Buyer
The Judge Group Inc.

Location: Catoosa, OK
Salary: $85,000.00 USD Annually - $95,000.00 USD Annually
Description: Our manufacturing client is currently seeking a Buyer for their plant in the Tulsa OK area.

This job will have the following responsibilities:

• Monitors and administrates activities involved in the procurement of goods and services.
• Receives purchase orders, invoices, and other forms and reconciles for completeness and accuracy.
• Works with vendors to ensure that products are delivered according to schedule and that purchasing terms and conditions are clear and agreed upon.
• Stores and retrieves purchase orders, proof of purchase, pricing quotes, receipts and other necessary documents as required to report accurate spending figures to finance.
• Verifies bills from suppliers with bids and purchase orders and approves bills for payment.
• Enters purchase orders for services, materials, and spare parts per demand or as directed by manager.
• Purchasing and negotiating materials, equipment and supplies from vendors.
• Evaluates vendor quotes and services to determine most desirable suppliers.
• Responsible for managing all supplier-related activities and authority to commit company resources; forecast data, monitor and address supplier quality and delivery performance; track internal demand and material assets to optimize purchase.
• Must meet all deadlines i.e. reporting, expediting, etc.
• Incorporate planning decisions from internal customers and suppliers to reduce material and product variability and arrive at optimal solutions with the lowest total cost to the company.
• Develop requests for quotations and proposals, analyzes supplier responses, negotiates and manages day to day supplier activities, and interfaces with internal and external customers, other Procurement peers and suppliers.
• Expedite deliveries.
• Coordinate job requirements as needed with engineering, planning, sales, and purchasing manager via many available forms of communication.
• Demonstrated integrity with strong business and personal ethics.
• Self-starting team player who demonstrates an attitude reflective of the company operating values.
• Engage suppliers strategically.
• Utilize contract language to recover supplier induced costs and resolve external non-conformance issues in cooperation with internal departments.
• Conflict resolution and coaching ability.
• Ability to drive and implement change as needed.
• Find solutions when problems, events or circumstances are beyond one's control.
• Regular attendance, ability to arrive at work punctually, ability to work on-site.
• Ability to work cooperatively with others, ability to deal respectfully with the public, customers, vendors, other employees, managers, and executive management.
• Ability to manage, organize, and perform multiple tasks concurrently, ability to work in a fast-paced environment, ability to interchange with others in the department.
• Performs analytical, operational, and administrative tasks in support of Managers and Buyers involved in the purchase of acquisition of goods, assets, processes, patents, copyrights, or possession of other services.
  

Qualifications & Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree preferred in Business Administration, or ten (10) years of procurement experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• 5+ years of procurement/buying experience in manufacturing
• Ability to multitask
• Strong ability to work with a team

Contact: apatt@judge.com

This job and many more are available through The Judge Group. Find us on the web at www.judge.com

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