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Buyer

PEI GENESIS INC. • Philadelphia, PA • 16h ago

Job Details

Level

Experienced

Job Location

PEI-Genesis Philadelphia HQ - Philadelphia, PA

Remote Type

Hybrid

Position Type

Full Time

Education Level

4 Year Degree

Job Category

Supply Chain

Description

Equal Opportunity Employer Veterans/Disabled

SUMMARY:

The Buyer position is a critical role to the day-to-day operations at PEI, responsible for planning & purchasing of specific products. This includes the responsibility of managing orders, monitoring and managing inventory, and negotiating to assure favorable purchase pricing with suppliers is achieved. The buyer works as a team with several Product Managers and Expeditors to perform all duties in a manner which ensures total quality and effective customer service.

Qualifications

EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE:

Minimum High school diploma and or 3+ years related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.

Bachelor's degree and/or advanced relevant experience preferred.

Experience in a manufacturing environment or other company with Bills of Material is preferred.

TECHNICAL and/or MANAGERIAL JOB COMPETENCIES:

Effective Communication skills (written and verbal)

Ability to quickly learn products, processes, and technically complex systems.

Experience planning, buying and/or pricing products with Bills Of Materials.

Experience with an ERP/MRP system such as Oracle, SAP, PeopleSoft or other.

Organization & Task Management skills

Microsoft Excel - intermediate spreadsheet skills

Microsoft Outlook & Word

Customer Service mindset

ESSENTIAL TASKS AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

Plans purchasing activities, and develops purchasing strategies for components and assemblies assigned to them. Intimately works in detail in our ERP planning/purchasing system.

Negotiate pricing with suppliers and schedule annual supplier blanket orders

Performs stock checks and obtains delivery information (may utilize on-line vendor access) for sales representatives to process customer quotes.

Process purchasing suggestion daily and in a timely manner, making appropriate decisions beyond the system-generated "recommendations".

Verifies PO's are processed correctly; ensures PO's requiring special handling are dealt with in a timely manner.

Responds with a sense of urgency to any request or issue and provides information and/or resolution in an expeditious manner.

Communicates important supplier information to Product Managers, and Expeditors, including such information such as problem deliveries, price increases, etc.

Coordinates order problem resolutions with Expeditors and Product Managers and Sales Representatives if need be.

Communicate directly with company Salespeople, develop relationships and exhibit a clear customer service minded experience.

Develops relationships to achieve a "favored" status with suppliers.

Assists Expeditors and Product Managers in daily activities as required.

Interacts with all internal customers in a friendly, timely and helpful manner.

Sends and receives faxes; makes copies; runs reports as needed.

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