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    Buyer I - Auburn Hills, United States - AM General

    AM General
    AM General Auburn Hills, United States

    3 weeks ago

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    Description

    PRINCIPLE DUTIES & RESONSIBILITIES:

    • Support indirect purchasing requirements.
    • Assist tooling engineering in negotiating tooling costs and payment terms with suppliers.
    • Create and maintain Appropriations Requests (ARs)
    • Create and maintain asset masters in SAP.
    • Compare competitive quotes for best value.
    • Draft and submit tooling purchase requisitions.
    • Draft and issue tooling purchase orders.
    • Participate in tooling reviews.
    • Map tooling usage in manufacturing process
    • Participate in tooling inspections and reviews.
    • Review and approve tooling invoices.

    KNOWLEDGE and SKILLS:

    • BA/BS degree in a related field (Supply Management, Business, or Contract Management) preferred.
    • 2+ years experience as a Buyer/purchasing preferred.
    • Strong computer and communication skills required (Word, Excel, Project).
    • Teamwork skills required.
    • Analytical thinking, negotiating, and problem-solving skills required.
    • Meets tight deadlines and endures high pressure or stressful situations.
    • Participates in meetings with suppliers and company management during contract negotiations.
    • Understanding of basic manufacturing techniques such as casting, machining, and stamping.
    • SAP experience required

    PHYSICAL EFFORT

    • Sight: must be able to regularly read computer screen, reports, and various documents with detail and clarity so as to accomplish work tasks in a safe and efficient manner. This includes regular use of adequate close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, and ability to adjust focus.
    • Hearing: must be able to regularly hear well enough to communicate.
    • Hand-Eye Coordination: must be able to regularly coordinate ones eyes with ones fingers, wrists, or arms to move, carry, or manipulate objects or to perform other job-related tasks.
    • Manual Dexterity: must be able to regularly make quick, accurate, skillful, and coordinated movement with hands and arms to grasp, place, move, or use objects such as phone, computer, and other office equipment, tools, or controls.
    • Agility: must be able to regularly bend, stretch, twist, or reach out with the body, arms, or legs to perform job tasks. This includes the ability to move throughout all areas of the facility, Companys property surrounding facility, or additional work areas.
    • Climbing / Kneeling: must be able to occasionally climb, kneel, bend over, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl, with balance.
    • Lifting: must be able to occasionally lift up to 25 pounds with or without assistance.
    • Physical Strength: must be able to occasionally lift, push, pull, or carry objects using hands, arms, back, abdominal muscles, shoulders, legs, or a combination of these muscle groups.
    • Stamina: must be able to occasionally exert oneself physically over long periods of time. This may include performing repetitive or strenuous tasks as well as standing and sitting for long periods.

    WORKING CONDITIONS

    • Physical Location: This position operates between an office and manufacturing plant environment and is often assigned to a specific shift or hours. Employee must be able to perform job functions in environment with varying difficult work conditions such as extreme cold, heat, inclement weather, at heights, and/or while exposed to constant/intermittent loud noises.
    • Teamwork: This position will work with others to ensure efficiency in the workplace.
    • Listening Skills: This position will need to understand how to use machinery properly and safely to prevent accidents and ensure all tasks are completed accurately.
    • Ability to follow instructions: Managers assign tasks and responsibilities, which vary depending on the products being manufactured; this position should be able to follow instructions competently.
    • Methodical approach: Production lines follow a set process, so this position needs a methodical approach to ensure all tasks are completed in the correct order for a smooth-running production line.
    • Concentration: This position may perform the same or similar tasks repeatedly, so a strong level of concentration when carrying out these tasks is important for quality control purposes. This role is often fast paced, so being able to maintain focus at all times is important.

    Travel Requirements:

    Up to 25% travel may be required.

    Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with DisabilitiesThe contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractors legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR c)PDN-9b3ba591-14e0-4c7f-9648-d04d34a3a93f

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