer will be an important contributor to the team with the goal of developing strategic supplier relationships and purchasing strategies that optimize purchasing costs and ensure that parts, components, assemblies, and kits are available when required. The position is responsible for executing through multiple purchasing avenues including suppliers, distribution, 3rd party and outsourcing and fabrication.

Analyze all open requirements and generate Purchase Orders in response to customer orders, inventory stocking requirements, nonstock, "made to order" components, forecasts, production needs and other authorized purchase requests. Execute stock, nonstock, and "made to order" requirements in accordance with standard procedures. Ensure that all Purchase Order transactions are complete, accurate and timely in compliance with all local, state, and federal laws, SOX and ITW (Illinois Tool Works) policies and procedures.

Manage open Purchase Orders and maintain a continuous effort to eliminate material shortages, deferring or canceling purchase orders as required, based on schedule and/or inventory changes.

Responsible for coordination, communication, tracking and resolution of all supplier nonconformance issues that may arise with Purchase Orders including delivery, quantities, invoicing, quality, BOM accuracy and pricing discrepancy resolution. Work with suppliers to find creative solutions to ongoing issues and resolving issues in a timely manner making stock available in a timely manner.

Responsible for managing assigned suppliers and commodities to ensure understanding of clear performance expectations including on-time delivery, stock outs, cost savings and nonconformance. Regularly track, evaluate, and report supplier quality and performance benchmarks and risks associated with parts delivery, contracts/agreements, and conduct ongoing audits of pricing, quality, lead times.

Establish excellent partnerships with suppliers that deliver innovative solutions, resources and alternative supply options when needed. Conduct business reviews to keep abreast of changes in supplier's organization and market conditions of the commodities they serve. Identify and execute improvement opportunities through both process improvements and relationship improvements.