Plant Buyer - Eau Claire, United States - Cascades

Description

**Plant Buyer**

**Location:** Eau Claire, WI, US

The Plant Buyers mission is to manage inventory and supply by purchasing goods and services necessary to maintain operations in accordance with company needs. You are responsible for managing all supply orders for your plant and monitor inventory to ensure parts availability. You create requisitions and purchase orders and ensure financial accuracy. Finally, you identify opportunities to improve existing processes and systems efficiency, and establish lasting partnerships with your current and potential suppliers.

****Individual responsibilities****

**Accountable**

Purchase goods and services required for plant operations.

**Responsible**

Apply good inventory and purchasing management practices.

Manage suppliers properly and utilize corporate agreements

Optimize availability of the right parts to maintain operations.

Monitor inventory-related performance indicators.

Ensure compliance with the standards, legislation and regulations in force for products and services.

Propose improvements to current processes.

Create and maintain material master records (at MRP parameter level).

Create purchase orders that are not tendered by Shared Services.

Manage supply orders.

Create and maintain the purchasing info record and the list of sources

Manage the document management system (DMS).

2 to 5 years of experience and knowledge of industrial environments

High school diploma or equivalent

Strong planning, organization and inventory management skills.

Supplier management skills and high level of autonomy.

Commitment to business partner satisfaction and ability to collaborate with existing teams.

Ability to pivot quickly while working on mulitple files

Ability to plan, organize and prioritize activities effectively.

High level of integrity to support and advise business partners.

Excellent company-paid benefits

Weekly Pay

Working with a dedicated and passionate team of leaders

Strong Company Culture

Profit sharing and 401K Options

Working for a company with a strong focus on sustainability and greener initiatives

Huge Career Advancement Opportunities

PPE Allowance

****Core competencies defined for this job****

Planning and organizing Values and ethics Partnership Accountability Autonomy Action-based focus