Strategic Buyer: Inventory & Supplier Optimization

CSS; Orlando (FL); On-site; USD 55,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

CSS is seeking a Buyer in Orlando to handle purchasing, expediting orders, tracking deliveries, and maintaining records per guidelines. You will review daily reports, determine quantities, and issue purchasing documents to suppliers to keep inventory levels optimal.

The role requires a Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain or related field and at least 1 year of purchasing experience, with strong negotiation, communication, and analytical skills to optimize working capital and supplier performance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in supply chain or related field is required.
• 1 year of purchasing experience in a supply chain environment.
• Knowledge of purchasing and inventory concepts, practices, and procedures.
• Knowledge of business performance measures.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Strong negotiation skills.
• Strong problem-solving skills.
• Strong analytical skills.
• Strong computer skills, including purchasing and inventory management systems, programs and reports.
• Ability to exercise judgment.
• Knowledge of industry including suppliers, customers, and competitors.

Responsibilities

• Reviews daily purchasing reports and system recommendations and determines proper quantities and items to purchase and creates purchasing documents to send suppliers.
• Maintains inventory availability while minimizing working capital investment.
• Tactical execution of stock replenishment, SO, and DS buying where assigned while making buying decisions based on most economical method with respect to quantities, order minimums or prepaid terms and mode of transportation.
• Guarantees accurate purchase order quantities, costs, notes and terms compliance.
• Ensures electronic data interchange (EDI), automated stock replenishment (ASR/VMI), emailed and faxed orders reach suppliers.
• Follows up with suppliers concerning order status and delivery and communicates delivery information to impacted departments.
• Reviews daily supplier shipping error notices and takes appropriate action.
• Reviews quarterly excess and inactive inventory reports and negotiates with suppliers to obtain return goods authorizations on excess and inactive material.
• Assists managers with evaluating supplier performance related to on-time delivery, fill rates, shipping errors, transfer cost improvements, branch support, and other measures.

Skills

Strong verbal and writtencommunication

Strong negotiation

Strong problem-solving

Strong analytical

Strong computer skills

Judgment

Industry knowledge

Purchasing & inventory concepts

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Supply Chain or related field

Job description

CSS is seeking a Buyer in Orlando to handle purchasing, expediting orders, tracking deliveries, and maintaining records per guidelines. You will review daily reports, determine quantities, and issue purchasing documents to suppliers to keep inventory levels optimal.

The role requires a Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain or related field and at least 1 year of purchasing experience, with strong negotiation, communication, and analytical skills to optimize working capital and supplier performance.