Plant Buyer II

Johnson Controls, Inc.; Hattiesburg (MS); On-site; USD 52,000 - 76,000; Full time

Job summary

Johnson Controls, Inc. is seeking a Purchasing professional to procure materials, manage supplier relationships, and ensure timely delivery at favorable cost. The role interfaces with engineering and planning to align product specs with sourcing and inventory controls.

You will support supplier qualification, lead-time management, and cost-reduction initiatives while ensuring data integrity in the ERP system and contributing to supplier diversity goals.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in business or equivalent experience.
• 2–5 years of purchasing or production/inventory control experience.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to multitask in a fast-paced environment.
• Negotiation skills are required.
• Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite.
• Experience in a team environment is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Procures materials to meet inventory and cost goals.
• Supports senior buyers and resolves invoice/receiving discrepancies.
• Assists supplier qualification and cross-functional audits.
• Places purchase orders and communicates scheduling requirements.
• Determines supplier lead times for components.
• Collaborates with engineering on new product development and specs.
• Supports cost reduction and supplier consolidation projects.
• Aids inventory management activities including vendor stocking.
• Supports minority-owned and small disadvantaged suppliers.
• Identifies risk materials with planning to prevent shortages.
• Maintains ERP data integrity for item masters and buying activity.
• Assists expediting and de-expediting PO releases.
• Supports quality dept in resolving supplier quality issues.

Skills

Good communication

Multitasking

Negotiation

Teamwork

Education

Bachelor's degree in business or equivalent experience

Tools

Microsoft Office Suite

Job description

Job Description

Johnson Controls, a global leader in thermal management, mission-critical building systems, energy efficiency, and decarbonization, helps customers use energy more productively, reduce carbon emissions, and operate with the precision and resilience required in rapidly expanding industries such as data centers, healthcare, pharmaceuticals, advanced manufacturing, and higher education.

For more than 140 years, Johnson Controls has delivered performance where it really matters. Backed by advanced technology, lifecycle services and an industry-leading field organization, we elevate customer performance, turn goals into real-world results and help move society forward

RESPONSIBILITY LEVEL:

Under direction of the Purchasing Sourcing Manager and senior buyers, procures assigned materials, components, supplies, equipment and services that meet the operation’s requirements for quality, delivery, price, terms, lead times, and inventory levels.

PRINCIPAL DUTIES:

• 1. Procures materials to meet the goals of JCI regarding inventory turns, cost, quality, and customer requirements.
• 2. Supports senior buyers and Plant Sourcing Manager on procurement issues, i.e. invoice and receipt discrepancies, expediting orders.
• 3. Assists in the supplier qualification process, per the JCI ISO Supplier Selection Procedure, and supports cross-functional teams in auditing/qualifying new sources of supply including vendor set-up.
• 4. Places purchase orders and communicates blanket order/ master scheduling/ forecasting requirements to suppliers.
• 5. Determines supplier lead times for purchasing components.
• 6. Partners with engineering in the new product development initiatives ensuring a thorough understanding of product specifications.
• 7. Supports commodity cost reduction, lead time reduction and supplier consolidation projects.
• 8. Supports inventory management programs with supply base that includes vendor stocking, consignment, vendor-managed inventory, etc.
• 9. Supports company goals for minority owned and small disadvantaged business suppliers.
• 10. Partners with the Planning team by identifying at risk materials in order to prevent shortages on the shop floor.
• 11. Maintains data integrity of ERP system including Item Master attributes and purchasing activities.
• 12. Provides assistance to the materials group in expediting and de-expediting purchase order releases.
• 13. Assists quality department in resolving supplier quality issues. Resolves rejected purchased materials with the processing of debit memos.
• 14. Performs special projects and related duties as assigned.

QUALIFICATIONS

• 1. Bachelor’s degree in business or equivalent experience.
• 2. Two to five years of experience in purchasing or production and inventory control.
• 3. Good communication skills both written and verbal.
• 4. Ability to multitask in a fast paced environment
• 5. Negotiation skills required.
• 6. Proficient computer skills with experience in Microsoft Office Suite.
• 7. Experience in a team environment desirable.

HIRING SALARY RANGE:

(Salary to be determined by the education, experience, knowledge, skills, andabilities of the applicant, internal equity, location and alignment with market data.) This role offers acompetitive Bonus plan that will take into account individual, group, and corporate performance. Thisposition includes a competitive benefits package. For details, please visit the About Us tab on the JohnsonControls Careers site at https://jobs.johnsoncontrols.com/about-us