Buyer at Judge Group

Location: Catoosa, OK
Salary: $85,000.00 USD Annually - $95,000.00 USD Annually
Description: Our manufacturing client is currently seeking a Buyer for their plant in the Tulsa OK area. 

This job will have the following responsibilities:

• Monitors and administrates activities involved in the procurement of goods and services. 
• Receives purchase orders, invoices, and other forms and reconciles for completeness and accuracy. 
• Works with vendors to ensure that products are delivered according to schedule and that purchasing terms and conditions are clear and agreed upon. 
• Stores and retrieves purchase orders, proof of purchase, pricing quotes, receipts and other necessary documents as required to report accurate spending figures to finance. 
• Verifies bills from suppliers with bids and purchase orders and approves bills for payment. 
• Enters purchase orders for services, materials, and spare parts per demand or as directed by manager. 
• Purchasing and negotiating materials, equipment and supplies from vendors. 
• Evaluates vendor quotes and services to determine most desirable suppliers. 
• Responsible for managing all supplier-related activities and authority to commit company resources; forecast data, monitor and address supplier quality and delivery performance; track internal demand and material assets to optimize purchase. 
• Must meet all deadlines i.e. reporting, expediting, etc. 
• Incorporate planning decisions from internal customers and suppliers to reduce material and product variability and arrive at optimal solutions with the lowest total cost to the company. 
• Develop requests for quotations and proposals, analyzes supplier responses, negotiates and manages day to day supplier activities, and interfaces with internal and external customers, other Procurement peers and suppliers. 
• Expedite deliveries. 
• Coordinate job requirements as needed with engineering, planning, sales, and purchasing manager via many available forms of communication. 
• Demonstrated integrity with strong business and personal ethics. 
• Self-starting team player who demonstrates an attitude reflective of the company operating values. 
• Engage suppliers strategically. 
• Utilize contract language to recover supplier induced costs and resolve external non-conformance issues in cooperation with internal departments. 
• Conflict resolution and coaching ability. 
• Ability to drive and implement change as needed. 
• Find solutions when problems, events or circumstances are beyond one's control. 
• Regular attendance, ability to arrive at work punctually, ability to work on–site. 
• Ability to work cooperatively with others, ability to deal respectfully with the public, customers, vendors, other employees, managers, and executive management. 
• Ability to manage, organize, and perform multiple tasks concurrently, ability to work in a fast-paced environment, ability to interchange with others in the department. 
• Performs analytical, operational, and administrative tasks in support of Managers and Buyers involved in the purchase of acquisition of goods, assets, processes, patents, copyrights, or possession of other services. 
  

Qualifications & Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree preferred in Business Administration, or ten (10) years of procurement experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• 5+ years of procurement/buying experience in manufacturing
• Ability to multitask
• Strong ability to work with a team

Contact: apatt@judge.com