Buyer - Commodities

Commodity Buyer

US Farathane is hiring for a Commodity Buyer, this role will support our Corporate operations, this position sits on-site fully in Auburn Hills.

Summary

The Commodity Buyer is a specialized purchasing professional responsible for sourcing and acquiring raw materials, components, or services (commodities) necessary for a company's production or operations. They play a critical role in managing the company's supply chain, ensuring a consistent supply of materials at competitive prices while maintaining quality standards.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Negotiates with vendors for goods and services, negotiating the best possible price and service guarantee.
• Establishes purchasing policies and ensures compliance.
• Develops new supply sources where vendors are inadequate.
• Examines bids and makes awards.
• Identifies and implements cost savings strategies for purchased product.
• Works with supplier and A / P to establish account / credit and terms.
• Maintains blanket purchase orders.
• Identifies opportunities for global leverage.
• Maintains and provides data to track and report team contribution to company results.
• Continuously searches for market opportunities and potential new suppliers.
• Supports plants in major supply issues within commodity.
• Develops recommendations for long term contract and commodity strategies.
• Monitors supplier performance.
• Resourcing to facilitate margin improvement.

Qualifications

Physical Requirements

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. Ability to stand, walk, sit, talk or hear. Ability to lift 5-25 pounds.

Working Conditions

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. These conditions include :

Compensation and Benefits

US Farathane offers an impressive compensation and benefits package including :

US Farathane has been a leading source of plastics manufacturing, supplying the automotive industry for over 50 years. Through highly technical research and development, coupled with a diverse and knowledgeable Management Team and dedicated Associates, US Farathane has continued to grow each year. We provide customers with a wide range of full-service support from black-box design concepts to highly engineered composites, TPE's and TPO's as well as specialized extrusion and compression technologies.