Buyer

Description:

As an Order Fulfillment Buyer/ Expeditor within the Sourcing team, you will interact with PSI, Plant Production, Logistics, Category Management, Sourcing, quality assurance, accounts payable, and suppliers to help support production activities and schedules. You will be responsible for purchase orders and their contents from the moment they are issued until they are closed out i.e. setting contract terms, maintaining Outline Agreements, order confirmation, expediting deliveries, maintaining accurate delivery dates in SAP, Coordinating with Quality and Logistics, resolving any payment issues to the supplier, financial tracking of costs recognition, and any other tasks as assigned by the manager.

Excellent verbal and written communication skills. Ability to interact effectively with senior management and Suppliers

· Good Expediting skills, along with the ability to analyze problems and solve them

· Self-governed and motivated to perform tasks within established guidelines

Duties & Responsibilities

• (List 5-7 essential functions for the role, focusing on broader responsibilities)
• PO creation, and interfacing with suppliers to ensure PO is received/acknowledged, schedule received, and ship date is met.
• Ensure planned ship date aligns with production needs and, if not, work with supplier to improve delivery.
• Follow-up with email correspondence in an organized and timely fashion and comply with documentation requirements
• Manages Quarterly Price Adjustments and maintain Outline Agreements
• Regularly assessing deliveries and expediting as necessary
• Collaborating with Internal and External stakeholders
• Ensure Master Data is accurate
• Invoice resolution with supplier and Accounts Payable Coordinating with Logistics to ensure goods are shipped safely and in a timely manner
• Other tasks as assigned

Hard Skills (List out 3-5 required and preferred skills as applicable)

• Excellent Expediting skills, preferably related to Engineering equipment
• Familiarity with purchase order conditions, INCOTERMS, domestic and International Logistics
• Good communicator having strong interpersonal, presentation and facilitation skills
• Strong quantitative and analytical skills
• Time Management skills
• Capable of working in a team, prioritizing, multi-tasking, and organizing
• Agile and adaptable to changing priorities
• Purchase order life cycle management
• Proficient in MS Excel, Outlook, and Word
• SAP Knowledge