Buyer

Location

Orlando, FL | United States

Job description

Orlando, FL - Salary Range 60-80k

Job Brief

The Buyer's role with this organization will participate in all functions related to contract manufacturing procurement and planning.

Responsibilities

• Analyze and understand requirements for assigned commodities, not limited to: Batteries, Cases, Castings, Machining, Circuit Card Assemblies (CCA’s), CNC Mechanical Assemblies, Complex CNC Machining Parts, Gears, Harnesses, Large CNC Parts, Metal Forming, Motors, ICG’s, MPC Cradles, Simple CNC Parts, Springs, and Standard CNC Parts.
• Recommend competitive sources of supply based on vendors’ qualifications and ability to perform specific contract requirements.
• Perform cost analyses and best price analyses to provide pricing recommendations for Awards.
• Leverage pricing, delivery schedules, and procurement terms and conditions to ensure compliance with all contract provisions and risks.
• Issue applicable RFQ’s/RFI’s, BAFTAs, and Purchase Orders.
• Reconcile assigned commodity exceptions on Open Order Reports, Planning Detail Reports, Invoice Discrepancy Reports, Quality Control Quarantine Reports, and VRMA (Vendor Return Material Auth) Reports.
• Expedite assigned commodity purchase orders from cradle to grave.
• Maintain purchase orders in ERP system: set-up, account allocation, delivery schedule, tracking receipts and returns, tracking to contract BOM, purchase order maintenance and close-out.
• Communicate with management, accounting, warehouse, and manufacturing operations functions within the organization to ensure procurement and planning requirements are met in a timely fashion according to the master schedule.
• Participate in continual process improvement focusing on supply chain.
• Ensure compliance with all federal, state, and local laws, and export/import regulations.

Requirements

• Four-year degree in Business, Supply Chain, Logistics, Etc.
• Minimum 5 years in Procurement or Supply Chain Management.
• CPIM or CPM a plus.
• FARS and DFARS a plus.
• Thorough understanding of ERP system transaction flow is a must.
• Defense industry experience is a plus.
• Ability to work with others as part of a team assisting in the resolution of supplier performance, product, and quality issues.

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