Buyer

Sypris Electronics, LLC; Tampa (FL); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Sypris Electronics, LLC in Tampa, FL is seeking a Buyer to manage procurement of materials and components for manufacturing. You will work with suppliers and cross-functional teams to ensure timely, cost-effective supply.

You will interpret MRP outputs, place orders, and adjust quantities and delivery dates as requirements change to keep inventory aligned with production plans. Responsibilities include sourcing materials, ensuring quality and documentation, and maintaining supplier performance

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in supply chain or business, or equivalent.
• Supply chain experience in Aerospace/Defense or electronic manufacturing.
• Ability to read and interpret drawings, specifications, and blueprints.
• Work independently and in a collaborative team environment.
• Experience with purchasing, MRP, ERP systems.
• Experience purchasing capital equipment and/or construction services.
• Advanced Microsoft Office skills.
• Ability to obtain government security clearance if necessary.

Responsibilities

• Procure goods and services via purchase orders to support manufacturing.
• Interpret and execute MRP requirements to maintain appropriate inventory.
• Source materials from suppliers meeting cost, quality, and delivery targets.
• Ensure materials meet quality and supplier documentation requirements.
• Address MRP changes to minimize delays and shortages.
• Maintain an optimal supplier base and track performance.
• Monitor supplier scorecards, on-time delivery, and responsiveness.
• Ensure compliance with FAR/DFARS and company procurement policies.
• Collaborate with management to develop supplier strategies and objectives.
• Communicate risks and opportunities to management.
• Coordinate with other departments to achieve customer objectives.

Skills

Procurement

Strategic thinking

Problem solving

Communication

Team collaboration

Attention to detail

Education

Bachelor's degree in supply chain or business

Tools

MS Office

MRP/ERP systems

Job description

As a Buyer, you will play a crucial role in the procurement and management of materials and components necessary for our manufacturing processes. You will work closely with suppliers, the Director of Supply Chain, and other cross-functional teams to ensure a seamless supply chain operation that meets our organizational goals. The Buyer is responsible for sourcing parts with suppliers that can meet or exceed our cost, quality, and delivery requirements. Interpreting requirements from Material Resource Planning (MRP) output and placing orders for components to support manufacturing needs is an important responsibility of this position. Timely adjustments to quantities and delivery dates of these parts are necessary as our requirements change in order to keep our inventory balances at appropriate levels.

• Procure goods and services through the administration of purchase orders to support manufacturing operations
• Interpret and execute MRP requirements in a manner to ensure appropriate inventory levels that support our manufacturing requirements while minimizing excess materials
• Procure materials from suppliers that can meet or exceed our cost, quality, and delivery requirements
• Ensure the materials supplied meet our quality and supplier documentation requirements
• Improve reaction time to changing requirements through interaction with the MRP changes
• Eliminate material shortages that prevent manufacturing from executing their production plans
• Maintain supplier base by identifying and including optimum number of suppliers
• Compile and analyze data for supplier scorecards, responsiveness, on-time delivery and other metrics
• Work with management to develop and execute team acquisition strategies
• Ensure compliance with internal procurement policies, Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) requirements and Department of Defense FAR Supplement (DFARS)
• Message risk, issues, and opportunities to management
• Positive interactions with other departments to achieve customer objectives

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree, preferably supply chain or business related, or an equivalent combination of education and experience
• Supply Chain experience in the Aerospace and Defense Industry and/or Electronic Manufacturing Environment (prefer both)
• Work independently and in a collaborative and team-based environment
• Experience with multi-tasking and managing competing priorities
• Experience with purchasing/Material Resource Planning/Enterprise Resource Planning systems
• Experience purchasing capital equipment and/or construction services
• Critical and strategic thinking and problem-solving skills
• Advanced skills with Microsoft Office
• Ability to read and interpret drawings, specifications, and blueprints
• Innovative; detail oriented; possesses a thorough knowledge of manufacturing processes; and management reporting requirements
• Ability to organize and prioritize work to meet deadlines
• Ability to obtain a Government security clearance, if necessary

Sypris Electronics, LLC provides goods and services to the U.S. Government and other prime contractors and is obligated by its contracts with those entities, as well as by various federal laws and regulations regarding security and export control, to restrict access to certain goods, services, and/or any related information. Accordingly, Sypris Electronics has a policy of only hiring U.S. citizens. Upon employment all employees will have to provide evidence verifying U.S. citizenship.

Our company uses E-Verify to confirm the employment eligibility of all newly hired employees. To learn more about E-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities, please visit www.e-verify.gov.

Pre-employment drug screening required.