BUYER I

Title:
Buyer
Location:
7 Industrial Park Road, Medway, MA, 02053
Shift:
Mon-Fri 8AM-5PM
Typical Duties:
• Responsible for the purchasing of materials, components, parts, supplies, equipment, and services following established policies and procedures to meet client requirements and maintain appropriate inventory levels.
• Identifies, evaluates, approves and qualifies vendors whose reliability and goods meet the standards and specifications set by client, obtains quotations, examines bids and makes awards.
• Negotiates contract terms for major purchases within established limits of authority, ensuring that supply, quality, and cost expectations are met and adhere to client quality and delivery standards.
• Analyze and evaluate external price trends and commodity costs, new product offerings and client's overall purchasing trends, to reduce costs by securing discounts for bulk purchases (volume planning), and recommends cost-saving proposals including make vs. buy and alternative sourcing.
• Works with product management, development, manufacturing, and engineering teams to ensure appropriate inventory levels are maintained to meet production demand and interfaces with multiple internal
departments to resolve discrepancies related to invoicing, shipments, etc.
Job Examples:
• Develops specifications for new contract orders and assists new vendor setup in procurement or purchasing systems, and ensures that systems are appropriately maintained and updated.
• Maintains records of purchases or payments, including reports tracking contract expiration dates or spending for assigned categories, records of invoices, purchase orders/requisitions and other related documentation, and may track shipments or verify quantities received against purchase orders/invoices and track back-orders.
• Maintain resources for assigned commodity items, including expediting orders and contacting vendors to schedule delivery dates; requiring initiative regarding pricing revisions, order cancellations, discontinued items, acceptable substitutes, delivery date revisions and invoice discrepancies.
• Ensures thorough and complete purchase and inventory records to provide accurate accounting of all purchased goods and services and processes all disputed purchases of goods and services for the protection of client and with fairness to the supplier.
Knowledge Level:
• Applies fundamental knowledge of specific functional discipline to resolve routine issues or problems of limited scope.
• Learns to use professional concepts.
• Learns and applies company policies and procedures to resolve routine issues.
Key Competencies/ Knowledge Application:
• Exercises some consistent discretion and independent judgment and applies skills and fundamental knowledge of theories and principles to understand specific needs or requirements.
Job Scope/Complexity:
• Works on problems of limited scope.
• Follows standard practices and procedures from which answers can be readily obtained.
• Delivers results that have some impact on department objectives.