Operational Buyer

Company Confidential; Adairsville (GA); On-site; USD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Company Confidential in Adairsville, GA is seeking an Operational Buyer to ensure timely procurement of production materials and to coordinate deliveries with suppliers.

You will convert requisitions to purchase orders, manage stock levels, and maintain supplier relationships while driving improvements and solving invoice blocks.

This role requires 3–5 years in supply chain and strong Excel and ERP/BI experience to analyze data and optimize purchasing.

Qualifications

• 3–5 years of experience in supply chain, materials management, and purchasing.
• Data-driven with ability to act in a fast-moving environment.
• Strong initiative for process improvement.
• Experience with Microsoft Excel.
• IT expertise: ERP and business intelligence tools.

Responsibilities

• Communicate piece quality issues with suppliers to ensure replacements are delivered on time.
• Confirm and manage stock levels of raw materials and required production materials; call off materials in time.
• Order purchased goods in-line with category strategies while selecting vendors within pricing.
• Manage outstanding purchase orders to update delivery dates as needed.
• Convert requisitions into purchase orders and follow up delivery according to dates.
• Maintain daily relationship between the factory and its suppliers.
• Provide input on supplier performance for regular evaluations.
• Resolve invoice blocks due to quantity or price discrepancies.

Skills

Data-driven

Fast-paced environment

Process improvement

Excel

ERP

BI Tools

Tools

ERP

BI Tools

Job description

As Operational Buyer you will make sure relations with suppliers are good and all needed items for production (steel, painting powder...) and needed items for customer deliveries (footplates, protectors, rowspacers...) are ordered/called off on time. You will follow-up on deliveries with suppliers to confirm items are delivered on time.

• Responsible for communicating piece quality issues with suppliers to ensure they are informed quickly and actions are taken to receive replacement orders on time
• Confirm and manage stock levels of raw materials and material requirements for production, and call off materials in time
• Order purchased goods in-line with category strategies while selecting vendors within outlined available pricing
• Manage outstanding purchase orders to update delivery dates as demand requires
• Convert purchase requisitions into purchase orders and follow up delivery of orders according to requested delivery date
• Manage daily relationship between the factory and its suppliers
• Provide input on supplier performance (delivery, quality, …) to central category managers for regular supplier evaluation
• Solve potential invoice blocks due to quantity or price discrepancies

Requirements:

• 3-5 years of experience in Supply Chain, Materials Management and purchasing experience is a plus
• Figures/data driven § Ability to act in a fast-moving environment
• Strong will to contribute to process improvement
• Experience with Microsoft excel
• IT Expertise: ERP & Business Intelligence Tools