Job Details
The ideal candidate is a highly organized, detail-oriented team player who will oversee the entire order process. You will review proposals, negotiate prices, select the best suppliers, analyze trends, follow up with placed orders, verify delivery, approve payment, and maintain necessary records.
Position: Buyer Assistant
Position Scope:
In this role, the right candidate would be handling Administrative responsibilities and be the Buyers Assistant. This candidate would be responsible for procurement, source to pay and supply management of assigned items & spend categories. Ensure alignment of the materials sourcing and supply strategy with business strategies together with multi-functional stakeholders (Operations, Finance, Commercial & Marketing).
Position Duties:
- Develop strategic objectives that focus on areas of quality, cost, flexibility, productivity and speed.
- Ensure the continuous availability of quality materials and finished components.
- Accurately identify risks that affect the supply, transformation, delivery and customer demand.
- Develop materials supply and delivery processes supportive of business requirements.
- Utilize material requirement planning (MRP), capacity management and advanced planning system technologies to manage material supply.
- Manage receipt routings for materials and liaise w/ the relevant stakeholders on inventory transactions for all materials issues and transfers.
- Conduct RFP s and RFQ s in conjunction with originating departments.
- Provide procurement expertise support of third party lens, new films, capital equipment sourcing and purchases.
- Assist in the sourcing of materials and suppliers for new products and projects originated from Operations, R&D or other stakeholders.
- Monitor supplier performance using a supplier rating program that monitors, measures and provides feedback on performance.
- Initiate process improvements that are enabled and supported by right use of technology/system.
- Create and maintain work instruction, processes and procedures.
- Other duties may be assigned.
Position Details:
- Onsite opportunity
- Pay range: between $22/hr. -$25/hr. during the assignment period
- Temporary Assignment
- Start Date: ASAP
- Hours: 8am 5pm CST
Position Requirements:
- Minimum of four years of experience as a Buyer in a manufacturing facility required.
- Bachelor s degree in a related field or equivalent experience.