Senior Buyer

• Procure products within assigned planner codes and commodity areas in a timely and cost-effective manner
• Maintain, build, and develop supplier relationships
• Identify and reduce long lead times using material strategies with suppliers
• Review daily MRP exception messages, purchase order status, and order action reports, taking appropriate action
• Resolve material price variances
• Identify alternate solutions for obsolete components and work with engineering for approval
• Ensure timely delivery of products to support production needs
• Maintain current purchasing data in the computer system
• Develop new, better, or alternate sources of supply to reduce the supplier base
• Negotiate best prices and best value with suppliers using technical requirements and market conditions
• Administer purchase agreements involving confidential and proprietary information
• Perform material quotations for prices and delivery
• Conduct quarterly business reviews with key suppliers as required
• Participate in production meetings to review supplier requirements
• Evaluate and provide supplier performance data, including quality and on-time delivery
• Provide training and guidance to new and lower-level buyers

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