Buyer Planner

PURPOSE AND SCOPE:

Plans, organizes and executes the procurement of products and services in accordance with purchasing and inventory guidelines.  Negotiates supply and price agreements, establishing sources of supply, conducting value analyses, processing stocked and non-stocked purchase orders, tracking PO's deliveries and inventories.

Processes problem resolutions for vendor, deliveries and payables' discrepancies.

 

PRINCIPAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:


* Reorders inventory on a national and warehouse level based on inventory targets, system reorder parameters, and distribution planning techniques. 


* Seeks and evaluates sources of supply for new products/services, alternate sources for existing products.  Present new suppliers for approval.


* Negotiate contracts or agreements with approved sources to ensure delivery of specified products in the appropriate quantities, at the scheduled times, at the proper locations, at the best overall cost available to the company.


* Solicit competitive quotations from qualified suppliers and prepare analyses to determine best overall value including elements of purchase cost, freight terms, payment terms, performance incentives, quality of service and product specifications, and track favorable and unfavorable savings vs.

standard cost.  Monitor savings against individual and departmental profit objectives.


* Manage vendor relationship through understanding the supplier's organization, capabilities and strategic objectives.  Ensures that all interactions between Spectra Laboratories personnel and the supplier's representatives are in accordance with company policy and handled in a professional equitable manner.


* Analyze daily backorder situation and perform necessary follow-up and expediting activities to ensue delivery of orders, to minimize backorders and to anticipate future customer demand.


* Coordinates with vendors the replacement of defective material, cancellation of orders, rescheduling of delivery dates, pricing and delivery discrepancies.

Ensures credits are received when inventories are returned to suppliers.


* Reviews purchase orders and purchase requests for appropriate approvals, quantities, descriptions, process and ensure correctness.


* Identify and propose disposition for excess, expired, obsolete or otherwise unusable merchandise.


* Study and understand current and changing market conditions.  Maintain close contact with the market and suppliers of assigned products to identify price, lead-time, capacity and supply trends or problems.

Stay aware of new products, companies or trends affecting the market place.


* Assist with various projects as assigned by direct supervisor.


* Escalates issues to supervisor/manager for resolution, as deemed necessary.


* Other duties as assigned.

Additional responsibilities may include focus on one or more departments or locations.  See applicable addendum for department or lo...