Category Buyer II - La Grange, United States - Sterling Engineering Inc.

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Job Description

Job DescriptionAsk yourself: 1. "Do you have a knack for understanding how things are made and figuring out the parts and components that are needed to do so?2. Have you worked with critical machine parts on an Intellectual Property capacity?3. Do you know Category inside and out and are able to come up with sourcing strategies?4. Are you comfortable in a high volume and fast paced environment? If you answered, "yes" to these questions, let's connect
Title: Category Buyer II
Location: La Grange, IL
Overview: Sterling has helped build careers for thousands for professionals like yourself. Our expert recruiters support you at every step in the process and as a Best of Staffing company, Sterling provides exciting work with exceptional employers across the U.S.
Hire Type: Direct hire with benefits from day 1 and almost 100% coverage In addition to 11 paid holidays, 2 weeks vacations, 401K, etc.
Job Summary: Position develops, leads, maintains, and seeks approval of sourcing strategies from functional management; continuously optimizes the Total Cost of Ownership; actively participates to the pre-bid and bid processes, up to Aftermarket phase; monitor supplier's performance; resolves chronic problems regarding quality and supply; leads make/buy process up to approval from Senior VP.
Job Duties:

• Negotiates price and terms with suppliers
• Act with sense of urgency to cut purchase order on time
• Initiates and implements cost reductions on supplier products
• Develop new and maintains current qualified suppliers for assigned commodities
• Procures quality material to support demand requirements
• Establishes and maintains supply base with capacity/capability to support requirements
• Troubleshoots to resolve issues relating to assigned vendors and their parts
• Responds quickly to changing production and aftermarket customer needs
• Coordinates execution of engineering changes affecting purchased material
• Coordinates with Supply Chain to control inventory by lead times, lot sizes, MOQs, etc.
• Monitors raw material/alloy trends, using this to manage part pricing to minimize cost
• Negotiates settlement on material issues due to quality, scheduling, or other causes

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering or Engineering focus preferred
• Experience of ERP systems and MS office product
• Prior experience in direct purchasing of industrial products
• Ability to interface with clients
• SAP exposure
• Ability to read (or learn to read) blueprints and understand basic Engineering documents
• Experience with demand forecasting and inventory management
• Ability to travel less than 25% domestically

Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, age, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or genetic information.