Buyer (Hazleton)

E.S. Kluft & Company

The Standard of Luxury and Comfort

Hazleton, Pennsylvania

Were seeking highly qualified, collaborative, professional, knowledgeable, and results-driven Buyer to support our growing mattress manufacturing company. Future employees will have the opportunity to join Health, Vision, Dental, and Life Insurance on the first of the month following date of hire. We offer 10 holidays, vacation, sick pay, and 401k employer match .

E.S. Kluft & Company is known for a long story of building only the best mattress in the U.S.! We are the company of choice for luxurious high-quality mattresses and want to be the employer of choice for your next career employment opportunity.

$24-25 / hr

SUMMARY :

The Buyer coordinates and facilitates the procurement of all raw materials, factory supplies, and goods / services as requested. This position is responsible for placing purchase orders for new and existing production materials, negotiating supply contracts, and should be generally aware of underlying cost drivers within various relevant markets.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Planning

• Ensure the continuous availability of quality materials via timely and effective execution of enterprise resource planning (ERP) materials requirement planning (MRP).
• Utilize ERP and customer outputs to validate MRP requirements to optimize purchasing strategy and inventory build plan.
• Maintain materials requirement planning (MRP) planning parameters.
• Proactively identify and quantify risks impacting material supply and subsequent fulfilment of customer orders.
• Manage inventory replenishment with analytic inventory models including but not limited to visual management, periodic review, and order point as required.
• Be able to analyze data, set up, and run a pull system of inventory control.
• Collaborate with operations management to ensure proper inventory levels required to meet anticipated demand / monthly ship plan.
• Maintain high inventory accuracy through cycle counting and inventory audits.

Purchasing

General

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