Strategic Senior Buyer | Negotiations & Supply Chain

Coghlin Companies; Westborough (MA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Columbia Tech is seeking a Senior Buyer to be the single point of contact for sourcing, price negotiations, procurement, and supplier availability within assigned commodities. The role develops and enhances the supply chain, aligning with ERP signals and inputs from Program Management, Operations, and senior management.

Key duties include negotiating prices and terms, placing purchase orders, managing delivery schedules, ensuring on-time, quality material, maintaining inventory for

Qualifications

• BS/BA degree or equivalent experience in technical or business field.
• Strong negotiation, analytical and problem solving skills.
• NAPM or APICS certification (CPIM) desired.
• Strong working knowledge of ERP systems, particularly Epicor.
• Purchasing, Mechanical Engineering, and/or Operations experience required.
• Must be able to read and understand blueprints and technical specifications.
• Proficient in MS Office applications and experience with an ERP system.

Responsibilities

• Under moderate supervision performs tasks associated with the role of senior buyer, in support of commodity management, planning, program management, quality and manufacturing operations.
• As Buy Reports are generated by the ERP system, review to identify and action all buy, defer, expedite, or cancelation signals for their appropriate parts portfolio.
• Negotiate at time of order placement any additional material discounts and/or terms.
• Publish supplier open order reports to custom parts suppliers and communicate any issues to production.
• Provides Supplier evaluation communication on a consistent cadence to ensure concerns, as well as positive performance, are communicated effectively and consistently.
• Analyze buy messages to maximize VPA and discount terms agreements with Tier 1 & 2 suppliers.
• Work with Production Planners to ensure material availability to maximize production capacity.
• Review ECN’s and recommend material effectivity date involving new and/or parts substitutions to production planner.
• Ensure all purchased materials are in-house on time, and at acceptable quality levels. Generate actions plans when criteria are not met.
• Drives for continuing improvement in all pertinent supplier metrics.

Skills

Negotiation

Analytical

Problem solving

ERP knowledge

MS Office

Blueprint reading

Education

BS/BA degree

Tools

Epicor ERP

Job description

Columbia Tech is seeking a Senior Buyer to be the single point of contact for sourcing, price negotiations, procurement, and supplier availability within assigned commodities. The role develops and enhances the supply chain, aligning with ERP signals and inputs from Program Management, Operations, and senior management.

Key duties include negotiating prices and terms, placing purchase orders, managing delivery schedules, ensuring on-time, quality material, maintaining inventory for