Buyer

How You Will Make an Impact

A Purchasing Clerk at Reading Truck 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.

This role has regular interaction with other departments such as operations, engineering, maintenance, quality, sales and finance.

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

Develop and review demand trends and forecasts to determine efficient purchasing quantities, which might include the use of Kanban or other calculation methods

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

Effectively communicate with Customer Service and Engineering on part number issues, lead-times, new parts, etc.

Maintain purchasing systems and procedures with high data accuracy and integrity, including information such as lead-time, safety stock, minimum order quantities, supplier contact data, etc.

Other duties as assigned

Required Credentials

Education:

Bachelor's degree in Business, Logistics, Supply Chain or a related field strongly preferred

Experience :

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

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