Buyer

ERDRICH USA; Bloomfield Hills (MI); On-site; USD 55,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

ERDRICH USA, based in Bloomfield Hills, MI, is seeking a Purchasing Agent to support internal and external customers and supplier activities in line with requirements and budgets.

You will assist in supplier evaluation, price negotiations, and procurement strategy while coordinating bids and orders to ensure on-time delivery and first-time quality across projects.

Qualifications

• Basic understanding of the procurement process.
• Working understanding of ethical procurement standards and practices.
• Basic understanding of scheduling and lead times.
• Technical understanding of the production process is a plus.
• Ability to work within a team.
• Some experience working with outside suppliers and customers.
• Minimum of 2 years of purchasing experience.

Responsibilities

• Assists in analyzing procurement market (national and international).
• Assists in supplier selection, certification and development.
• Assists in implementing supplier evaluation (quality, delivery).
• Develops and implements opportunities for cost savings and process improvements.
• Assists in preparing procurement strategy and objectives.
• Manages bidding process and contracts for vendor performance within budget.
• Assists auditors with information for audits.
• Negotiates price and contracts to ensure best value.
• Prepares and tracks purchase orders to meet production schedules.
• Supports multiple departments to complete tasks and projects.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Team player

Autonomous

Problem solving

Tools

MS Office

SAP

Job description

Target

(basic targets for job holder’s orientation)

The job of Purchasing Agent was established for the purpose/s of providing support to internal and external customers and supplier activities in compliance with mandated requirements; overseeing daily functions; responding to a range of procurement requests and processes; providing accurate feedback and status of supplier activities; and achieving department objectives and goals within budget.

Tasks

(important main tasks in logical order)

• Assisting the analysis of the procurement market (national and international)
• Assisting in supplier selection, supplier certification and supplier development
• Assisting the implementation of supplier evaluation (quality, delivery)
• Develop and implement opportunities for cost savings and process improvements in the work area
• Assisting the preparation of the procurement strategy, procurement objectives and their implementation
• Administers bidding process and contracts for vendor performance/compliance (e.g. prepare specs, evaluate bids, recommend suppliers, conduct bid meetings, etc.) for the purpose of securing goods and services per customer specs and within budget.
• Assists auditors in providing requested information for the purpose of audit completion.
• Responsible for price and contract negotiation to ensure the best value purchase for the company and the customer
• Responsible for framework agreements / drafting purchase agreements / contract reviews
• Issues purchase orders to suppliers and maintains scheduled tracking of products to insure on time delivery per production schedules
• Responsible for procurement projects in close cooperation with the engineering and project management groups
• Participates in department meetings, training, conferences for conveying and gathering information to perform job functions
• Maintains purchasing information, files, records (e.g. RFQ’s P.O.’s, inquiries, vendor quotes, etc.) for project availability and documentation
• Coordination of suppliers visit dates for technical meetings in the current project
• Operating standard office equipment including software applications
• Planning and managing projects
• Financial management within the negotiation process

Responsibility (area)

(technical responsibility, responsibility for staff)

• Support the internal and external customer
• Maintain and complete current projects
• Support ALL departments as necessary to complete assigned tasks
• Manage external supply base insuring first time quality, schedule, and cost objectives
• Some travel may be required

Knowledge

• Basic understanding of the procurement process
• Working understanding of ethical procurement standards and practices
• Basic understanding of scheduling and lead times
• Technical understanding of the production process is a plus
• Working within a team
• Good PC knowledge (MS Office) (SAP)
• Some experience working with outside suppliers and customers
• Minimum of 2 years of purchasing experience

Personal skills required

• Flexibility
• Capacity for analytic and technical thinking…"Outside the Box"
• Capacity for cooperation and thinking in target audience orientation
• Capacity to work within and for a team
• Reliability
• Ability to work Autonomously…"SelfStarter/Motivator"