Buyer

Reading Truck Group; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 60,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

Dental benefits

Vision benefits

Life insurance

401(k) with company match

Paid parental leave

Tuition reimbursement

Paid holidays

Training programs

Equipment and safety discounts

Job summary

Reading Truck Group in Houston, TX, is seeking a Buyer to manage suppliers, orders, and purchased items from sourcing to receipt. You will handle source selection, procurement for direct and indirect materials, and collaborate with operations, engineering, maintenance, quality, sales, and finance.

Key duties include ensuring material availability, negotiating contracts, processing purchase orders, and monitoring forecasts.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Logistics, Supply Chain or a related field strongly preferred.
• Minimum of two years of experience in a purchasing role.
• Experience with ERP/MRP systems; JDE is a plus.
• Experience with MRO and indirect purchasing; manufacturing industry experience; bilingual preferred.

Responsibilities

• Ensure material availability to meet production demand and support JIT, VMI and stock inventory.
• Perform purchasing responsibilities such as material quoting, contract negotiations, purchase orders, and receipts issues.
• Develop and review demand trends and forecasts to determine purchasing quantities and frequencies.
• Manage day-to-day operations of designated supply base of direct and indirect categories.
• Drive continuous improvement of processes and participate in Lean events.
• Work closely with Corporate Strategic Procurement Team to advance enterprise-wide sourcing programs and cost savings initiatives.
• Lead and support sourcing activities and source new vendors when needed.
• Support new product development (NPD) and cost reduction projects.
• Track supplier performance using the supplier scorecard and communicate results quarterly.
• Develop vendor partnerships to achieve cost, lead-times, quality, and on-hand inventory goals.
• Develop and review demand trends and forecasts to determine efficient purchasing quantities.
• Review on-hand inventory balances for excess or obsolete inventory to determine substitutions or returns.
• Study market prices and trends, new technologies, and manufacturing process improvements for assigned commodities.
• Communicate with Customer Service and Engineering on part numbers, lead-times, new parts.
• Maintain purchasing systems and data accuracy (lead-time, safety stock, min order quantities, supplier contacts).
• Assist with inventory management and cycle counting.

Skills

Supplier management

Negotiation

Cross-functional collaboration

Bilingual

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Business, Logistics, Supply Chain or a related field

Tools

ERP/MRP systems

JDE

Job description

How You Will Make an Impact

This position plays a critical role in managing suppliers, orders, and purchased items from sourcing to order placement to receipt. The Buyer is responsible for source selection and procurement functions directly associated with the company's needs for direct and indirect materials and services. This role has regular interaction with other departments such as operations, engineering, maintenance, quality, sales and finance.

The Nuts and Bolts

• Ensure material availability to meet production demand, and support manufacturing with the implementation of Just In Time (JIT), vendor managed inventory (VMI) and stock inventory based on production schedules and forecasts
• Perform purchasing responsibilities such as material quoting, contract negotiations, purchase orders, and issues with receipts
• Develop and review demand trends and forecasts to determine the most efficient purchasing quantities and frequencies; interact with key suppliers, providing manufacturing forecast to support & build schedules
• Manage the day to day operations of designated supply base of direct and indirect categories, including communicating demand forecasts to suppliers
• Drive continuous improvement of processes and results by generating ideas for improvement and participating in project teams or Lean events
• Work closely with Corporate Strategic Procurement Team to advance enterprise wide sourcing programs and cost savings initiatives
• Lead and support sourcing activities as necessary, and source new vendors when needed
• Support new product development (NDP) and cost reduction projects
• Track supplier performance using the supplier scorecard, and communicate results to suppliers on a quarterly basis
• Develop vendor partnerships to achieve objectives for cost, order quantities, lead-times, quality, on time delivery, and on-hand inventory dollars
• Develop and review demand trends and forecasts to determine efficient purchasing quantities, which might include the use of Kanban or other calculation methods
• Review on-hand inventory balances for excess or obsolete inventory to determine substitution options, return to supplier, or resell
• Study market prices and trends, new technologies, manufacturing process improvements applicable to assigned commodities
• Communication with Customer Service and Engineering on part number issues, lead-times, new parts, etc.
• Maintain purchasing systems and procedures with high data accuracy and integrity, including information such as lead-time, safety stock, minimum order quantities, supplier contact data, etc.
• Assist with inventory management and cycle counting

Required Credentials

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Logistics, Supply Chain or a related field strongly preferred

• Minimum of two (2) years of experience in a purchasing role
• Experience with ERP/MRP systems and functions is required. JDE experience is a plus!
• Experience with MRO and indirect purchasing is preferred
• Experience in the manufacturing industry
• Bilingual preferred

How We Make an Impact

At Reading Truck, we have more than 65 years of industry leadership in the manufacture, distribution, and enhancement of work truck bodies. As the world’s largest upfitter of work trucks, we continue to experience rapid growth through our expanding network of more than 20 locations across North America. Take the next step in your career and come get paid to play with trucks!

Some of Our Total Rewards

We offer big company perks with small company culture:

• Comprehensive benefits package including Medical, Dental, Vision and Life
• 401(k) Savings Plan with Company Match
• Paid Parental Leave
• Tools Purchase Program
• Tuition Reimbursement
• 10 Paid Holidays
• Generous Footwear, Eyewear, and Safety Equipment Discount Program
• Paid Training and Development Programs

J.B. Poindexter & Co., Inc. 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. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.

To learn more about Careers with Reading Truck visit our careers page https://www.readingtruck.com/about/careers/