Senior Buyer

Mini-Circuits • Melville, NY • 2h ago

Description

Mini-Circuits designs, manufactures and distributes integrated circuits, modules, and sub-systems for high-performance radio frequency (RF) and microwave applications. With design, sales and manufacturing locations in over 30 countries, Mini-Circuits' products are used in a range of wired and wireless communications applications. Our products are also used in detection, measurement and imaging applications, including military communication, guidance and electronic countermeasure systems, commercial, scientific, military land, sea and aircraft; automotive systems, medical systems, and industrial test equipment.

Mini-Circuits' sells its products to over 20,000 customers globally through our direct sales force, applications engineering staff, sales representatives, as well as through our extensive website.

Position Summary:

The Senior Buyer is responsible for the end-to-end Procure to Pay activities including strategic sourcing support, supplier and PO management, negotiations and maintaining purchasing data integrity. This role ensures supply continuity for an assigned group of materials and collaborates cross-functionally with Strategic Sourcing, Planning, Engineering, Quality, AP and others to support new product introductions, resolve material issues and drive process improvement.

Salary: $84,500 - $105,000 per year

Job Function:

Managing supplier relationships and negotiations to obtain optimum prices, terms and lead times.

Managing PO lifecycle (Requisition processing, PO creation, supplier order confirmation, response to MRP signals, expedites, pushouts, cancellations, maintenance of accurate dates in the ERP etc.)

Engaging Suppliers and following up on POs, Invoices and necessary documentation.

Independently managing assigned sub-commodities and supporting Strategic Sourcing activities such as commodity strategy development and implementation and executing strategic projects.

Leading key Purchasing initiatives and providing guidance and support to the other Buyers.

Supporting purchasing activities for New Product Introduction (NPI).

Ensuring supply continuity and resolving supply challenges by working with Suppliers and internal stakeholders such as Strategic Sourcing Managers, Planning, Quality and Incoming Materials management, Finance/Accounts Payable, Engineering, Logistics etc.

Managing Quotation lifecycle (initiate RFP/RFQ/RFIs, obtain supplier responses and maintain quotes and price files in the ERP).

Collecting and maintaining supply chain information (supplier profile information, MRP parameters such as Lead Times, Minimum Order Quantities etc.) in the ERP.

Supporting the purchasing process and systems improvements by working with the Purchasing Manager, Buyers and other relevant stakeholders.

Driving continuous improvement of Purchasing and Supplier KPIs and periodic reporting.

The duties, responsibilities and expectations described above are not a comprehensive list and additional tasks may be assigned to the member, within the scope of the position.

Qualifications:

Bachelor's degree in business, supply chain management, logistics, engineering or similar field of study.

Strong experience (3-5 years) in Purchasing and exposure to Strategic Sourcing/Commodity Management.

Experience with engineering or technical requirements and BOMs (Bills of Materials).

Strong verbal and written communication skills and ability to work with cross-functional teams.

Effective negotiation skills and strong analytical skills.

Professional attitude, adaptability and ability to work independently and methodically with a strong sense of customer service.

Proficient in Microsoft Applications including Outlook, Excel, Word and PowerPoint.

Prior experience working with ERP systems such as SAP, Infor, Oracle, JDE etc.

Expertise in procurement of relevant commodities such as active and passive electronic components, cables, machined parts and/or semiconductors.

Exposure to Semiconductor, RF/Microwave electronics industry would be a significant plus.

Physical Demands:

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. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk and hear. The employee frequently is required to stand, walk, sit and use hands to operate a computer keyboard. The employee is occasionally required to reach with hands and arms. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 10 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, and ability to adjust focus. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Additional Requirements/Skills:

Comply, understand, and support corporate safety initiatives to ensure a safe work environment

Ability and willingness to abide by Company's Code of Conduct

Benefits: We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off, medical/dental/vision insurance, and 401(K) to eligible employees.

Comprehensive Medical, Dental, and Vision plans

401(K) and Profit-Sharing Programs

Disability Insurance

Life Insurance

Employer-Sponsored Wellness Plans

Commuter Benefits

Hospital & Accident Indemnity Insurance

Employee Benefit Advocate & Employee Assistance Program

Disclaimer: The listed qualifications and requirements for each position are intended as guidelines. Mini-Circuits reserves the right to hire outside of these guidelines at Management's discretion.

Mini-Circuits is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of actual or perceived age, race, creed, color, national origin, sexual orientation, military status, sex, disability, predisposing genetic characteristics, marital status, familial status, gender identity, gender dysphoria, pregnancy-related condition, and domestic violence victim status or protected class characteristic, or any other protected characteristic as established by federal or state law.

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