Purchasing Buyer - Automation

Lear Corporation; Michigan; On-site; USD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Lear Corporation is seeking a Procurement role to manage purchasing processes, verify goods receipts, and coordinate suppliers for our Michigan plant.

You will enter materials in COUPA, track requisitions, and ensure timely delivery while maintaining strong relationships with internal teams and suppliers. This role requires attention to detail and proactive communication.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience + high school diploma or GED.
• Strong interpersonal skills to collaborate with upper management, teams, clients and suppliers.
• Excellent communication and organizational skills; ability to manage multiple tasks and meet deadlines.

Responsibilities

• Purchase Order Management: Enter materials into the purchasing system (COUPA) and monitor requisitions until order receipt.
• Follow up with internal buyers and suppliers for delivery issues/opportunities; provide detail information as needed.
• Goods Receipt Verification: Verify receipt of goods and enter details into Coupa.
• Receiving and managing job-specific items and inventory; inspect materials for quantity and quality; load job carts.
• Invoicing: Manage invoicing processes.
• Logistics Coordination: Arrange trucking and transportation.
• Customs Documentation: Handle all necessary customs documents.
• Supplier Relationship Management: Maintain relationships, coordinate deliveries, track back orders, inform team.

Skills

Interpersonal Skills

Communication Skills

Organizational Skills

Self-starter

Team player

Attention to detail

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Outlook

Word

Job description

Lear For You

We work hard for the people who work for us. We champion our teams and foster collaboration, inclusion, respect and excellence. Because we want to be more for you.

A path to a better career. A better future.

Our teams have invented groundbreaking technologies, manufactured millions of products and earned a long list of awards. Year after year, we're named one of the World's Most Admired Companies.

They're the secret to our success-empowered, inventive and inclusive. Passionate about their craft. Driven to succeed. Because we win together.

Are you ready for a better career? A better future?

Job Description

This role requires a blend of analytical skills, attention to detail, and strong interpersonal abilities to effectively manage the procurement process and contribute to our Lear plant's success.

Responsibilities

• Purchase Order Management: Receive purchase lists and bills of materials from engineering groups, enter materials into Lear's purchasing system (COUPA), and monitor the progress of requisitions until order receipt.
• Follow up with both Lear internal buyers and suppliers for delivery issues/opportunities. Gather and supply additional detail information for supplier as needed.
• Goods Receipt Verification: Verify receipt of goods and enter details into Coupa
• Receiving and managing job specific items and inventory. Hands-on receiving of materials. Inspection of materials for correct quantity and product. Checking in material to the Coupa system. Checking in material to shop floor systems including loading job carts. General organization of job carts working directly with shop floor general manager.
• Invoicing: Manage invoicing processes.
• Logistics Coordination: Arrange trucking and transportation.
• Customs Documentation: Handle all necessary customs documents.
• Supplier Relationship Management: Maintain strong relationships with suppliers, coordinate deliveries, and resolve supply issues, track back orders, and communicate findings to team members
• Corporate Purchasing Collaboration: Work closely with corporate purchasing teams.
• Team Building: Foster mutual trust, respect, and cooperation among all team members.
• New Vendor Setup Assistance: Assist corporate in setting up new vendors and supplier information changes
• Process special payment requests and single source forms
• Collaborate with corporate to keep catalogs updated
• Reporting: Create reports to show the status of requisitions, spot buys, and purchase orders

Education Requirements

• Bachelor's degee or equivalent experience + high school diploma or GED.

Experience Requirements

• Strong Interpersonal Skills: Effectively collaborate with upper management, team members, clients, and suppliers
• Excellent Communication Skills: Facilitate daily communications across cross-functional groups, including internal teams, other Lear plants, and corporate office.
• Organizational Skills: Manage multiple tasks and prioritize effectively.
• Must be a self-starter, team player, work well with others, and have a positive attitude
• Must be results oriented, focused, and attentive to detail and accuracy
• Knowledgeable of automation components preferred, but not required
• Must have ability to prioritize, multi-task and meet deadlines

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

• Proficient in Microsoft Office - Outlook, Excel, Word
• 3+ Years experience in a purchasing role at an Automation/Machine build shop

Equal Opportunity Employer

Lear Corporation is committed to fair, meritbased employment practices and equal opportunity.

We provide reasonable accommodations in accordance with applicable law. For assistance during the application process, contact your recruiter directly.

Due to the high volume of applications received, only candidates selected for interviews will be contacted. Candidates must be legally authorized to work in the country where the position is located. Unsolicited resumes from search firms, employment agencies, or similar, will not be paid a fee and will become the property of Lear Corporation.