Buyer

KAD Staffing; Iron Ridge (WI); On-site; USD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

KAD Staffing is seeking a supply chain professional focused on purchasing and supplier management for a manufacturing environment. The role emphasizes establishing supplier relations, forecasting, capacity planning, and procure-to-pay processes.

The candidate should bring 5+ years of purchasing experience, strong analytics, negotiation, and project management skills, with the ability to travel to key suppliers as needed.

Qualifications

• Associates Degree or 3 years related experience in Supply Chain.
• Proven purchasing experience in manufacturing.
• Strong problem solving, analytics, and negotiation skills.
• Effective verbal and written communication.
• Highly organized with ability to multitask.
• Willingness to travel to key suppliers occasionally.

Responsibilities

• Establish & maintain effective working relationships with suppliers and internal customers.
• Collaborate with purchasing and estimating teams to identify key suppliers for spend.
• Support strategies regarding supplier forecasting, capacity planning, inventory management, and procurement transactions.
• Plan transitions for all new finished goods to the business.
• Execute standard purchasing processes including procure-to-pay optimization.
• Manage supplier on-time delivery performance and maintain data integrity in system.
• Identify and resolve risks to prevent delays in delivery or replenishment.

Skills

Supplier relations

Purchasing

Forecasting

Inventory management

Procurement

PO processing

ERP SAP

Negotiation

Project management

Communication

Education

Associates Degree in related field

Tools

SAP

Job description

Responsibilities

• Establish & maintain effective working relationships with suppliers and internal customers;
• Collaborate with purchasing and estimating teams to identify key and preferred suppliers for key categories of spend that support business unit and corporate objectives;
• Support direction and strategies regarding supplier demand forecasting, supplier capacity planning, supply base inventory management, supplier replenishment and procurement transactions;
• Plan transitions for all new finished goods to the business;
• Execute standard purchasing processes and strategies including procure-to-pay definition and optimization;
• Manage supplier on time delivery (OTD) performance, maintain system data integrity and measure performance on related key indicators (examples: past due purchase orders, open PO acknowledgements, PO expedites, non-conforming material return cycle time, and supplier invoice resolution);
• Proactively identify, communicate, and resolve risks in anticipation of delivery or inventory replenishment delays prior to impact on the business;
• Ability to apply creative problem solving solutions and work collaboratively;

Qualifications

• Associates Degree in related field OR 3 years related experience in the Supply Chain function within a similar working environment;
• 5 years of purchasing experience in a manufacturing environment is required;
• Demonstrated skills in problem solving, analytics, contract negotiation and project management;
• Effective verbal and written communication skills;
• Highly organized and able to prioritize multiple projects/tasks simultaneously;
• Proven track record of successfully managing shifting deadlines and priorities in a very fast paced environment;
• Ability to travel to key suppliers for onsite visits and supply chain development, occasionally;
• ERP/MRP User - SAP strongly preferred;
• Market knowledge and experience sourcing for new product development;
• High volume steel buying experience preferred.