Job Details
**Buyer** Location **Tillamook, OR** Req # **2598** # of Openings **1** * Buyer for a portfolio of materials including packaging, ingredients and services including identifying existing and potential suppliers for materials by determining the ideal combination of capability, capacity, total cost/price, quality, and availability
* Serves as a subject matter expert or team representative on multiple project teams including documenting project deliverables, actions, progress, and completion in company work management application (Workfront, other) and supporting project sourcing needs
* Requests quotations and negotiates product prices, financial terms, shipping requirements and freight costs
* Prepares and issues purchase orders and change notices for pre-launch, prototype and active materials including reviewing for conformance to company policy, reconciling orders and invoices for accuracy (correct items, quantity, and dollar amount) and managing inventory reconciliation.
* Creative solution finder including driving expedites on overdue and back ordered items and finding supply solutions often leveraging relationships across multiple production sites.
* Supports new product development and process improvements through identification, selection, and activation, with stakeholder alignment, of new, or improved, supply solutions.
* Drive defective or unacceptable goods resolution with quality assurance users, vendors, and others to determine source of trouble and take corrective action
* Arranges for disposal of surplus materials
* Approves invoices for payment
* Communicates purchased item parameters (price, terms, order minimums and multiples, unit pack sizes, etc.) an obtains stakeholder alignment
* Evaluates vendors to determine most desirable suppliers after conducting value for money and total cost of ownership analysis.
* Maintains procurement records such as items or services purchased, costs, delivery, product quality or performance, cost savings, price variance, and inventories
* Maintains vendor and supplier files including capabilities mapping and scorecards
* Evaluates sales representatives and vendors for service and reliability
* Recruits and maintains supplier relationships that provide high quality products and services at an ideal price while maintaining the highest code of ethics and conduct
* Reviews bid proposals and negotiates contracts within budgetary limitations and scope of authority and leads RFPs in buying areas
* Confers with vendors to obtain product or service information such as price, availability, and delivery schedule
* Conducts market analysis to verify supplier pricing is appropriate and/or in keeping with current market conditions
* Negotiates complex requests for materials, supplies, and services from suppliers and subcontractors
* Analyzes opportunities to change materials, supplies, or vendors to reduce costs or risk, to improve quality or service, and/or to drive sustainability or stewardship objectives.
* Analyzes market and delivery conditions to determine present and future material availability and potential risks
* Able to prepare and deliver market analysis reports to stakeholders
* Enhances vendor and stakeholder relationships
* Evaluates vendors using the Vendor Scorecard and leads regular business review meetings with key suppliers
* Communicates effectively
* Utilizes a computer with working knowledge of Microsoft Word, Excel, Teams and SharePoint. Experience with Microsoft Dynamics 365 ERP and Power BI preferred
* Is a customer service focused team player able to interact with at all levels of the company
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