Buyer - Beech Grove, United States - MEGGER GROUP

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Job Location
Indianapolis Lab - Indianapolis, IN

Description

Position Summary: Under limited supervision, the employee is responsible for securing laboratory supplies, maintaining efficient inventories, and negotiating/securing best market deliveries, pricing, and terms to ensure operational continuity. The buying process includes maintaining supplier relationships, supplies, prices, and terms. Additionally, securing alternative suppliers and developing opportunities for process improvements are a part of the role. The buyer is responsible for the accuracy and completeness of supplier account management, supplies, pricing, and terms within the SAP system or additional software applications. This role has KPI department reporting responsibilities to finance, operations, and leadership.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Identifies requesting department's needs and develops and refines specifications for commodities, suppliers or equipment.
• Take an active role in the implementation and execution of MRP in SAP mainframe system. Follow MRP and raw materials guidelines and provide input.
• Negotiates and purchases materials from suppliers ensuring best product, delivery schedule, and prices while also developing new sources of technical supplies.
• Evaluates vendor quotes and services to determine preferred vendors.
• Validate supplier quotes, pricing, and delivery schedules to insure best economic price/volume order decisions.
• Develops and maintains a list of acceptable vendors, a record of purchases, a record of prices and terms of purchase. Provide input to the QA vendor rating system.
• Processes order errors, credits, or defective materials and negotiates with suppliers for return.
• Resolves issues with finance and suppliers to ensure uninterrupted supply and payment of materials in support of operations.
• Supports purchasing and finance staff in Mexico in maintaining accounts payable within agreed terms.
• Develops, implements, and trains lab staff on purchasing processes and new organizational initiatives.
• Reports on KPIs measuring effective and efficient purchasing processes.
• Participates in management meetings and reports on purchasing status and operational improvement projects.
• Provides operational support to the Regional Laboratory Managers as needed.
• Participates in ongoing purchasing training or on securing industry recognized purchasing credentials.
• Other duties as assigned.

Education and Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in business preferred, or equivalent work experience.
• Minimum experience of 5 years in purchasing (technical field preferred)
• Advanced knowledge of purchasing systems.
• Working knowledge of MRP and inventory analysis. Planning experience necessary
• Solid experience navigating, using, and leveraging SAP for purchasing.
• Proficiency with MSOffice applications
• Excellent oral and written communication skills, professional phone communication skills
• Purchasing certification a plus; CPP, CPPM