As a buyer, you monitor the placing of orders with suppliers in collaboration with the purchasing engineer, you monitor manufacturing and guarantee compliance with delivery deadlines, you monitor the stock management of program products and are a source of proposals for the evolution of its management. You manage the program indicators and carry out customer reporting in collaboration with the program's customer manager.
You are in contact and collaborate with the company's departments, from production to quality, including sales and the design office.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
- Negotiate terms and deadlines with suppliers on certain families of purchases.
- Ensure the coordination of the physical flows of materials, products and tools in order to satisfy the continuous and constant demands of the services of customers and suppliers.
- Estimate the quantities of products to order based on the state of stocks, flow forecasts, the periodicity of orders and delivery times from suppliers.
- Ensure receipt of orders.
- Ensure compliance with specifications.
- Set up delivery schedules for suppliers.
- Knowledge in precisely the needs of the perimeter, their evolution and their scheduling.
- Follow up on orders until delivery.
- Supervise any disputes.
- Continuously update the supplier database by integrating new market data.
- Be a force of proposal on the evolution of inventory management criteria: increase / decrease in breakage thresholds and launch quantity.
- Be a force of proposal on the stock management of new products or stop management on stock of poorly sold references.
- You perform and keep up to date the program and supplier management indicators.
- You ensure customer reporting, both in terms of product delivery planning and activity reporting.
JOB REQUIREMENTS
- Knowledge in the purchasing and supply procedures
- Knowledge of Microsoft Office office software: Word, Excel, Outlook.
- Knowledge in ERP software
- Knowledge in the entire industrial process and the needs of each workshop
- Knowledge of the materials, the products, the different parts.
- Knowledge in negotiation techniques
- Master logistics tools.
- Knowledge of the market.
KEY COMPETENCIES
- Flexible, enthusiastic self-starter, able to work with minimum supervision.
- Continuous performance, improvement mindset and the ability to lead and inspire change.
- Learns quickly, grasps the 'essence of what is happening', and can change the course quickly.
- Builds strong relationships with peers and partners outside of team to enable higher performance.
- Strong organizational and management skills.
- Openly considers the ideas of others, analyzes, and develops innovation to reality.
- Positive negotiation skills.
- Ability to handle many conflicting priorities.
- Initiative and results driven.
QUALIFICATIONS
- Bachelor's or master's degree in mechanical or industrial engineering.
- Minimum of 2-4 years of Purchasing related experience or demonstrated Knowledge, skills and abilities to perform the above-mentioned tasks.
- International trading and logistics.
- Bilingual (English-French or English-Spanish)
COMPENSATION
- Competitive salary package
- Excellent benefits package
- Continuous training.
ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS
- Eligible to work for any employer within the US.
- Employment is contingent upon the satisfactory outcome of pre-employment screening activities, including a background check.