Strategic Production Buyer

CLARK Material Handling Company

Lexington (KY)

On-site

USD 70,000 - 90,000

Full time

2 days ago

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Job summary

CLARK Material Handling Company, a global OEM and Leader in the forklift and material handling industry, is expanding our Purchasing & Procurement team in Lexington, KY. The Procurement Specialist/ Production Buyer will source parts for the manufacturing process, manage supplier relations, and drive cost reduction and on-time delivery.

This role interfaces with engineers, finance, quality, and suppliers, requiring blueprint literacy and strong pricing strategy development.

Qualifications

Four-year degree with experience as a buyer in manufacturing.
Detailed knowledge of purchasing policies, procedures and principles.
Ability to provide price analysis and recommendations and project reports to management as requested.
Knowledge of import/export issues and skilled in negotiating tactics.
Knowledge of pricing of raw materials, labor rates, and manufacturing costs
Strong organization and documentation skills.
Strong research and analytical skills.
Critical thinking and the ability to be action-oriented.
Ability to read and understand blueprints, bills of materials, formal engineering change processes, supplier processes, pricing structure/policies and Uniform Commercial Code
Proficient in MS Office including Outlook, Excel, Word
Proficient in using ERP software in manufacturing environment.
Ability to communicate effectively and professionally with others through clear, concise writing, telephone usage and presentation skills.
CPIM certification, or other APICS certification.
Must be authorized to work indefinitely in the U.S. without any sponsorship now or in the future.
Must be available for periodic business travel to supplier locations.

Responsibilities

Procure parts and materials necessary to support production business requirements at optimum efficiency and pricing.
Manage all supplier contracts and assist to administer best pricing strategies for all purchase materials and suppliers and analyze all new issue in materials and recommend strategies to improve quality and manage inventory levels for all products.
Interface between engineers, finance, quality, marketing, and suppliers. Requires the ability to supply, receive and understand instructions conveyed through blueprints and/or sketches of parts, requisitions, verbal or written communication.
Serve as liaison with finance to assist in the solution of invoice problems.
Develop and achieve cost savings plans and ideas in conjunction with current suppliers and seek new opportunities with potential new suppliers.
Assist production in inventory availability and quality problems with suppliers.
May assist aftermarket in sourcing parts for old catalogue of trucks and components.
Evaluate new sources of supply and be able to identify and qualify their processes and capabilities to provide cost effective, quality-proven components, processes, or services.
Identify potential suppliers by reviewing previous domestic and foreign suppliers. Involve quality competitive suppliers early in the design cycle.
Send and receive quote request forms to and from potential suppliers.
Process Engineering Change Requests to document cost improvement ideas submitted by suppliers. Identify savings, tooling investment and provide a detailed description of the change for engineering review.
Process all Engineering Change Notices to suppliers and negotiate pricing, tooling impact and delivery as required. Lead the effort to maintain cost target.
Assist in value analysis processes which involves costing parts by reviewing the existing manufacturing processes, competitor processes, new technology and other alternatives to reduce cost.