Job Details
Job Title: Project Purchasing - Buyer
Company: Aisin World Corp. of America
Department: Purchasing - Project Purchasing
Location: Marion, IL (AMI)
Position Responsibilities
The incumbent is expected to perform the following functions that the company has determined are essential to this position:
- Leading and controlling purchasing projects to achieve targets.
- Review and analyze cost
- Collecting data to release to the buyer for quoting activity
- Communicating the progress of the project to team members and executives.
- Preparing necessary presentation material for meetings
- Maintaining purchasing project documents such as tracking sheet and reports
Required Skills and Abilities
Essential Skills and Experience:
- Interpersonal and Communication Skills
- Organizational skills
- Microsoft Office (Excel)
- Negotiation Skills
- Document Management
Beneficial Skills and Experience
- 1-5 years of previous Purchasing and/or Project experience
Education/Training/Certifications
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Engineering Technology, other Applied Science, or Purchasing supply chain management is preferred. Bachelor's degree in Business or other non-technical area is acceptable based on proven technical skill.
Travel Requirements
- Approximately 20 %
- Must be willing and available to travel to such locations and with such frequency as is necessary and desirable to meet business needs.
Work Environment Requirements
With reasonable accommodation:
- Must be able to operate a personal computer, telephone, and other office equipment.
- Must perform job duties onsite, when necessary, except those duties that are customarily or by their nature performed offsite (for example, offsite customer visits).
- Must be able to work effectively in a fast-paced environment.
- Must be able to work on multiple assignments at once, and complete assignments within deadline and budget (if applicable) with satisfactory quality.
- Must be able to operate as an effective team member.
- Must be committed to a high standard of safety and be willing and able to comply with all safety laws and all company safety policies.
Attendance/Work Hour Requirements
- Must maintain an acceptable attendance record.
- Must be willing and available to work weekends and holidays as necessary and desirable to meet business needs.