Buyer (AMP - Indirect)
South Western Communications, Inc.

Job purpose

American Products is currently seeking a Buyer, responsible for a variety of purchasing responsibilities.

The Buyer is responsible for sourcing, selecting, and purchasing goods and services for the organization. This includes managing supplier relationships, negotiating prices, ensuring timely delivery, and maintaining optimal inventory levels to support the company's operational goals. The Buyer plays a crucial role in optimizing costs while maintaining high-quality standards for all purchased goods.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Create and monitor purchase orders.
• Work with suppliers to examine and learn about products, services, and prices.
• Analyze price proposals, financial reports, and other information to determine reasonable pricing.
• Maintain and review records of items bought, costs, deliveries, product performance and inventories.
• Ensure the availability of materials and products in alignment with inventory needs, project deadlines, and production schedules.
• Identify and implement cost-saving strategies while maintaining product quality.
• Work closely with cross-functional teams (e.g., operations, finance, and production) to align procurement with business objectives.
• Utilize MRP, Microsoft Excel, Word, and Outlook to accomplish tasks.
• Monitor vendors and vendor performance.
• May perform other duties as needed.

Qualifications

Education

• High School Diploma preferred

Specialized Knowledge and Experience

• Minimum of 1 year purchasing/inventory control experience is preferred.
• 1 year of MRP experience preferred.

Skills and Abilities

Other Skills & Attributes

• Excellent verbal and written communication.
• Ability to use MRP systems and Microsoft Office to accomplish tasks.
• Able to problem solve and work well with others to resolve issues.
• Capable of transitioning tasks quickly as business needs require.
• Strong analytical skills and organizational skills.
• Strong negotiation and relationship management skills.
• Excellent attention to detail.
• High degree of honesty and integrity.
• Works well with teammates and contributes to a team environment.
• Must be action-oriented, with a "whatever it takes" attitude.
• Must display consistent quality in work with a continuous improvement mindset.
• Displays professionalism, courtesy when working with customers, outside parties and co-workers.

Travel

Minimal travel is required for this position.

Physical requirements

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this Job, the employee must be able to stand and walk for extended periods of time; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; and must be able to talk and hear. The employee must regularly lift and /or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, and depth perception.

This position is considered safety sensitive, citing the critical thinking skills required for trouble shooting and the use of tools that have serious potential risks. Must observe safety procedures and use equipment and materials properly; must wear safety glasses and steel toe boots.

Direct reports

This position has no direct reports.

Additional Information

This job description is not necessarily an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, skills, duties, requirements, efforts, or working conditions associated with the job. While it is intended to be an accurate reflection of the current job, management reserves the right to revise the job or require that other or different duties/tasks be performed. I have read, understand and can perform the essential functions of this job with or without reasonable accommodation.



Equal Opportunity Employer: Including disability/veteran

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