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    Buyer - Stratford, United States - Cleaver-Brooks

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    ** Buyer**

    **Job Category****:** Materials Management **Requisition Number****:** BUYER003117 Showing 1 location **Job Details**

    **Description**

    The Buyer is responsible for developing and maintaining business relationships with vendors in order to facilitate purchasing materials at lowest cost, consistent with considerations of quality, reliability of source, urgency of need and scheduling deliveries. Reviews bids, quotes, and purchase orders for accuracy and applicability.

    **Your Responsibilities **

    Ability to handle responsibilities with effective interpersonal skills and to effectively interface with others inside and outside the Company is required.

    Initiate purchase orders for specific commodities as directed by Materials Manager.

    Develop and maintains acceptable vendor base for specified purchased materials.

    Maintain written and computerized records and files for efficient operation.

    Assist with the preparation of budget forecasts.

    Maintain acceptable inventory levels as determined by the Materials Manager.

    Develop and maintain an acceptable knowledge level of MRP systems.

    Works closely with the Materials Manager and Material Planners to ensure purchasing and inventory objectives are attained.

    Negotiate prices, terms, etc., with vendors on specified material. Review pricing strategy with Materials Manager.

    A sense of urgency is essential while coordinating with necessary departments to ensure material requirements are met.

    Other Duties:

    Completes other duties as assigned by Materials Manager.

    Education Required: SMT Certificate or Supply Chain & Operations Management Diploma or equivalent experience.

    Experience Required: 3 to 5 years experience in a Manufacturing environment

    Required Competencies:

    Communication You must be comfortable using a wide range of communication styles. You must choose appropriate, effective ways to communicate in diverse situations.

    Managing Information You must be able to think critically and gather, sort, store and use information to turn data into usable knowledge.

    Research and Analysis You will use information from a variety of sources to identify options and solve problems.

    Project and task management You will plan, implement, manage and measure projects and tasks in a timely and directed manner.

    Teamwork You will work cooperatively and collaboratively with others to achieve collective goals.

    Professional behavior: You will use sound judgement to meet or exceed workplace guidelines, standards and expectations. You will handle responsibilities with effective interpersonal skills while interfacing with internal and external customers.

    Continuous learning You will acquire and apply new knowledge and skills. You will develop and maintain an acceptable level of knowledge of procurement and MRP systems

    Physical Skill and Effort: Limited manual dexterity required. Work requires infrequent physical effort. Requires moderate speed and accuracy operating office equipment. Work requires simple, easy muscular movements.

    Working Conditions and Hazards: Normal plant, shop, field or office conditions. From time to time, slightly disagreeable features. Negligible/little or no exposure to hazardous conditions.

    This description indicates the general nature of the tasks and responsibilities required of the position given this classification. It is not intended as a complete list of specific duties and responsibilities.

    Salary and Benefits:We offer a competitive salary and excellent benefits package, including supplementary medical, dental, life insurance, short & long term disability, cash matching GRRSP, vacation and 11 paid holidays.

    This description indicates the general nature of the tasks and responsibilities required of this position. The Company reserves the right to change, modify, amend, add to or delete from any section of this document as it deems, in its judgment, to be proper.

    **In accordance with the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, 2005 and the Ontario Human Rights Code, Cleaver-Brooks will provide accommodations throughout the recruitment and selection process to applicants with disabilities. If selected to participate in the recruitment and selection process, please inform Human Resources of the nature of any accommodation(s) that you may require in respect of any materials or processes used to ensure your equal participation**

    **Skills**

    **Preferred**

    **Time Management** *Advanced* **Reading Comprehension** *Advanced* **Oral/Written Communication** *Advanced* **Negotiation** *Advanced* **Judgment and Decision Making** *Advanced* **Active Listening** *Advanced* **Dedicated****:** Devoted to a task or purpose with loyalty or integrity **Education**

    **Preferred**

    Associates or better.

    **Experience**

    **Preferred**

    3 to 5 years in a Manufacturing environment


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