Strategic Procurement Buyer

Reading Truck Group; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 60,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

Dental benefits

Vision benefits

Life insurance

401(k) with company match

Paid parental leave

Tuition reimbursement

Paid holidays

Training programs

Equipment and safety discounts

Job summary

Reading Truck Group in Houston, TX, is seeking a Buyer to manage suppliers, orders, and purchased items from sourcing to receipt. You will handle source selection, procurement for direct and indirect materials, and collaborate with operations, engineering, maintenance, quality, sales, and finance.

Key duties include ensuring material availability, negotiating contracts, processing purchase orders, and monitoring forecasts.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Logistics, Supply Chain or a related field strongly preferred.
• Minimum of two years of experience in a purchasing role.
• Experience with ERP/MRP systems; JDE is a plus.
• Experience with MRO and indirect purchasing; manufacturing industry experience; bilingual preferred.

Responsibilities

• Ensure material availability to meet production demand and support JIT, VMI and stock inventory.
• Perform purchasing responsibilities such as material quoting, contract negotiations, purchase orders, and receipts issues.
• Develop and review demand trends and forecasts to determine purchasing quantities and frequencies.
• Manage day-to-day operations of designated supply base of direct and indirect categories.
• Drive continuous improvement of processes and participate in Lean events.
• Work closely with Corporate Strategic Procurement Team to advance enterprise-wide sourcing programs and cost savings initiatives.
• Lead and support sourcing activities and source new vendors when needed.
• Support new product development (NPD) and cost reduction projects.
• Track supplier performance using the supplier scorecard and communicate results quarterly.
• Develop vendor partnerships to achieve cost, lead-times, quality, and on-hand inventory goals.
• Develop and review demand trends and forecasts to determine efficient purchasing quantities.
• Review on-hand inventory balances for excess or obsolete inventory to determine substitutions or returns.
• Study market prices and trends, new technologies, and manufacturing process improvements for assigned commodities.
• Communicate with Customer Service and Engineering on part numbers, lead-times, new parts.
• Maintain purchasing systems and data accuracy (lead-time, safety stock, min order quantities, supplier contacts).
• Assist with inventory management and cycle counting.

Skills

Supplier management

Negotiation

Cross-functional collaboration

Bilingual

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Business, Logistics, Supply Chain or a related field

Tools

ERP/MRP systems

JDE

Job description

Reading Truck Group in Houston, TX, is seeking a Buyer to manage suppliers, orders, and purchased items from sourcing to receipt. You will handle source selection, procurement for direct and indirect materials, and collaborate with operations, engineering, maintenance, quality, sales, and finance.

Key duties include ensuring material availability, negotiating contracts, processing purchase orders, and monitoring forecasts.