Senior Buyer

All-Star-Auto-Parts-; Orlando (FL); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

TERREPOWER is seeking a Senior Buyer to join our Orlando office. The Senior Buyer will ensure on-time delivery of aftermarket and production products, improve forecasting, and strengthen supplier relationships to meet operational goals.

Reporting to the Vice President of Supply Chain, you will collaborate with teams to build forecasts and smooth supply lines across remanufacturing and aftermarket businesses while maintaining compliance and safety standards.

Qualifications

• Strong relationship and interpersonal skills in a fast-paced environment.
• Integrity with a can-do attitude and a drive to improve.
• Ability to coach, train, and motivate teammates.
• Solid organizational skills for planning, staffing, training, and housekeeping.
• Results oriented with strong problem solving and critical thinking.
• Solid technical aptitude for procurement and supply chain tools.

Responsibilities

• Strong experience in ERP systems and MRP recommendations.
• Initiate and distribute purchase orders for All Star products.
• Monitor and maintain order quantities and PO flow.
• Follow up on supply disruptions and elevate issues.
• Manage vendor relationships and performance.
• Ensure inventory records are accurate and forecast responsibly.
• Analyze metrics using Tableau and drive improvements.
• Foster continuous improvement between suppliers and facilities.
• Ensure safety standards compliance and a safe work environment.
• Track key metrics for on-time supplier delivery and cost controls.
• Maintain compliance with Federal, State, and Local laws and company policies.

Skills

Relationship skills

Integrity & can-do

Coaching & training

Organizational skills

Problem solving

Technical aptitude

Tools

ERP systems

MRP planning tools

Job description

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Senior Buyer

Full Time Orlando, FL, US

Senior Buyer: Terrepower is seeking a Senior Buyer to work out of our Orlando office. The Senior Buyer is responsible for the on-time delivery of all aftermarket and production products. Key success factors for the Senior Buyer will be ensuring timely delivery, improving forecasting and fulfillment efficiency, and driving improved supplier relationships to meet operational goals. Collaborate with team members and management to build strong forecasts and solid supply lines into all areas of the aftermarket and remanufacturing business.

This role will report to Vice President of Supply Chain

Skills:

• Strong relationship and interpersonal skills
• Acts with Integrity and has a Can-do-attitude
• Ability to coach, train, and motivate teammates
• Solid organizational skills related to planning, staffing, training, and housekeeping
• Results Oriented with great Problem solving and critical thinking ability
• Solid Technical Aptitude

Responsibilities:

• Strong experience in ERP systems.
• Experience in using MRP recommendations and demand planning tools
• Initiate and distribute purchase orders for All Star products
• Monitor and maintain order quantities and purchase orders to ensure rate and flow
• Follow up and elevate issues or disruptions in supply chain
• Demonstrable experience managing vendor relationships and performance.
• Ensure accuracy of inventory records and provide guidance and forethought to suppliers and leaders of the organization.
• Analyze and troubleshoot key metrics utilizing Tableau
• Drive a Continuous Improvement between suppliers and facilities
• Comply with safety standards and requirements to ensure a safe and hazard free environment
• Manage key metrics for on time delivery of suppliers
• Monitor expenditures on purchases of materials to ensure cost controls are in place and remain within budget amounts.
• Maintain compliance all with Federal, State, and Local laws, statutes, and regulations, as well as all Company policies and procedures.

Preferred Experience:

• At least 3 years of supplier management experience in a fast paced, high-performing, industrial environment
• Strong knowledge of Just In Time delivery process and ordering
• Experience with KPI’s, Lean, Continuous improvement and EHS principles.
• Knowledge/ability to develop Standard Operating Procedures, and drive discipline to adhere to.

Other:

• Must be able to stand/walk for up to 10-12 hours
• Lift and move totes up to 50 pounds
• Regular bending, lifting, stretching and reaching both below the waist and above the head.
• Walking in the warehouse and around area with great frequency; facilities are over a quarter mile in length.
• Should be able to work in environments with variable noise levels, lighting conditions and temperature variation and able to access all areas of building without limitations.

About Us

TERREPOWER specialize in remanufacturing auto lights and wheels and supplying high-quality aftermarket products in the collision and repair industry. We offer opportunities for career growth, competitive pay, benefits, paid time off, paid company holidays, paid training, and 401(k) with up to 5% match.

For over 35 years, TERREPOWER (formerly BBB Industries) has been a leader in sustainable manufacturing. Founded in 1987 in Daphne, Alabama by the Bigler family, TERREPOWER began as a small regional remanufacturer of starters and alternators. Our commitment to quality and innovation quickly earned us a reputation as a trusted name in the automotive industry.

Today, TERREPOWER has expanded its footprint into over 90 countries and sustainably manufactures and supplies parts such as alternators, starters, EV batteries, solar solutions, auto lights and wheels, and more. TERREPOWER has expanded its footprint to over 90 countries.

As we move forward under the TERREPOWER name, we remain committed to the same values that have always defined us: entrepreneurship, teamwork, customer-centered, sustainability, safety.