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Buyer II

Capacity Trucks, Inc., Longview, TX, United States


Job Summary
The Buyer II will be responsible for daily purchasing tasks including but not limited to; maintaining stock levels, viewing open purchase requisitions, creating PO’s, building supplier relationships, following up on open orders, and providing customer updates on outstanding purchase orders. The Buyer II will use best practices and experience to ensure that the company is getting best prices possible and optimum order quantities. Also, monitor performance of the suppliers to ensure attainment of objectives in quality, delivery, service and cost. The Buyer II will investigate reoccurring problems with suppliers or materials, and act as an escalation point for the Buyer I. The Buyer II will help to implement strategic sourcing events and process implementation. Also, responsible for building and maintaining supplier relationships, and engage in discussions with those vendors to improve on time deliveries and proper communication.

Responsibilities

Create PO’s to vendors

Open PO Report

If past delivery date, follow up with vendor

Update Item Records

Update PO’s and resend to vendor

Handle CSR Requests

Provide Tracking/shipment POD

Updated Shipping dates

Expedite PO’s

PO Acknowledgement

Own supplier relationships

Assist in strategic sourcing process implementation

Project management with cross functional teams with the goal of cost reduction/innovation.

Lead, develop and mentor parts purchasing team

Responsible for developing the team operating model, assist purchasing manager in hiring and staffing models, monitoring the workflow of the team and establishing and evaluating goal achievement.

Lead the team to develop process improvements

Perform other duties as assigned

Qualifications

Associate degree in Supply Chain, a related field or equivalent experience

Minimum of 2-5 years’ related work experience

Basic Skill Requirements

Proficient in the use of Microsoft Office suite (Excel, Word, Outlook, etc.)

Description of Work Environment and Working Conditions
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is exposed to an indoor/outdoor plant non-climate-controlled area. The noise level is usually moderate. In the plant, eye protection is mandatory, hearing protection and dust mask may be required in identified areas.

Physical Demands
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is required to stand; walk; sit; use hands to finger; handle or feel objects; tools or controls; reach with hands and arms; climb stairs; balance; stoop; kneel; crouch or crawl; talk or hear; taste or smell. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 40 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Normal Equipment Used
Equipment is normally associated with Office Activities including Computers, Copy Machines, Fax Machines, and Telephones.

Contact with Others

Ability to work in a “team atmosphere” or independently in a fast-paced environment.

Has contact with other production personnel, Sales, Planning, Purchasing, Engineering, Quality, Lean, Product

Support and other personnel or Vendors, as necessary.

REV Group is committed to a policy of equal employment opportunity. The Company conducts all employment practices without regard to race, sex, color, religion, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran's status, pregnancy, genetic information, sexual orientation, or any other basis prohibited by law. REV Group also undertakes affirmative action to assure equal employment opportunities for minorities and women, for persons with disabilities, and for protected veterans.

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REV Group is committed to a policy of equal employment opportunity. The Company conducts all employment practices without regard to race, sex, color, religion, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran's status, pregnancy, genetic information, sexual orientation, or any other basis prohibited by law. REV Group also undertakes affirmative action to assure equal employment opportunities for minorities and women, for persons with disabilities, and for protected veterans.

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