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Buyer/Planner
•12 days ago
Hours | Full-time, Part-time |
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Location | Fenwick, West Virginia |
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Job Description
Job Description
Description:
SUMMARY
- Purchase materials, parts, supplies, and equipment following established purchasing policies and procedures and optimizes price, delivery, and terms; typically purchases $1-3 million per year; does not become heavily involved in the development of specifications, but the work is more complex than buying off-the-shelf items.
- Investigate and identify qualified suppliers; issue requests for quotations; may evaluate vendor reliability.Determine method of procurement such as direct purchase or bid.
- Review, approve and issue purchase requisitions; follow up and expedite as necessary. Select products for purchase by testing, observing, or examining items; estimate value according to knowledge of market price.
- Coordinate purchasing activities with manufacturing and engineering departments to maintain inventory at planned levels.
- Maintain procurement records such as items or services purchased, cost, delivery, product quality or performance, and inventories.
- Monitor the cost, schedule, and scope of assigned subcontracts to assure best quality at best value.
- Monitor market trends and conditions.
- Plan and issue schedules and material requirements.
- Coordinate activities of Engineering, Production Control, Purchasing and other departments to achieve optimum utilization of facilities in meeting production schedules.
- Provide input to management regarding problems such as shortages, design changes, backlogs, and the like.
- Perform other related duties as required.
Bachelor's degree (BA/BS) from four-year college or university (preferred) or a minimum of 3 years’ experience.
The above description reflects the details considered necessary to describe the principal functions of the job and should not be construed as a detailed description of all the work requirements that may be performed on the job.