Buyer

How You Will Make an Impact
This position plays a critical role in managing suppliers, orders, and purchased items from sourcing to order placement to receipt.

The Buyer is responsible for source selection and procurement functions directly associated with the company's needs for direct and indirect materials and services.

The Nuts and Bolts
• Ensure material availability to meet production demand, and support manufacturing with the implementation of Just In Time (JIT), vendor managed inventory (VMI) and stock inventory based on production schedules and forecasts
• Perform purchasing responsibilities such as material quoting, contract negotiations, purchase orders, and issues with receipts
• Develop and review demand trends and forecasts to determine the most efficient purchasing quantities and frequencies; interact with key suppliers, providing manufacturing forecast to support & build schedules
• Manage the day to day operations of designated supply base of direct and indirect categories, including communicating demand forecasts to suppliers
• Drive continuous improvement of processes and results by generating ideas for improvement and participating in project teams or Lean events
• Work closely with Corporate Strategic Procurement Team to advance enterprise wide sourcing programs and cost savings initiatives
• Lead and support sourcing activities as necessary, and source new vendors when needed
• Support new product development (NPD) and cost reduction projects
• Track supplier performance using the supplier scorecard, and communicate results to suppliers on a quarterly basis
• Develop vendor partnerships to achieve objectives for cost, order quantities, lead-times, quality, on time delivery, and on-hand inventory dollars
• Review on-hand inventory balances for excess or obsolete inventory to determine substitution options, return to supplier, or resell
• Study market prices and trends, new technologies, manufacturing process improvements applicable to assigned commodities

Required Credentials
• Bachelor's degree in Business, Logistics, Supply Chain or a related field strongly preferred
• Minimum of two (2) years of experience in a purchasing role
• Experience with ERP/MRP systems and functions is required.

JDE experience is a plus!
• Experience with MRO and indirect purchasing is preferred
• Experience in the manufacturing industry
• CPSM or APICS certification preferred
• Ability to analyze data from multiple sources
• Strong understanding of supply chain management concepts
• General understanding of Lean tools, specifically Pull and Kanban, is preferred
• Demonstrated critical thinking and problem solving skills
• Proficient in Microsoft Office - Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook

How We Make an Impact
At Reading Truck, we have more than 65 years of industry leadership in the manufacture, distribution, and enhancement of work truck bodies.

As the world's largest upfitter of work trucks,...