Senior Buyer

Shellback Semiconductor Technology, LLC; Coopersburg (Lehigh County); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Shellback Semiconductor Technology, LLC seeks aSenior Buyer to manage procurement for materials, fulfill sales orders and manufacturing needs, and drive supplier development. The role emphasizes cost reductions, inventory optimization, and improving lead times while interfacing with vendors to strengthen the supplier base.

The candidate should have a Bachelor’s degree or 11+ years in a similar role, plus strong skills in data analysis, negotiation, and cross-functional collaboration.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree is required; in lieu of education, 11+ years in a similar role is acceptable.
• Senior-level experience is required.
• Occasional travel is expected.

Responsibilities

• Track inventory levels and set appropriate stock based on demand and forecasts.
• Develop and maintain safety stock or minimum reorder point.
• Use Excel/SharePoint to analyze data and drive procurement decisions.
• Process return materials authorizations and related documentation.
• Develop supplier base to reduce risk of sole sourcing.
• Identify and qualify new suppliers; negotiate pricing.
• Visit suppliers to maintain relationships and evaluate performance.
• Maintain vendor scorecards for on-time delivery, quality, and pricing.
• Compute PPV and provide insights to drive cost improvements.
• Develop product expertise and compare sources for competitive advantages.
• Perform additional duties as assigned.

Skills

Vendor engagement

Inventory management

Data analysis

Cost reduction

Communication

Forecasting

Education

Bachelor’s degree

11+ years experience in a similar role

Tools

Excel

SharePoint

ERP systems

Job description

Description

Purpose, Scope, Organization

The Senior Buyer will be involved with the procurement of materials and activities related to fulfillment of sales orders and manufacturing requirements. Additionally, this position will support and drive supplier development, supply chain consistency and breadth, and lower cost inventory. This position reports to the Director of Operations.

Responsibilities

• 1. Track current inventory levels and ensure proper inventory levels are set based on demand, forecasts, and vendor input.
• 2. Develop and maintain an accurate safety stock or minimum reorder point.
• 3. Use advanced features within various programs (Excel, SharePoint, etc) to analyze data and recommend business decisions that will improve inventory positions and vendor selection.
• 4. Be able to process return material authorizations, defective material responses, shipping request forms, or other documentation to ensure material is correctly processed, received, or returned as required.
• 5. Develop a supplier base that reduces risk on items sole/single sourced.
• 6. Identify new suppliers, support qualifications of new suppliers, negotiate contract pricing.
• 7. Site visits to suppliers to maintain supplier relations, negotiate pricing, business relationship overview (supplier performance).
• 8. Maintain a vendor scorecard based on various data points (on-time delivery, quality metrics, pricing).
• 9. Develop and maintain purchase price variance metrics. Analyze, report, and drive improved PPV.
• 10. Develop expertise in vendor product and identify competitive advantages between competing sources of material.
• 11. Any other duties assigned by supervision.

Requirements

Job Requirements

This position is a senior buyer position and requires a high degree of business acumen, vendor engagement, and a focus on reductions in cost of inventory while maintaining a high degree of customer satisfaction. This role will interface with vendors frequently, developing the business relationship while focused on lower costs and improved lead times. The buyer will engaged with prospective suppliers, reducing risk with sole sourced product and improving our vendor portfolio.

Education / Technical: Bachelor’s degree required. In lieu of education,11+ experience in a similar role is acceptable.

Experience: Senior-level experience.

Travel: Occasional