Buyer Direct

Flex; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Flex, a leading diversified manufacturing partner, is looking for a Buyer Direct in Austin, TX. You will coordinate procurement of direct materials, parts and equipment to support production schedules.

The role reports to the Purchasing Manager Direct and requires Excel proficiency, and experience with SAP or Oracle. Bachelor's degree and 4 years in procurement are preferred; customer-facing communication is valued.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience.
• 4 years of Buyer and Procurement experience.
• Proficiency with Excel.
• Experience with SAP, Oracle, or similar systems.
• Ability to write reports, business correspondence and procedures.
• Customer-facing experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Maintain relations with suppliers and coordinate orders.
• Place and modify orders according to production plans.
• Track shipments and manage inventory levels.
• Produce and maintain procurement records and reports.

Skills

Excel proficiency

Customer-facing experience

Report writing

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience

Tools

SAP

Oracle

Job description

Flex is the diversified manufacturing partner of choice that helps market-leading brands design, build and deliver innovative products that improve the world. A career at Flex offers the opportunity to make a difference and invest in your growth in a respectful, inclusive, and collaborative environment. If you are excited about a role but don't meet every bullet point, we encourage you to apply and join us to create the extraordinary.

To support our extraordinary teams who build great products and contribute to our growth, we’re looking to add a Buyer Direct located in Austin TX. Reporting to the Purchasing Manager Direct, the Buyer Direct. This role will coordinate activities involved with procuring direct materials, components and equipment.

What a typical day looks like:

• Maintaining relations with the suppliers.
• Placing orders for necessary raw materials and purchased parts according to the requirements of the production.
• Receiving and handling the confirmations.
• Checking the purchase orders and modifying them according to the changes in the production plan with the help of the Shortage List and the Open Purchase Order List.
• Tracking shipments, urging them if needed.
• Regular, weekly check of the stocks, avoiding overstock.
• Minimizing the risk of obsolescence with the help of the weekly check of the obsolete report.
• Correspondence with the freight forwarders, warehouses, and in case organizing the transportation.
• Dealing with claims, settling debit and credit issues.
• Filing and recording all necessary documents.
• Checking the inventory of critical materials (personally if needed) according to the Shortage List.
• Getting in touch with the right warehouse personnel and having the discrepancy modified if there is any inventory discrepancies.
• Handling purchasing data privacy.
• Assuring all active components according to production needs, in time, for the accord price in the request.
• Reviews requisitions and MRP output.
• Confers with vendors to obtain product information such as price, availability and delivery schedule.
• Orders, reschedules and cancels material based on requisitions and MRP output.
• Maintains procurement records such as items purchased, costs, delivery and inventories.

The experience we’re looking to add to our team:

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience
• 4 years of Buyer and Procurement experience.
• Proficiency using Excel
• SAP, Oracle, or similar is required
• Ability to write reports, business correspondence and procedures.
• Customer-facing role in previous position is preferred.

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