Buyer - Watertown, United States - Terex

Description

Job Description:

Position Title: Buyer

Location: Watertown, SD

Reporting to: Purchasing Manager

Travel Required: 0-5%

This position is responsible for purchasing and negotiating materials, equipment, and supplies from vendors for one or more of the Terex Utilities product lines. Requires evaluating vendor quotes and services to determine most desirable suppliers. Familiar with standard concepts, practices, and procedures within the manufacturing procurement field. Relies on experience and judgment to plan and accomplish goals to perform a variety of tasks.

Main Duties and Responsibilities:

• Works with operations, planning and organizing all tasks.
• Participate in supplier quality activities such as corrective action completion.
• Works with best total cost solutions. May coordinate and negotiate contracts with the expectation of providing purchase price reductions and establishing purchase pricing.
• Review purchase request for material via MRP or manual purchase requisition.
• Input Purchase order data via Oracle (MRP, Direct-Link, Kanban, demand).
• Monitor purchase orders to maintain delivery schedules.
• As applicable, must be able to expedite critical components and overdue purchase orders.
• Resolve supplier problems associated with over shipments, invoicing issues, obsolete, rework and scrap material.
• Must be able to develop excellent working relationship with both internal and external customers as well as suppliers.
• Maintain supplier relationships in order to drive cost reductions while continually achieving the highest level of quality material.
• Manage purchase price variance monthly.
• Review, analyze and interpret various reports.
• Be a strong team player with ability to work effectively on cross-functional projects.
• Ability or willingness to learn to read engineering blueprints or any relevant technical documents.
• Moderate technical understanding of assigned commodities.

Key Job Tasks:

Procurement

• Buying responsibility for one or more of the TerexUtilities product lines
• Ability to maintain Kanban's and/or issuing PO and utilizing MRP / ASI systems to manage purchase transactions

Material Management

• Maintain inventory levels for area of responsibility

Cost Reduction

• Given direction execute initiatives to reduce cost

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in procurement, supply chain, business, operations.
• 2 years' experience in a purchasing, buyer, or material planner role.

Preferred Qualifications:

• MRP system experience is highly preferred, as well as ASI system experience.
• APICS seasoned purchaser in related field preferred.
• Internship at fortune 500 company manufacturing capital equipment/industrial products in/for agricultural, automotive, or general industries.
• Engineer to order environment and low volume/high mix purchasing experience, including MRO and production materials purchasing exp.
• Ability to interface with company and supplier senior management.
• Technical purchasing and out-sourcing skills.
• Strong negotiating skills.
• Ability to multitask, prioritize work, and work closely with other departments.
• Familiar with standard concepts, practices, and procedures within the procurement field.
• Relies on experience and judgment to plan and accomplish goals to perform a variety of tasks.
• Ability to research and identify new suppliers.
• Project Management experience.
• Ability to read engineering prints.
• Lean experience or knowledge is a plus.
• Ability to work in a fast paced and demanding environment.
• Proficient computer skills in MS Office (Word, Excel, and Outlook).

The salary range for this position is $55,000 to $72,000 annually. Pay is based on several factors including but not limited to education, work experience, certifications, etc.

If you are interested in an open position but feel you may not meet all the listed qualifications, we still encourage you to apply.

Terex Overview:

At Terex,we fully embrace the increasingly diverse world around us and strive to create an empowering and welcoming workplace culture. We are a $4.0 billion publicly traded global manufacturer of materials processing and aerial work platform products and services. We are passionate about producing equipment that helps improve the lives of people around the world and providing our team members with a rewarding career and the opportunity to make an impact.

While our operations are global, each office or factory is a close-knit community. We value diversity, equity and inclusion, safety, integrity, respect, servant leadership, courage, citizenship, and continuous improvement. It's an exciting time to be part of the expanding manufacturing sector - come join us

Additional Information:

We see inclusion as a key to our success and are committed to actively foster a culture where every team member feels valued, listened to, and appreciated. We are committed to being fair and impartial in our decisions, ensuring equity within our workplace.As an Equal Opportunity Employer, employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.

If you are a qualified individual with a disability or a disabled veteran, you may request a reasonable accommodation if you are unable or limited in your ability to access job openings or apply for a job on this site as a result of your disability. You can request reasonable accommodations by contacting the Recruiting department (person or department)

The Company offers competitive salaries, advancement opportunities, and a full range of benefits, including paid vacation, 401(k), medical, dental, and vision.

Terex Corporation is an Equal Opportunity Employer and Affirmative Action Employer M/F/D/V.