Buyer

Intuitive; Peachtree Corners (GA); On-site; USD 70,000 - 105,000; Full time

Job summary

Intuitive in Peachtree Corners, GA seeks a procurement professional to manage direct materials, purchase orders, supplier negotiations, and inventory strategies to support production and sales.

The role emphasizes lean sourcing, cross-functional collaboration, and continuous improvement to ensure material availability, cost targets, and timely deliveries.

Qualifications

• Experience managing purchase orders and supplier delivery commitments.
• Ability to analyze demand forecasts and plan capacity.
• Experience with lean sourcing principles.
• Collaborates with engineering for changes (ECN) and supplier alignment.

Responsibilities

• Administers and manages purchase orders and delivery commitments to suppliers to support production and/or sales requirements.
• Reviews, interprets, and communicates material demand forecast and manages capacity planning for assigned commodity groups and/or supplier relationships.
• Supports alignment of production supplier requirements and sourcing strategies with product development for designated suppliers/commodities to ensure uninterrupted material availability, alignment of risk, and cost goals.
• Owns performance management and improvement efforts for designated suppliers, providing information to strategic purchasing for supplier reviews.
• Utilizes lean sourcing principles (kanban, consignment, and other material pull methods) to achieve 100% material availability and optimize on-hand inventory.
• Embraces continuous improvement techniques to drive toward attainment of key purchasing metrics.
• Leverages problem solving skills to propose solutions to supply chain issues.
• Coordinates engineering change order activity with suppliers and other functional groups.
• Coordinates with strategic purchasing price changes due to cost reduction initiatives, volume pricing or supplier requests.
• Supports assigned commodity team by participating in risk mitigation and cost reduction opportunities and supporting other commodity projects.

Skills

Vendor negotiation

Inventory management

Demand forecasting

Cross-functional collaboration

Job description

Job Description

Primary Function of Position:

Manages procurement of direct materials to support business requirements: including purchase order management, negotiating costs, purchase order management, and inventory management. Assists with key procurement initiatives as directed by management.

Roles & Responsibilities:

• Administers and manages purchase orders and delivery commitments to designated suppliers as necessary to support production and/or sales requirements within the business.
• Reviews, interprets, and communicates material demand forecast and manages capacity planning for assigned commodity groups and/or supplier relationships.
• Supports alignment of production supplier requirements and sourcing strategies with those of product development (NPI) for designated suppliers/commodities to ensure uninterrupted material availability, alignment of risk, and cost goals with vision for the business.
• Owns performance management and improvement efforts for designated suppliers, providing information to strategic purchasing for supplier business reviews.
• Utilizes lean sourcing principles (kanban, consignment, and other similar material pull methods) to achieve 100% material availability and optimize on-hand inventory.
• Embraces continuous improvement techniques to drive toward attainment of key purchasing metrics (supplier on-time delivery, quality, inventory turns, problem shelf, expedited inbound freight, vendor scrap, E&O reduction).
• Leverages problem solving skills to propose solutions to identified supply chain issues.
• Coordinates engineering change order activity with suppliers and other functional groups.
• Coordinate with strategic purchasing price changes due to cost reduction initiatives, volume pricing or requested by supplier.
• Supports assigned commodity team by participating in identified risk mitigation and cost reduction opportunities and supporting other commodity projects as assigned.