• Buyer

    PEI GENESIS INC. (Philadelphia, PA)


    Job Details

    Level

    Experienced

    Job Location

     

    PEI-Genesis Philadelphia HQ - Philadelphia, PA

     

    Remote Type

     

    Hybrid

    Position Type

    Full Time

    Education Level

    4 Year Degree

     

    Job Category

     

    Supply Chain

    Description

    *Equal Opportunity Employer Veterans/Disabled*

    SUMMARY:

    The Buyer position is a critical role to the day-to-day operations at PEI, responsible for planning & purchasing of specific products. This includes the responsibility of managing orders, monitoring and managing inventory, and negotiating to assure favorable purchase pricing with suppliers is achieved. The buyer works as a team with several Product Managers and Expeditors to perform all duties in a manner which ensures total quality and effective customer service.

    Qualifications

    EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE:

    + Minimum High school diploma and or 3+ years related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.

    + Bachelor's degree and/or advanced relevant experience preferred.

    + Experience in a manufacturing environment or other company with Bills of Material is preferred.

    TECHNICAL and/or MANAGERIAL JOB COMPETENCIES:

    + Effective Communication skills (written and verbal)

    + Ability to quickly learn products, processes, and technically complex systems.

    + Experience planning, buying and/or pricing products with Bills Of Materials.

    + Experience with an ERP/MRP system such as Oracle, SAP, PeopleSoft or other.

    + Organization & Task Management skills

    + Microsoft Excel - intermediate spreadsheet skills

    + Microsoft Outlook & Word

    + Customer Service mindset

    ESSENTIAL TASKS AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

    + Plans purchasing activities, and develops purchasing strategies for components and assemblies assigned to them. Intimately works in detail in our ERP planning/purchasing system.

    + Negotiate pricing with suppliers and schedule annual supplier blanket orders

    + Performs stock checks and obtains delivery information (may utilize on-line vendor access) for sales representatives to process customer quotes.

    + Process purchasing suggestion daily and in a timely manner, making appropriate decisions beyond the system-generated "recommendations".

    + Verifies PO's are processed correctly; ensures PO's requiring special handling are dealt with in a timely manner.

    + Responds with a sense of urgency to any request or issue and provides information and/or resolution in an expeditious manner.

    + Communicates important supplier information to Product Managers, and Expeditors, including such information such as problem deliveries, price increases, etc.

    + Coordinates order problem resolutions with Expeditors and Product Managers and Sales Representatives if need be.

    + Communicate directly with company Salespeople, develop relationships and exhibit a clear customer service minded experience.

    + Develops relationships to achieve a "favored" status with suppliers.

    + Assists Expeditors and Product Managers in daily activities as required.

    + Interacts with all internal customers in a friendly, timely and helpful manner.

    + Sends and receives faxes; makes copies; runs reports as needed.

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