Buyer III

Why Tiger Mowers?

Tiger Mowers® has been supplying mowers to the governmental, agricultural, and commercial turf markets for over 50 years. We are one of the world's largest manufacturers of tractor-mounted mowers, brush-cutters, and other similar equipment made for right-of-way clearing, roadside vegetation management, and grounds maintenance. Tiger has a wide array of products including rotary, flail, and sickle bar mowers. Our best-in-class boom mowers are offered with many types of cutting heads to accommodate the challenges our customers face. 

Tiger Mowers offers competitive pay and a wide range of employee benefits including:

• Medical, Dental, and Vision Coverage
• 401(k) Retirement Savings Program with a Company Match
• Profit-Sharing
• Paid Vacation, Sick Leave, and Holidays
• Company Paid Short and Long-Term Disability Programs
• Wellness Programs
• Employee Assistance Programs
• Training and Development Programs
• Employee Tuition Reimbursement and Dependent Scholarship Programs
• And much more!

Position Summary: 

Tiger Mowers, a leading manufacturer of high-quality hydraulically driven roadside mowing equipment, is seeking a proactive and detail-oriented Buyer to join our procurement team. This role procures commodities and services taking into consideration price, quantity, delivery, quality, logistics and carrying costs. Researches market place and maintains constant awareness of world-class suppliers and new products enhancing Company position by providing higher quality, lower cost, or both. Provides uninterrupted flow of assigned commodities to forecasted demand within budgeted inventory level.  Purchases parts, material and service; manages suppliers, inventory and purchasing expenses.

Essential Functions of the Job:

1. Negotiates terms, price, payment, and freight for any components and material from vendor consistent with Alamo Group Purchasing Department policies and procedures.
2. Maintains inventory levels, ratios, and turns in conjunction with Alamo Group objectives and goals.
3. Evaluates supplier price, quality, and delivery performance and resolves quality problems with products.
4. Reviews back order lists.
5. Updates purchase order due dates.
6. Creates and input purchase orders based on demand and MRP
7. Expedites deliveries as needed.
8. Addresses shortages on purchase orders.
9. Source new vendors based on quality, on-time deliveries, price, payment & freight.
10. May be Responsible for all overseas purchasing.
11. Provides technical assistance to customer service, territory managers, and warehouse.
12. Set up outside packaging and labeling.
13. Assist in reducing obsolete parts.
14. Understands Purchase Price Variance. Actively involved in setting Material Standard Cost.
15. Assist in maintaining a fill rate of 93% or more.
16. Maintain an accurate forecast on assigned list of parts.
17. Maintains an accurate supplier pricing catalog.
18. Completes and implements Engineering Change Requests, Notices and Non-conformance report.
19. Mentors and/or trains Buyer I and II’s on daily requirements according to Alamo Group Purchasing Department policies and Procedures.
20. May be required to perform other duties as assigned.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities (KSA’s):

1. Good communication skills, both verbal and written.
2. Ability to communicate with various levels within the organization.
3. Able to coordinate multiple activities.
4. Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals.
5. Ability to write routine reports and correspondence.
6. Ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or employees of organization.
7. Ability to calculate figures and amounts such as discount, inventory turn ratios, annual to daily consumption needs.
8. Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form.
9. Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.
10. To perform this job successfully, an individual should have knowledge of Internet software; Inventory software; ERP order processing systems and word processing software and spreadsheet processing software.
11. Must be able to read Engineering drawings
12. Must have a minimum of 5 years experience purchasing hydraulic component parts.
13. Must have a minimum of 5 years following the steel index and entering into pricing agreements according to trends.
14. Must have a minimum of 5 years experience in reducing duplicity in a supplier base.
15. Must have a minimum of 5 years experience in locating best in class suppliers and performing the bid process from specification writing to signatures on a formal agreement.

Core Competencies for Leaders:

1. Leading Change / Change Management: Ability to drive improvement of team, division, and corporate goals and objectives through people. Ability to balance change and continually strive to improve business performance.
2. Leading People / Teamwork: Ability to design and implement strategies which maximize employees’ potential and foster high ethical standards in meeting the team, division, and corporate objectives.
3. Communication: Ability to explain, advocate, and express facts and ideas in a convincing manner, and negotiate with individuals and groups internally and externally. The ability to develop internal and external networks and identify the issues that impact the work of the organization.
4. Business Acumen: Understands and interprets business financials and metrics, and utilizes latest business strategies. Focuses on outcomes and creates opportunities for success. Acquires and utilizes human, financial, material and information resources effectively.
5. Results Driven: Ability to make timely and effective decisions and produce results through planning and the implementation and evaluation of business metrics, systems, policies, and program; stressing accountability and continuous improvement.

Education and Experience:

1. Bachelor's degree, CCP, CPPM, CPIM or CPM Certification preferred.
2. Minimum of 5 years experience as a Senior Buyer.
3. Minimum of 5 years experience in inventory control preferred.

Working Conditions:

1. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit for prolonged periods.
2. Frequent standing and walking in and throughout plant/manufacturing environment.
3. Specific vision abilities required by this job to include close vision, color vision and ability to adjust focus.
4. Must be able to work overtime, weekends and/or holidays as required to complete job assignments.