Buyer

Job Summary

The Buyer purchases raw materials, repair and operations (MRO) items from suppliers to achieve shipment, margin, quality and inventory goals.

Essential Job Functions

• Expedite parts and materials by processing and obtaining information from Material Requisition Planning (MRP) messages, controlling excess inventory, processing shortages and opening order vendor reports.
• Place orders, quote, reschedule, and cancel parts and materials from MRP and enter information into computer.
• Maintain accurate procurement records such as services purchased, costs, delivery and inventories in the MRP system.
• Plan, schedule, and monitor movement of materials through the production cycle using company spreadsheets.
• Monitor correction action responses for purchasing items: review, develop and forward responses to Quality, check on system and status of actions regularly, request Certificate of Compliance as needed. <...