• Buyer / Direct Materials

    COIM USA, Inc. (Paulsboro, NJ)


    Description

    POSITION RESPONSIBILITIES

    + Responsible for the supplier relationship and negotiations for a defined portfolio of Raw Materials.

    + Responsible for the supplier relationship and negotiation of Packaging Vendors (Drums, Totes, Pallets, Pails etc.) as well as prices and terms with them;

    + Responsible for Intercompany imports - interacting with other Coim locations assuring imports arrive timely and cost effectively.

    + Sets up/suggests standard costs and market costs for materials under Direct Material Buyer's responsibility;

    + Develops new vendors/sources for suppliers of Direct Material Buyer's portfolio.

    + Introduces raw material/packaging offsets for current approved items, seeking competitiveness and supply continuity.

    + Analyze, propose solution, dispute any discrepancy between purchase order and invoice.

    + Measures and publicizes Raw Material Supplier Performance - monthly.

    + Processes purchase requisitions generated by Planning Department for a defined range of items.

    + Ensures that documentation is in order, with terms and conditions being clear as well as correct price, quantity and delivery date;

    + Responds to inquiries from a variety of individuals (e.g. auditors, vendors) for the purpose of providing information and/or direction.

    + Places orders only to approved Vendors;

    + Receives PO acknowledgement from Vendor;

    + Receive PO confirmation with a delivery date from Vendor;

    + Supports Planning, R&D, Quality, QC, Production on any commercial interaction with vendor that may be required;

    + Interacts with suppliers in case of delay in delivery of products that cannot be successfully handled directly by Planning;

    + Notifys the vendor whose delivery arrives at Coim not attending to the quality and safety aspects (off pec, damaged, lower quantity, leaking, price, etc.);

    + Uses SharePoint to register quality issues regarding Vendor.

    + Supports new supplier onboarding activities and gathering associated documentation (ISO certs, company banking, and registration information, etc.)

    + Updates approved vendor questionnaires / documentation for raw materials.

    + Maintains a variety of manual and electric documents, files and records for the purpose of providing up-to-date reference and audit trail for compliance.

    + Maintains/Update Raw Material supplier quality system

    Requirements

    EDUCATION / EXPERIENCE

    + Associates Degree, or High School Diploma or equivalent, with relevant experience.

    + 1-2 year's purchasing experience preferred

    + Think and act considering the entire flow of the activities, not only Purchasing;

    + Must have good verbal skills and team working approach

    + Computer Skills - including Outlook, Microsoft Word, Excel, Navision (or similar system).

    + Have the understanding of basic office equipment; telephones, printers, copiers and fax machines

    + Some background experience in customer service, inventory control, transportation and warehousing functions is needed.

    + Proficient in data entry

    + Proficient in math calc and conversion (weight / length / currencies)