Sr. Buyer

If you’re looking for a special place to build or grow your career, you’ve found it. Whether you’re an experienced professional, a recent college graduate or somewhere in between, IDEX is a place where you can apply your existing skills and learn new ones in an environment where you can make an impact.

With interesting opportunities in engineering, marketing, sales, supply chain, operations, HR, finance, and more across more than 40 diverse businesses around the globe, chances are, we have something special for you.

SUMMARY OF JOB RESPONSIBILITES:

As a Senior Buyer, you will be the key supply chain liaison between manufacturing operations and our supplier partners. You will be responsible for sourcing, negotiating, and purchasing materials, goods, and services to meet the company's operational requirements. You will monitor delivery reports and work directly with suppliers to resolve issues. You will manage supplier relationships and ensure that suppliers are delivering on key performance indicators. In addition to external suppliers, this position interacts with internal stakeholders such as Engineering, Quality, Customer Service, and Product Management. This is a critical role that requires a strong sense of urgency, great communications skills and the desire to make a measurable and immediate impact on the business.
 

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Understand & interpret demand requirements to make strategic and informed procurement decisions.
• Analyze, understand and quantify risks to the supply chain. Develop mitigation plans and present options to senior management.
• Manage procurement activities including issuing of purchase orders, expediting orders, and resolving discrepancies.
• Evaluate and analyze buy signals from MRP system, experience with JDE desirable.
• Review and update procurement policies and procedures.
• Lead and mentor junior buyers and other procurement staff.
• Engage and oversee projects with internal and external stakeholders to drive continuous improvement of the procurement process.
• Collaborate with internal departments to understand their purchasing needs, resolve supply challenges and improve material availability.
• Analyze vendor performance based on quality, delivery, and price as well as other pertinent data to maintain a strong and sustainable supply chain. Make timely recommendations using data to support timely supply chain decisions.
• Coordinate nonconformance issues with internal teams and suppliers in a timely manner.
• Interface with vendors and build relationships to maintain a high level of support and through all aspects of the procurement process.
• Perform other duties which may be required by supervisor.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND REQUIRED ABILITIES

• Working with ERP systems, experience with JDE desirable.
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills.
• Exceptional organizational skills.
• Ability to engage and collaborate with all levels of the organization.
• Ability to effectively drive continuous improvement initiatives.
• Fundamental understanding of Lean principles.
• Time Management.
• Business Acumen.
• Decision Making.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE

• Bachelor’s degree in business or related field with coursework in purchasing and/or inventory control management, preferred.
• 5+ years buying or purchasing experience required with supervisory experience preferred.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

• Perform general office functions.
• Visual acuity needed for close detail work and computer use.
• General manufacturing, warehouse and office environment.

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this position, the employee is regularly required to sit and talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to stand; climb or balance and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must occasionally lift and /or move up to 20 pounds and rarely lift and/or move up to 40 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision and ability to adjust focus.

Are you ready to join a different kind of company where our people, our culture, and our commitments are centered around providing trusted solutions that improve lives around the world?

IDEX is an Equal Opportunity Employer and Affirmative Action Employer. IDEX gives consideration for employment to qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, creed, genetic information, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, age, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other consideration or protected category made unlawful by federal, state or local laws (Minorities/Females/Protected Veterans/Disabled).

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