Buyer

Park-Ohio Holdings Corp.; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 350,000 - 500,000; Full time

Job summary

Supply Technologies in Bengaluru, India is seeking a Buyer to manage inventory and supply planning across distribution centres, ensuring optimal stock levels and on-time delivery. You will raise and manage purchase/work orders, maintain supplier relationships, monitor forecasts, and keep ERP/MRP data accurate.

The role requires strong communication and stakeholder management, plus the ability to resolve invoice discrepancies, delays, and non-conforming materials to keep the supply chain

Qualifications

• Minimum 1+ years’ experience in inventory management, buying, procurement, or supply chain.
• Ability to optimise stock levels and meet customer delivery targets.
• Experience managing purchase orders and supplier relationships.
• Experience using ERP/MRP systems and maintaining accurate data.
• Ability to resolve supplier invoice discrepancies and material issues.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.

Responsibilities

• For assigned portfolio of items, optimize inventory levels across multiple distribution centres and achieve customer on time delivery goals.
• Issue purchase orders and work orders in support of distribution plans and customer requirements.Work directly with assigned suppliers to obtain delivery and availability information.
• Maintain purchase orders placed with up-to-date details on delivery, communicating to internal stakeholders any issues that may arise and elevate accordingly through the chain of command.
• Work with the assigned supplier to expedite and/or realign purchase order dates with customer requirements.
• Review site-level demand forecasts by SKU and work with forecast analysts to ensure forecast accuracy.
• Maintainaccuratesystem data, such as bills of material, purchase costs, lead times, etc.
• Resolve supplier invoice discrepancies and coordinate disposition of non-conforming material.

Skills

Inventory management

Procurement

ERP/MRP systems

Supplier relationships

Communication

Stakeholder management

Job description

The Buyer is responsible for managing inventory and supply planning activities to ensure optimal stock levels across multiple distribution centres while meeting customer delivery requirements. The position involves raising and managing purchase and work orders, maintaining strong supplier relationships, monitoring demand forecasts, and ensuring accurate system data. The role also supports issue resolution, including supplier invoice discrepancies, delivery delays, and non-conforming materials, to maintain an efficient and reliable supply chain

Key Responsibilities

• For assigned portfolio of items, optimize inventory levels across multiple distribution centres and achieve customer on time delivery goals.
• Issue purchase orders and work orders in support of distribution plans and customer requirements.Work directly with assigned suppliers to obtain delivery and availability information.
• Maintain purchase orders placed with up-to-date details on delivery, communicating to internal stakeholders any issues that may arise and elevate accordingly through the chain of command.
• Work with the assigned supplier to expedite and/or realign purchase order dates with customer requirements.
• Review site-level demand forecasts by SKU and work with forecast analysts to ensure forecast accuracy.
• Maintainaccuratesystem data, such as bills of material, purchase costs, lead times, etc.
• Resolve supplier invoice discrepancies and coordinate disposition of non-conforming material.

Required Qualifications

• Minimum 1+ years’ experience in inventory management, buying, procurement, or supply chain.
• Ability to optimise stock levels and meet customer delivery targets.
• Experience managing purchase orders and supplier relationships.
• Experience using ERP/MRP systems and maintaining accurate data.
• Ability to resolve supplier invoice discrepancies and material issues.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.

Candidate Attributes:

• Teamwork-Work efficiently with others on work projects or towards a common goal. Promote and participate in a positive team environment.
• Communication -Ability to determine where differing degrees of communication are required, and priorities are understood.
• Organization -Able to plan carefully and keep items in order to focus on tasks to be more efficient in the workplace.
• Ability to listen -Taking the time to listen and as necessary, filter most valuable content.
• Ability to adapt -Priorities can change and ability to adapt to changing circumstances can dictate success.

Our Values:

Do The Right Thing and we will succeed:

We insist on honest and ethical behavior; We treat others respectfully; Our actions are underlined with high integrity; We partner with others who hold these same values.

Go One Better to achieve greatness:

We strive to do our best every day; We are curious and seek alternative viewpoints; We value innovation to deliver long-term success; We will not accept the status quo and tirelessly seek to improve.

Customer First balanced with Company results:

We serve our customers with a sense of urgency; We strive to anticipate our customer’s needs; We work with our customers to ensure we are providing them the best solutions they value; We help to deliver the long-term success of our company.

WE DO what we say:

We seek clarity and understanding; We follow through on our commitments; We respectfully challenge and collaborate to achieve mutual success; Once we agree, we move forward and make no excuses.

Together we win:

We respect and value each other’s thoughts and opinions; We make the time to develop meaningful relationships; We seek new opportunities to continuously learn: We never miss an opportunity to bring out the best in others.

Make a career at SUPPLY TECHNOLOGIES:

Career Development: Success starts from within, and we will help you chart your path from which you can enhance your career evolution.

Supply Technologies provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.