Buyer

Express Employment Professionals - Cincinnati East; Lewiston (MN); On-site; USD 28,000 - 34,000; Full time

Job summary

Express Employment Professionals - Cincinnati East is seeking a Buyer for a leading electronics manufacturer. This full-time, permanent role involves managing commodities, expediting materials, maintaining POs, and ensuring supplier quality and delivery performance.

You will source and qualify suppliers, conduct audits, and drive cost reductions through negotiations. Qualifications include a 4-year business degree or purchasing experience, excellent communication skills, and proficiency with MS

Qualifications

• Must have a 4 year business related degree or purchasing experience.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Strong MS Office, esp Excel, and MRP systems knowledge.
• Experience purchasing custom components is helpful.
• Ability to interact with suppliers, management and customers.
• Prioritize deadlines, strong problem-solving skills, and process improvement ability.

Responsibilities

• Manage assigned commodities and coordinate all purchasing activity.
• Expedite/de-expedite, manage non-conforming materials.
• Maintain purchase orders and resolve invoice discrepancies.
• Perform ERP part number/supplier maintenance and PO entry/changes.
• Source and qualify suppliers; manage supplier quality and delivery performance.
• Conduct supplier audits; initiate cost reductions through negotiations.
• Support supply chain compliance initiatives (RoHS, REACH, Conflict Minerals).

Skills

Verbal communication

Written communication

Supplier interaction

Problem solving

Process improvement

Negotiation

Supplier sourcing

Education

4-year business degree

Tools

MS Office (Excel)

MRP systems

ERP systems

Job description

Express Employment Professionals is currently seeking a Buyer for a leading electronics manufacturer. This is a full-time permanent professional position.

Responsibilities include:

• management of assigned commodities; coordinating all purchasing activity including review of material requirements
• expedites/de-expedites, non-conforming materials
• purchase order maintenance and invoice discrepancies
• performing ERP system part number/supplier maintenance and PO entry/changes; supplier sourcing and qualification; management of supplier quality and delivery performance; perform supplier audits; initiating cost reductions through effective negotiations; and providing support for supply chain compliance initiatives (RoHs, Reach, Conflict Minerals etc.).

Qualifications:

• must have a 4 year business related degree or purchasing experience, ---excellent verbal and written communication skills, and a good working knowledge of MS Office, esp Excel, and MRP systems.
• Experience purchasing custom components is helpful.
• Must be able to interact with suppliers, management and customers,
• Prioritize deadlines, have strong problem solving skills, and can work well individually and on process improvement teams.

Standard hours are Monday through Friday from 8am - 4pm. Pay range is $20 - $25/hr based on experience and education.