Buyer
Description
Job Title – Buyer
Classification: Exempt
Full time: typical hours 7:00am-4:00pm; Monday-Friday
Salary: $60-75K
Reports to: Director of Materials
Summary:
Industry leading, 40 year old Buffalo Area Manufacturing Company seeks candidates for a buyer position in our Purchasing department.
Duties/Responsibilities:
- Develops and maintains relationships with vendors and suppliers
- Purchase items needed for production of games, spare parts, and consumables
- Review and maintain good record of purchasing files and records (purchase orders, contracts, etc.) to ensure its compliance with company policies and procedures and ensure the availability of documentation
- Identify opportunities for cost savings and improve purchasing methods/processes
Required Skills and Abilities:
- Researching and comparing suppliers, goods, and services
- Selecting the most suitable suppliers in terms of reliability, product quality, and cost-efficiency
- Monitoring inventory levels and determining purchase needs
- Preparing and processing purchase orders
- Maintaining records of all transactions, purchase orders, receipts, and payments
- Scheduling and verifying purchase deliveries
- Building and maintaining positive, long-term supplier relationships
- Must be organized, proactive, have attention to details, and ability to multitask
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
- Ability to exercise tact, courtesy, and ethics when dealing with vendors, co-workers, and customers
- Excellent time management skills with a proven ability to meet deadlines
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
- Ability to prioritize tasks
- Limited travel, locally, to vendors
Preferred Educational and Experience:
- High school diploma or GED required
- Associate degree in business administration, accounting, economics or related field, preferred
- 3-5 years of purchasing experience preferred
- Experience in a manufacturing environment strongly preferred
- Proficient in Microsoft Office Applications (Excel, Word, etc.) as well as manufacturing ERP software
Physical Requirements:
- Prolonged periods of walking, standing and sitting at a desk and working on a computer.
- Working in a manufacturing setting with machinery and equipment.
- Excellent communication and negotiation skills
- Strong organization and documentation skills
- Strong research and analytical skills
- Must be able to lift up to 25 pounds at times. May be modified if required medically.
- Able to bend, stretch, reach, push and pull parts and products. May be modified if medically necessary.
The job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change or new ones may be assigned at any time with or without notice.
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: $60,000.00 - $75,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- 401(k) matching
- Dental insurance
- Employee assistance program
- Employee discount
- Flexible schedule
- Flexible spending account
- Health insurance
- Health savings account
- Life insurance
- Paid time off
- Vision insurance
Schedule:
- Monday to Friday
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