Senior Buyer

Company: Strivector
Location: Salt Lake City
Posted on: March 18, 2023

Job Description:

BE THE CHOICE, NOT THE OPTION
Strivector specializes in catering to your specific desired company culture and purpose-filled job needs.

We help our clients meet their fast-growing business, new and existing positions with talented individuals like you.

Strivector works alongside Fortune 500, mid-sized and Start-ups for full-time and contract positions; on our list of companies, we have Bank of America, Fannie Mae, Philips, Smith & Nephew, Arthrex.

THE JOB
This is a Senior Buyer role, and the primary focus of this position is to provide purchasing support for the assembly and test of defense products. As a Senior Buyer your roles and responsibilities will include:

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• Process purchase requisitions, which include sourcing, price analysis, and purchase order generation.
  
• Develop and negotiate long term purchasing agreements dealing with moderately complex commodities.
  
• Develop strong working relationships with suppliers.
  
• Lead regular procurement status meetings with suppliers in support of two-way accountability.
  
• Monitor procurement activity dealing with moderately complex commodities.
  
• Negotiate and place purchase orders dealing with moderately complex commodities.
  
• Expedite open purchase orders to ensure on time deliveries.
  
• Resolve packing slip problems by coordinating between receiving and suppliers.
  
• Resolve invoice problems by coordinating between accounts payable and suppliers.
  
• Develop abstract of bid from information obtained from request for quote.
  
• Maintain and update procurement data through current production management system.
  
• Interface with material planning to resolve any requisition problems.
  
• Evaluate supplier performance.
  
• Evaluate and establish economical order quantity.
  
• Conduct cost/price analysis in support of supplier selection process.
  
• Review purchase order acknowledgements for accuracy and compliance to terms and conditions of purchase order.
  
• Assist material estimating in request for quote development, supplier selection and cost/price analysis of information contained in the request for quotation.
  
  
  DESIRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE
  Most importantly, you need to be a passionate Senior Buyer who enjoys his work and is considered to be one of the best within your organization. A Senior Buyer would be someone with deep experience in many (if not all) of the following:
  
  
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  • Bachelor s degree in a business-related area or equivalent experience.
    
  • Five years experience working in a mechanical/aerospace procurement environment.
    
  • Ability and desire to learn, work in, and support a structured team atmosphere.
    
  • Ability to read and interpret drawings, specifications, procurement procedures, government procurement regulations FAR (federal acquisition regulation), quality assurance procedures, and inspection procedures.
    
  • Positive attitude and strong interpersonal skills.
    
  • Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out detailed, complex instructions; to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in or from standardized situations.
    
  • Ability to influence people in their opinions, attitudes, or judgments about ideas or things; to motivate, convince, or negotiate.
    
  • Ability to exchange information with others clearly and concisely; to present ideas, facts, and technical information.
    
  • Ability to identify task requirements and monitor progress toward accomplishment.
    
  • Ability to maintain relationships that facilitate task accomplishment; to cooperate and resolve conflicts; to recognize needs and be sensitive of others.
    
  • Ability to receive guidance and supervision; follow work rules, procedures, and meet deadlines.
    
  • Ability to systematically identify and define problems, evaluate alternatives, and implement cost effective solutions.
    
  • Ability to access U.S. export-controlled information
    
  • Federal Acquisition Regulation purchasing experience
    
  • Certification in Purchasing, Inventory Control, and/or Supply Chain Management
    
  • Production/manufacturing experience
    
  • Production planning familiarity
    
  • Lean six sigma methodology certification/training/experience
    
    We understand that even if you are a seasoned Senior Buyer, you may not have all the skills listed here. If you are a good at what you do and have a willingness to learn, let s talk.
    
    ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
    Compensation: Based on Experience. One of the best in the industry
    Minimum Education: Bachelor s degree or equivalent experience.
    Minimum Experience: 5+ years of experience.
    Type of position: Full time Permanent Position with benefits
    Telecommute: No
    Locations : Salt Lake City, UT
    Relocation accepted: Yes

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