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BuyerPennsylvania Staffing • Philadelphia, PA, US
Buyer

Buyer

Pennsylvania Staffing • Philadelphia, PA, US
1 day ago
Job type
  • Full-time
Job description

Buyer Position

The Buyer position is a critical role to the day-to-day operations at PEI, responsible for planning & purchasing of specific products. This includes the responsibility of managing orders, monitoring and managing inventory, and negotiating to assure favorable purchase pricing with suppliers is achieved. The buyer works as a team with several Product Managers and Expeditors to perform all duties in a manner which ensures total quality and effective customer service.

Qualifications :

Education & Experience :

  • Minimum high school diploma and or 3+ years related experience and / or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
  • Bachelor's degree and / or advanced relevant experience preferred.
  • Experience in a manufacturing environment or other company with Bills of Material is preferred.

Technical and / or Managerial Job Competencies :

  • Effective communication skills (written and verbal)
  • Ability to quickly learn products, processes, and technically complex systems.
  • Experience planning, buying and / or pricing products with Bills Of Materials.
  • Experience with an ERP / MRP system such as Oracle, SAP, PeopleSoft or other.
  • Organization & task management skills.
  • Microsoft Excel - intermediate spreadsheet skills.
  • Microsoft Outlook & Word.
  • Customer service mindset.

    • Essential Tasks and Responsibilities :

  • Plans purchasing activities, and develops purchasing strategies for components and assemblies assigned to them. Intimately works in detail in our ERP planning / purchasing system.
  • Negotiates pricing with suppliers and schedule annual supplier blanket orders.
  • Performs stock checks and obtains delivery information (may utilize on-line vendor access) for sales representatives to process customer quotes.
  • Process purchasing suggestion daily and in a timely manner, making appropriate decisions beyond the system-generated "recommendations".
  • Verifies PO's are processed correctly; ensures PO's requiring special handling are dealt with in a timely manner.
  • Responds with a sense of urgency to any request or issue and provides information and / or resolution in an expeditious manner.
  • Communicates important supplier information to Product Managers, and Expeditors, including such information as problem deliveries, price increases, etc.
  • Coordinates order problem resolutions with Expeditors and Product Managers and Sales Representatives if need be.
  • Communicate directly with company Salespeople, develop relationships and exhibit a clear customer service minded experience.
  • Develops relationships to achieve a "favored" status with suppliers.
  • Assists Expeditors and Product Managers in daily activities as required.
  • Interacts with all internal customers in a friendly, timely and helpful manner.
  • Sends and receives faxes; makes copies; runs reports as needed.
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