Junior Buyer

rms Company; Coon Rapids (MN); On-site; USD 42,000 - 66,000; Full time

Job summary

rms Company is seeking a Junior Buyer for our Minnesota facility to support material planning and purchasing activities for raw materials, services, and components. You will work to maintain schedules, ensure on-time deliveries, and partner with suppliers and internal teams to meet quality, delivery, and cost targets.

Responsibilities include creating purchase orders, evaluating quotations, expediting critical material, and maintaining accurate production schedules while adhering to ISO and

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• Manufacturing and ERP system experience.
• Organization and detail orientation.
• Ability to achieve short and long-term business results.
• Ability to follow through on commitments and hold team members accountable.
• Strong problem-solving skills.

Responsibilities

• Create purchase orders for raw materials, outside services, supplies and materials for product lines.
• Procure assigned parts, materials, supplies, equipment, and services for operation of business.
• Contact suppliers, obtain quotations, place orders, and ensure timely delivery.
• Exercise judgment on quality, delivery, and price for assigned commodities.
• Monitor inventory levels and expected receipts to avoid production delays.
• Expedite delivery of critical material.
• Enter requisitions, purchase orders and changes into system per procedures.
• Communicate material shortages to production planners.
• Provide input to purchasing measurements on supplier performance.
• Inform area manager of potential supplier failures delaying production.
• Maintain production schedules to enable product flow and on-time deliveries.
• Update bottleneck scheduling reports for manufacturing.
• Support visibility for operations leaders.
• Prepare and distribute production and dispatch schedules.
• Guide daily activities of the Material Handler.
• Assist in inventory activities.
• Support ISO and medical device quality requirements.
• Read and follow work instructions and standard work.
• Collaborate with sales/marketing, customer service, engineering, quality and finance.
• Understand customer needs and core markets served.
• Ensure business systems are implemented and functioning.
• Participate in required company meetings.
• Maintain an organized work area (5S).
• Participate in Operational Excellence Program.
• Complete other duties as assigned.
• Ability to work in a manufacturing environment.

Skills

Organization and detail orientation

Strong problem-solving skills

ERP system experience

Ability to follow through on commits

Manufacturing experience

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Job description

Overview

About rms Company

rms Company provides contract manufacturing of high-quality, tight-tolerance medical implants, components and sub-assemblies using cutting-edge technology. rms is part of the Cretex Medical family of companies. Learn more atwww.rmsmachining.comandwww.cretexmedical.com.

Junior Buyer Position Summary

The Junior Buyer is responsible for purchasing and planning materials, components, and services consistent with specified levels of quality, delivery, price, and total

1st Shift Available: Monday through Friday, 7:00am to 3:30pm

Responsibilities

Junior Buyer Duties and Responsibilities

• Create purchase orders for raw materials, outside services, supplies and materials for product lines
• Perform required purchasing tasks to procure assigned parts, materials, supplies, equipment, and services required for operation of business
• Contact suppliers, obtain and evaluate quotations, place orders, and ensure timely delivery
• Exercise judgment and knowledge of assigned commodities to make purchases consistent with specified levels of quality, delivery, and price
• Monitor critical inventory levels and expected receipts to eliminate unexpected failures in the production schedule and customer orders
• Expedites delivery of critical material
• Ensure requisitions, purchase orders and changes are input into system and documented in a timely manner in accordance with established procedures and legal requirements
• Communicates material shortages to production planners
• Provide input to purchasing measurements which indicate buyer and supplier performance
• Advise the area manager, in a timely manner, of impending supplier failure to fulfill delivery requirements that may delay production, after exhausting all means within limits of delegated authority to solve such problems
• Maintain accurate production schedules to enable product flow, and to insure on time deliveries
• Update bottleneck scheduling reports for manufacturing
• Support visibility on information required by operations leaders
• Prepare and distribute production and dispatch schedules
• Partner and guide the daily activities of the Material Handler
• Assist in inventory activities
• Support and comply with the company Quality System, ISO, and medical device requirements
• Read, understand, and follow work instructions and standard work
• Partner with other business segments: sales/marketing, customer service, engineering, quality, and finance
• Understand customer needs and the core business markets we serve
• Ensure business systems are implemented, maintained, and functioning properly
• Participate in required company meetings
• Maintain an organized work area (5S)
• Participate in the Operational Excellence Program
• Complete all other work duties as assigned
• Ability to work in a manufacturing environment

Qualifications

Junior Buyer Minimum Requirements

• High school diploma or equivalent
• Manufacturing and ERP system experience
• Organization and detail orientation
• Ability to consistently achieve short and long-term business results
• Ability to follow through on commitments and holds team members accountable
• Strong problem-solving skills

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