Senior Buyer (Irvine)
Belcan, Irvine, CA, United States
Job Title: Buyer III
Location: Irvine, CA
Zip Code: 92606
Duration: 3 months
Pay Rate: $45/hr.
Start Date: Immediate
Job Description:
Job Summary: Coordinates activities involved with procuring, tracking, and expediting goods and services such as raw materials, equipment, tools, parts and supplies at a competitive price, delivery, and quality via the issuance of a purchase order.
Responsibilities:
* Schedules and tracks the material deliveries based upon production schedule and other program requirements.
* Confers with suppliers to obtain product or service information such as price, availability and delivery schedule.
* Prepares purchase orders and bid requests.
* Basic negotiation and administration of agreements with suppliers and other representatives within scope of authority.
* Estimates values according to knowledge of market price.
* Analyzes price proposals, financial reports and other data and information to determine reasonable prices.
* Maintains procurement records such as items or services purchased, costs, delivery, product quality or performance and inventories.
* Support achievement of department metrics.
* Enters purchase orders into MRP system and issues to supplier via internet, fax or e-mail. Maintains purchase order status and follows up on unconfirmed and past due orders plus requirements due in coming weeks.
* Arbitrates claims and resolves complaints generated during performance of purchase order or contract, escalating issues to the Purchasing Manager as appropriate.
* Interacts with Engineering, Planning and Production to ensure any changes in production requirements are flowed down to suppliers.
* Maintains professionalism in developing collaborative relationships with internal customers, partners and suppliers.
* Liaise with planners to control scheduling of parts to ensure stock levels meet demands while achieving site level/corporate financial targets.
* Evaluates defective or unacceptable goods or services with inspection or quality control, users, vendors and others to determine source of trouble and take corrective action.
* Updates suppliers with engineering changes and drawings.
* Actively manages supplier performance.
* Develops commodity/market knowledge and maintains roster of available supply sources. Approves invoices for payment within scope of authority.
* Expedites delivery of goods to users.
Experience:
* 6+ years experience in purchasing.
* Has developed specialized skills or is multi-skilled through job-related training and considerable on-the-job experience
* Completes work with a limited degree of supervision
* Likely to act as an informal resource for colleagues with less experience
* Identifies key issues and patterns from partial/conflicting data
* Takes a broad perspective to problems and spots new, less obvious solutions
Education:
* College degree is preferred (Preferably a degree in Supply Chain management or related field) or comparable experience.
Location: Irvine, CA
Zip Code: 92606
Duration: 3 months
Pay Rate: $45/hr.
Start Date: Immediate
Job Description:
Job Summary: Coordinates activities involved with procuring, tracking, and expediting goods and services such as raw materials, equipment, tools, parts and supplies at a competitive price, delivery, and quality via the issuance of a purchase order.
Responsibilities:
* Schedules and tracks the material deliveries based upon production schedule and other program requirements.
* Confers with suppliers to obtain product or service information such as price, availability and delivery schedule.
* Prepares purchase orders and bid requests.
* Basic negotiation and administration of agreements with suppliers and other representatives within scope of authority.
* Estimates values according to knowledge of market price.
* Analyzes price proposals, financial reports and other data and information to determine reasonable prices.
* Maintains procurement records such as items or services purchased, costs, delivery, product quality or performance and inventories.
* Support achievement of department metrics.
* Enters purchase orders into MRP system and issues to supplier via internet, fax or e-mail. Maintains purchase order status and follows up on unconfirmed and past due orders plus requirements due in coming weeks.
* Arbitrates claims and resolves complaints generated during performance of purchase order or contract, escalating issues to the Purchasing Manager as appropriate.
* Interacts with Engineering, Planning and Production to ensure any changes in production requirements are flowed down to suppliers.
* Maintains professionalism in developing collaborative relationships with internal customers, partners and suppliers.
* Liaise with planners to control scheduling of parts to ensure stock levels meet demands while achieving site level/corporate financial targets.
* Evaluates defective or unacceptable goods or services with inspection or quality control, users, vendors and others to determine source of trouble and take corrective action.
* Updates suppliers with engineering changes and drawings.
* Actively manages supplier performance.
* Develops commodity/market knowledge and maintains roster of available supply sources. Approves invoices for payment within scope of authority.
* Expedites delivery of goods to users.
Experience:
* 6+ years experience in purchasing.
* Has developed specialized skills or is multi-skilled through job-related training and considerable on-the-job experience
* Completes work with a limited degree of supervision
* Likely to act as an informal resource for colleagues with less experience
* Identifies key issues and patterns from partial/conflicting data
* Takes a broad perspective to problems and spots new, less obvious solutions
Education:
* College degree is preferred (Preferably a degree in Supply Chain management or related field) or comparable experience.