Material Buyer

Acuity Brands, Inc.; Atlanta (GA); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Acuity Brands, Inc. in Atlanta, GA seeks an experienced Buyer to manage material procurement, liaise with suppliers and operations, create and acknowledge POs, and ensure accuracy and on-time delivery.

This role impacts production efficiency and supplier relationships; requires 2+ years in procurement, strong English, data-driven decision making, and cross-functional collaboration.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of procurement/planning experience.
• Strong English communication skills.
• Knowledge of supply chain logistics and import/export.
• Ability to multitask and prioritize.
• Data-driven approach to determining purchasing needs and inventory management.
• Detail-oriented with accurate system data maintenance.
• Excellent interpersonal skills with suppliers and internal teams.

Responsibilities

• Analyze 3 month materials needs, identify supply risk, and escalate to Sourcing.
• Follow up open POs, monitor shipments, and manage receipt entry.
• Convert material requisitions into Purchase Orders as created by the planner.
• Communicate delivery dates and PO knowledge through the system.
• Execute planner needs for material procurement and inform the planner.
• Track and resolve receiving material holds and invoice holds.
• Coordinate parameter updates with Sourcing (price, lead time, MOQ, pack).
• Implement engineering-approved material deviations for supplier delivery issues.
• Manage phase-in/phase-out per Planning and Sourcing.
• Execute RTS per vendor RMAs.
• Split purchases according to Sourcing rules.
• Perform open market research, analyze PPV and secure approvals from Sourcing.

Skills

Advanced English

Procurement/Planning experience

Supply chain knowledge

Multitasking

Data-driven purchasing

Attention to detail

Vendor relationships

Job description

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Job Summary

As a Buyer at our company, your responsibilities are to mantain procurement of materials according to the requisitions created by the planner, buyer is the main point of contact between suppliers and operations, create and aknowledge PO's, manage information accuracy of all purchase orders released and open for metrics traceability and visibility to the rest of organization, informs about any supplier miss delivery and performance issues to Operations and Tactical Sourcing, follows supplier shipments till material is delivered to the Facility dock and receipt is processed in system according to supplier documentation, follows invoice payment to be on time. Buyer contributions will impact direct to production efficency as well meet supplier strategies indicated by Sourcing Corporate, and mantain a healty supplier relationship.

Key Tasks & Responsibilities (Essential Functions)

• Analyze 3 month materials needs, identify any supply risk, work on expedite, communication to operations and escalations to Sourcing
• Follow up open POs according to need dates or supplier promise date, monitor shipment progress, cross border and entry of receipt
• Responsible to convert to Purchase Orders the material requisitions created or released by the planner
• Ensure Supplier PO Knowledge and communciate delivery dates through the system
• Execute planner needs for material procurement (pull in / push out / cancel ) and communicate results to planner
• Track and fix receiving material hold ( Quarantine ) Purchase parts from suppliers Track and fix invoices hold ( AMP Market Place )
• Communicate parameters update needs to Sourcing (Price, LT, MOQ, Std pack)
• Execute material deviations approved by engineering when there are supplier delivery issues
• Execute and manage Phase in/ Phase out according instructions from Planning and Sourcing
• Execute RTS according to RMA's instructions from vendors
• Execute Split purchases according to Sourcing Rule
• Execute Open market research, analyze PPV and execute according approvals from Sourcing

Skills and Minimum Experience Required

• Advanced English skills
• Over 2 years of experience in Procurement / Planning
• Supply chain (logistics / import /export) knowledge
• Ability to perform and prioritize multiple tasks simultaneously
• Use and interpret data to determine purchasing needs and perform inventory management tasks
• Strict attention to detail, system data maintenance and accuracy
• Excellent interpersonal skills in dealing with team members, and vendors

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