Buyer / Purchasing Order
Description:
3 must haves on the resume:
1) Buying/purchasing experience,
2) production planning experience,
3) inventory management experience
The Buyer/Planner (B/P) role will have primary responsibility for purchasing and production planning activities for New Product Development at the site to achieve business objectives, customer service goals, and optimize inventory. Includes proactive risk mitigation, supply execution oversight, forecasting, capacity planning, and monitoring and reporting of results.
B/P is responsible to set R&D production schedules accordingly to customer requirements related to product volume/mix and manufacturing capacity. B/P is responsible for ordering raw materials required to meet production requirements keeping raw materials inventory at the right levels. The B/P sets production line schedule and provides production work orders to support that schedule.
This role will indirectly oversee the warehouse team, responsible for receiving of raw materials, inventory storage and management, kitting of work orders for production, and shipping of product for sterilization.
- Buy based on buyer negotiations
- Identify sourcing opportunities based on spend through the buyer-assisted process
- Send all new purchase orders to vendors
- Provide feedback to strategic buyer on supplier performance for new or expired contract negotiations
- Performing all buyer functions within delegated or assigned authority
- Creating purchase orders and stock transfer orders from purchase requisitions
- Develop new suppliers where current suppliers are
- Initiate purchase orders for required product based upon inventory levels
- Analyze past buyer trends, sales records, price and quality of merchandise to determine value and yield
- Develop strategic supplier relationships with suppliers
- Assist category buying director in leading the development of the category buying strategy and vision for retail stores and website across multiple product types
- Informing buying staff of new opportunities or issues
- Sent from a buyer to a BA for processing into internal systems
- Setting up purchase orders for new programs
- Execute delivery commitments through purchase orders and work orders
- Execute sales margin and inventory plans
- Ensuring stores remain in stock on seasonal product
- Lead and develop the purchasing/buyer team
- Support projects to streamline the Procurement process
- Develop and maintain a buying network
Recommended Skills
- Purchasing
- Purchasing Management