Buyer

Job Description

Job Description

CAREL USA, Inc. is an innovative, high-tech company that offers professional development and skills enhancement opportunities, both nationally and internationally working for CAREL means taking an active role in building the company’s success, and enjoying a professional experience that involves developing a spirit of initiative, a sense of responsibility and an aptitude to work within multicultural and change-oriented environment.

About CAREL :

Founded in 1973, CAREL is a world leader in control solutions for air-conditioning, refrigeration and heating, and systems for humidification and evaporative cooling. We design our products to bring energy savings and reduce the environmental impact of machinery and systems. Our solutions are used in commercial, industrial and residential applications.

Specifically, we have operations in the Americas (North, Central, and South), Asia Pacific, Africa and Europe; we have 18 fully-owned subsidiaries and 7 production sites, in addition to partners and distributors in a further 75 countries.

Our mission of high-efficiency solutions summarizes the model that CAREL has adopted, both the starting point and the final objective that enclose the entire process, from conception to production and marketing of our systems. Research, innovation, and technology are the keys to our success : for more than forty years, customer needs have been at the center of our design work, so as to offer elements of differentiation in terms of both functions and appearance.

Carel offers great medical, dental, vision, and life insurance benefits, vacation, sick and personal time, along with a 401k plan.

Find out more about us : www.Carelusa.com

SUMMARY

The Buyer role is a critical position that ensures 3rd party and intercompany suppliers are delivering quality products on time.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Collaborate with internal teams, such as Engineering, Planning, Logistics and Quality on any Supplier involvement to ensure an uninterrupted supply of quality materials, information, and services.
• Participate in Inter-Department meetings with Engineering and Planning on project status and supplier updates.
• Be the primary point of contact between Carel and assigned Suppliers.
• Manage the Inter-Company and 3rd party Supplier relationships by communicating forecast data, expectations and performance.
• Monitor daily order confirmations and past due shipments and elevate any issues that will cause a stock out or manufacturing delay and provide daily updates to internal planners and manufacturing personnel as to delivery dates, delays, and / or process problems.
• Interact with internal teams and suppliers to ensure disposition of defective materials.
• Perform a root-cause analysis to correct Supplier performance and / or quality issues.
• Proactively manage stock outs or at risk materials to prevent manufacturing shut down.
• Identify opportunities for localization, additional supplier depth and costs savings.
• Be a member of a team that evaluates, approves and on boards new suppliers as well as audits existing suppliers.
• Manage the RFQ process.
• Negotiate pricing and supplier programs, such as stocking agreements, VMI, consignment, etc…to ensure materials are readily available to Carel and savings targets are met.
• Any other similar or associated duties necessary to accomplish job objectives, or as assigned by the manager

QUALIFICATIONS

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.

Attention to Detail - Ability to read and interpret purchasing related documents and working with details on a daily basis for prolonged periods of time

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