SENIOR BUYER

Essential Functions

•    Prepare, solicit, and evaluate technical requests for quotation documents.

•    Acts as a primary contact for supplier negotiations and contracts for all responsible purchases.

•    Acquire materials, supplies, packaging, and services, placing purchase orders for goods that have requisition approval.

•    Maintains constant contact and coordination with end users, suppliers, subcontractors, and freight companies to ensure compliance with each contract.

•    Provide cost analysis data to management for strategic decision making

•    Manager new model material, component, equipment, or tooling readiness projects.

•    Foster and develop a “Development Partner” philosophy to select, develop and manage suppliers:

Ethical Behavior, Mutual Trust, Respect, Candor, Continuous Improvement.  

•    Act as a primary contact for supplier negotiations and contracts on assigned commodities.  

•    Assist plant and suppliers in continuous improvement efforts.  

•    Act as primary contact in resolving issues that the plant has with suppliers.

•    Coordinates with Engineering, Quality Assurance, Production Control, Manufacturing, Maintenance and Aisan Engineering and Purchasing to investigate and screen potential suppliers to determine if suppliers meet the Aisan technical requirements.

•    Manage, develop and implement Supplier Performance measures for quality, cost and on-time delivery improvements.

•    Conduct market research, evaluation, and selection of new and current technology options.

•    Ensures that contractual language for capital contracts protects company interests.

•    Develops comprehensive project resources and mobilization plans.

•    May approve purchase orders in responsible management’s absence.

•    Supports Kaizen and continuous improvement activities to enhance efficiency, reduce waste, and improve processes

•    Other duties as assigned

Additional Functions

Job Dimensions (Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities or KSAs)

•    Excellent oral and written communication skills

•    Proficient in constructing analytical tools for decision making using Microsoft Office Suite.

•    Technical aptitude and inclination.

•    Strong interpersonal skills; able to forge internal customer and external supplier relationships

•    Deadline and results-oriented

•    Working knowledge of budgeting methods and financial controls.

•    Able to lead productive and efficient meetings, and direct activities of buyers and Procurement support staff.

•    Working knowledge of exchange rate conversions and raw material indices.

•    Intermediate working knowledge of injection molding, metal stamping, forging, extrusion, and metal forming processes.

•    Able to efficiently identify quotation inconsistencies and potential errors based on general market knowledge, and comparison to other quotations offered to FPI.

Minimum Qualifications

Education Requirements

•    BS in Supply Chain Management, Business, Engineering, or a related STEM discipline or minimum 3-years Supply Chain, Purchasing / Procurement, or related experience.