Senior Buyer

Location

Huntington Beach, CA | United States

Job description

GENERAL DESCRIPTION

The Senior Buyer is responsible for purchasing and negotiating raw material, packaging components, MRO and miscellaneous supplies from vendors. This includes identifying and qualifying suppliers, negotiating pricing and terms, and performing inventory analysis for cost-saving opportunities.

ESSENTIAL JOB DUTIES/RESPONSIBILITIES

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform essential job functions. Essential job functions and duties include, but are not limited, to:

• Negotiates best cost and service scenarios, and develops of mutually beneficial strategies, emphasizing long-term supplier relationships where possible.
• Identify and implement opportunities for cost savings. Negotiation of terms of payment and purchase conditions, price escalation, and other factors impacting costs.
• Makes comparative analyses of price and delivery conditions, availability, and quality of material and new sources of supply while minimizing inventory.
• Make forward buy recommendations when opportunities arise.
• Perform supply chain and financial analysis on sourcing alternatives.
• Establishes and maintains auditable purchase order files.
• Develop and maintain strategic supplier relationships.
• Discusses defective or unacceptable raw materials with inspection or quality control personnel, users, vendors, and others to determine source of trouble and takes corrective action.
• Coordinate and work closely with Senior Planner to assure requirements of materials to meet production schedule.
• Manage and track supplier performance.
• Purchase Order management. Follow up and expedite purchase orders as required to insure on time delivery and provide prompt status information on critical orders with accuracy.
• This position interacts with all levels of internal management and external customers.
• Follows established department SOP's, cGMP regulations, and batch record instructions.
• Complies with all Company policies and procedures, including safety rules and regulations.
• Maintains a safe work environment and operates in a safe manner.
• Perform other job duties related to the job, as assigned by management.

QUALIFICATIONS

The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skills, education, and/or abilities required for the job:

• Excellent negotiation skills.
• Proficient skills in reading, writing, and speaking in English; bilingual (English/Spanish) skills a plus.
• Excellent written and oral communications skills & techniques.
• Basic math skills; proficiency with 10-key calculator.
• Effective planning & organizing skills; ability to handle multiple task/duties.
• Proficient PC skills (Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint).
• Effective problem-solving skills.
• Knowledge of general office skills and administrative procedures, including, but not limited to: typing (min. 45-50 wpm), filing, copying, faxing, editing, and development of memos, letters, reports, and correspondence.
• Ability to work independently and in a team environment.
• Ability to maintain a positive, professional, cooperative demeanor, conduct, and working relationship with peers, management, employees, and other individuals that interact with this position.
• Ability to comply with Company policies, procedures, work rules, and protocols.
• Ability to adapt effectively to workplace changes and new job duties/responsibilities.
• Ability to represent the Company in a positive and professional manner at all times.

SELECTION GUIDELINES

The appropriate knowledge, skills and abilities required for this position are achievable through the following combination of education, work experience and training:

• Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited college/university; or
• 7 years or more years of work experience in a fast-paced work environment; or
• Any combination of experience, education, and training that provides the level of knowledge, skills, and experience needed to successfully perform the job.
• Previous offshore sourcing is desirable.
• Excellent administrative skills and knowledge of Microsoft Office (e.g. Word, Excel, etc.).
• Any combination of experience, education, and training that provides the level of knowledge, skills, and experience needed to successful perform the job.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS & WORKING CONDITIONS

The essential functions of this job require the employee to perform the following physical activities during the course of work:

• Communicates orally with management, employees, co-workers, vendors, suppliers, governmental compliance agencies, and the general public by telephone or in person, in one-on-one or group settings.
• Regularly uses a telephone, computer (e-mail) and fax for communication.
• Required to stand, walk, and sit for extended periods of time during the course of work shift.
• Routinely required to stoop, bend, kneel, lift, and reach, in the performance of job function.
• Requires the essential use of hands, speech, eyesight, and hearing.
• Requires agility to operate multiple telephone lines with the use of hands and head-set.
• Lifting limitations for this position: 25-30 lbs.
• Vision requirements include close and distance vision, color vision, peripheral and depth vision, and the ability to adjust focus as needed.
• Requires incumbent to sit and operate computer for extended periods of time during course of work day, and the ability to proficiently use the computer keyboard for typing.
• Noise level for this work environment is typically low to moderate.
• Periods of odoriferous environment.

Note: The Company reserves the right to modify, update, change and/or make corrections to this job description, at the sole discretion of senior management, at any time during the employee’s employment term, at the sole discretion of management.

Best Formulations is an equal-opportunity employer committed to employing a diverse workforce and providing accommodations for people with disabilities in all parts of the hiring process as required under its Employment Accommodation Policy. Best Formulations will work with applicants to meet accommodation needs that are made known to Best Formulations in advance.

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