Job Title: Buyer/Expeditor
Status: Hourly
FLSA: Non-Exempt
Full/Part time: Full Time
Reports to: General Manager

Position Summary:
Purchasing materials in a lean manufacturing environment utilizing negotiation and communication skills, analytical abilities, and an understanding of lean manufacturing principles.

Education Required:

• High School diploma, GED.
• Degree in Business or Supply Chain Management preferred.

 Qualification/Experience Required:

• 1+ year of purchasing experience, preferably in manufacturing.
• Customer service experience.
• Experience with computers including Microsoft Office software.
• ERP experience a plus!
• Prior experience with light manufacturing or electro-mechanical assembly a plus!

Duties/Responsibilities:

• Work through a purchase suggestion.
• Create purchase orders.
• Update EPR system with pricing, PO information, supplier/vendor information.
• Inventory management.
• Utilizing PO Reports.
• Communicating with Suppliers.
• Expedite purchases when needed.
• Able to find alternative solutions for materials. (Different manufacturers or vendors.)
• Negotiate pricing and terms with suppliers.
• Communication skills, both written and verbal for dealing with suppliers, colleagues.
• Analyze reports, evaluate pricing, assess supplier performance.
• Cultivate strong relationships with suppliers.
• Coordinate purchasing with multiple remote warehouses, production (WIP) inventories, some international.

Physical Demands:
This position is mostly sedentary 6+ hours a day. Work is done in an office environment and requires ability to type for periods of time. There is occasional lifting of boxes up to 20 pounds. Most work is done using a computer and screen time will be heavy.