Buyer I

Talentify; Sioux Falls (SD); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Diamond Mowers is seeking a materials and purchasing professional to manage supplier relations, execute purchasing plans, and maintain accurate POs and pricing to support production needs.

Responsibilities include monitoring demand, lead times, and supply risk; optimizing inventory and lead times; and collaborating with cross-functional teams to resolve material issues and drive cost reductions.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in supply chain, business, engineering, or related field preferred.
• 3–5 years purchasing, materials, manufacturing, or supply chain experience preferred.
• ERP proficiency and experience with planning exceptions, purchase orders, and supply-and-demand detail.
• Strong analytical, supplier-management, negotiation, communication, organization, and problem-solving skills.
• Working knowledge of supplier quality, inventory, lead times, total cost, and basic commercial terms.

Responsibilities

• Execute purchasing plans and maintain purchase orders, pricing, dates, terms, and supplier commitments.
• Review ERP demand, lead times, planning recommendations, and supply exceptions; act early on shortages and projected risk.
• Manage supplier communication and performance, including delivery, capacity, quality, past due orders, NCRs, and corrective actions.
• Review inventory health and recommend changes to lead times, order multiples, safety stock, days supply, and forecasts.
• Support new, alternate, and dual-source supplier searches, qualifications, audits, first articles, and trial orders.
• Collaborate with Planning, Engineering, Quality, Operations, Warehouse, Finance, and NPI to resolve material and supplier issues.
• Identify and complete improvements that reduce cost, lead time, shortages, supply risk, or process waste.

Skills

ERP proficiency

Negotiation

Communication

Organization

Problem-solving

Supplier management

Inventory management

Lead times

Total cost

Commercial terms

Education

Bachelor's degree in supply chain, business, engineering, or related field

Tools

ERP

Job description

Job Summary:

Manage assigned suppliers and purchased materials to support production and service requirements. Convert planning signals into timely purchasing actions, maintain supplier commitments, resolve supply risk, and support inventory health, supplier qualification, and continuous improvement within the Supply Chain Operating System (SCOS).

Key Responsibilities:

• Execute purchasing plans and maintain accurate purchase orders, pricing, dates, terms, and supplier commitments.
• Review ERP demand, lead times, planning recommendations, and supply exceptions; act early on shortages and projected risk.
• Manage supplier communication and performance, including delivery, capacity, quality, past due orders, NCRs, and corrective actions.
• Review inventory health and recommend changes to lead times, order multiples, safety stock, days supply, and forecasts.
• Support new, alternate, and dual-source supplier searches, qualifications, audits, first articles, and trial orders.
• Collaborate with Planning, Engineering, Quality, Operations, Warehouse, Finance, and NPI to resolve material and supplier issues.
• Identify and complete improvements that reduce cost, lead time, shortages, supply risk, or process waste.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in supply chain, business, engineering, or related field preferred.
• Three to five years of purchasing, materials, manufacturing, or supply chain experience preferred.
• ERP proficiency and experience with planning exceptions, purchase orders, and supply-and-demand detail.
• Strong analytical, supplier-management, negotiation, communication, organization, and problem-solving skills.
• Working knowledge of supplier quality, inventory, lead times, total cost, and basic commercial terms.

Exhibit Diamond Company Values:

CUSTOMER FOCUSED

• Meeting and exceeding internal and external customer expectations is the responsibility of everyone.
• We are committed to being a World Class organization and the greatest partner to our customers.
• We will listen, support, engage with empathy, our work must drive the success of our internal and external customers and team members.

ACCOUNTABILITY

• We will be responsible for the commitments we make, and the expectations placed on us.
• When we fail, we will own it, learn from it and make the appropriate changes.
• We will act with exceptional integrity in everything we do.
• We will be open to receiving and giving feedback.

TEAM PLAYER

• Teamwork and clear communication are paramount to our success.
• We will seek and provide constructive feedback to one another, work as a collaborator, treat peers with respect and dignity, engage all team members as partners to solve problems and support one another with a positive attitude.

SAFETY

• We believe safety must be at the forefront of all our decision-making.
• We will proactively invest in safe solutions and act consciously every day to keep ourselves, team members and customers safe.

GRIT

• We have the passion, determination and work ethic that gives us the ability to push through, to get to the end goal and recognize the obstacles we have overcome along the way.
• When we tackle a difficult situation, we are determined to never give up and be the best in the industry.

Diamond Mowers is an EEO/AA Employer M/F/Disability/Vet.