Buyer / Planner

SGB Enterprises, Inc.; Tennessee; Hybrid; USD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonuses

Job summary

SGB Enterprises, Inc. is seeking a qualified procurement professional to manage materials sourcing and vendor relations in a fast-paced MRP environment. The role focuses on purchasing components, PCBs, mechanicals, and related services, ensuring availability aligned with forecasts.

The successful candidate will drive supplier negotiations, maintain data integrity, and support lean manufacturing and CI initiatives while collaborating with Engineering and Operations teams.

Qualifications

• Accredited four-year degree or diploma in business or supply chain management.
• Minimum of 5 years supply chain experience in an MRP environment.

Responsibilities

• Prepare and manage RFP/RFQ proposals, purchase agreements, and statements of work.
• Evaluate supplier quotes for products and services to select key suppliers, assuring quality, delivery, lead time and payment terms.
• Conduct supplier assessments and audits to ensure capability in required areas.
• Ensure product availability based on sales forecasting by reviewing MRP forecasting and planning messages.
• Place and manage purchase orders with external suppliers and service providers.
• Establish clear expectations with vendors and maintain honest relationships.
• Negotiate cost savings and lead times.
• Communicate with vendors regarding ordering, debits, chargebacks, freight terms, and order status.
• Support on-time delivery, quality and profitability for manufactured simulated product lines.
• Support lean manufacturing flow and CI initiatives.
• Collaborate with Product Management/Engineering to obtain item masters and specs.
• Recommend improvements to purchasing, scheduling and inventory procedures.
• Reconcile invoices and resolve discrepancies; process RMAs and resolve quality issues.
• Suggest inventory reduction initiatives.
• Report commodity/vendor KPIs internally and to vendors.
• Maintain accurate system data for pricing and lead times.

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business or Supply Chain Management

Tools

Job Boss

Agile

Job description

This position requires a qualified professional with a proven track record of assessing commodity requirements, sourcing, and managing vendors for materials and services in a fast paced, short lead time environment. The successful candidate should possess experience in procurement of multiple commodities including components, PCB’s, mechanicals, and services in an MRP environment.

Responsibilities

Responsibilities:
Working in close partnership with the Engineering and Operations teams responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Prepare and manage RFP/RFQ proposals, purchase agreements, and statements of work
• Evaluate supplier quotes for products and services to select key suppliers, assuring quality supply, delivery logistics, lead time, and payment terms are met.
• Supplier assessments & audits to ensure their ability to perform in all required aspects
• Ensure product availability based on sales forecasting by reviewing and reacting to MRP forecasting and planning messages.
• Place and manage purchase orders with external suppliers and service providers (OP).
• Establish and reinforce expectations with vendors/suppliers and maintain positive, honest, ethical relationships.
• Negotiate cost savings and lead time.
• Communicate in person, via telephone, and in writing with vendors and suppliers regarding ordering, negotiating debits and chargebacks, freight terms, order status, and other issues.
• Supports OTD, quality and profitability for the manufacture of simulated product lines.
• Supports lean manufacturing flow & CI initiatives.
• Works with Product Management/Engineering to obtain item masters, specification sheets, and other pertinent documents as required purchasing products.
• Recommends enhancements to purchasing, scheduling, and inventory procedures & practices, along with participating in internal team meetings.
• Reconciles invoice and receipt discrepancies, process RMA’s and help resolve quality issues.
• Recommends and aids in with implementation of inventory reduction efforts.
• Reporting of commodity/vendor KPI’s amongst vendors – both internally to the mgmt. team as well as the vendors
• Ensuring system data (pricing, lead times, etc.) stays accurate at all times

Skills

• Prior experience & working knowledge of Job Boss and Agile is an asset
• Proven negotiation skills & follow up skills
• Process-oriented, with an eye for identifying and driving efficiencies through change
• Outstanding teaming, interpersonal, and relationship building skills including influencing and collaboration with internal and external customers and partners
• Ability to respond quickly to change order or direction changes
• Excellent written and oral communication skills

Qualifications

• Accredited 4-year degree/diploma in business or supply chain management
• Minimum of 5 years supply chain experience in an MRP environment

Additional Compensation Opportunities

• Bonuses