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Buyer

Group: Fluid Connector Grp N. America

Division: Instrumentation Products (IPD)

Location: USA BOAZ AL ICD

Job Family : Procurement

Job Type : Regular

Posted : Aug 24, 2026

Job ID: 67941

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Founded in 1917, Parker Hannifin Corporation is a $13.7 billion, global company.

Parker's engineering expertise and broad range of core technologies uniquely positions the company to solve some of the world's greatest engineering challenges. By partnering with customers, Parker improves their productivity and profitability and seeks new ways to solve humanity''s biggest challenges.

The Buyer is responsible for commodities or assignments requiring application of basic purchasing principles, theories and concepts. The Buyer ensures timely acquisitions of product or service from known sources of supply. Additionally, the Buyer may resolve issues in the areas of requisition accuracy and completeness, on-time delivery or supplier payment functioning in a closely supervised environment.

Scope/ Supervision and Interaction:

Position directly reports to the Sourcing/Commodity Manager.

Essential Functions:

Identifies and recommends suppliers by investigating potential suppliers, researching parts, equipment, machinery, services, and materials availability.

Conducts supplier site visits and evaluates them as to production capability, performance, delivery, and other key business criteria. May complete supplier certification as part of a technical and/or quality team.

Purchases parts, equipment, and materials by preparing request for quotations and submitting purchase orders with approved suppliers. Issues purchase orders and agreements that accurately reflect price, schedule, terms, and conditions as negotiated with suppliers. Maintains accurate lead times for assigned commodities.

Evaluates bids for standard and non-standard items. Selects suppliers for lower cost items or items of limited scope and complexity and negotiates price, delivery, quality and service. Develops alternate sources of supply by identifying and researching prospective suppliers.

Monitors and evaluates supplier performance. Advises appropriate personnel of impending supplier failure to fulfill contractual agreements that may delay production or delivery.

Resolves shipment quality discrepancies by mediating supplier/manufacturing issues. Facilitates the resolution of issues by arranging and participating in conferences between suppliers and company personnel.

Negotiates and settles damage claims, rejections, losses, return of materials, over-shipments, cancellations and engineering changes with suppliers.7. Provides parts, equipment, and materials information by answering questions and requests. Prepares reports by collecting, analyzing, and summarizing information and trends.

Participates in continuous improvement activities and provides suggestions for cost reduction and improved efficiency.

Complies with federal, state, and aerospace industry regulations; ensures adherence to requirements and advises management on needed actions. Complies with Government/Commercial Practices Manual (GPM/CPM) policies and procedures.

4 year college degree Supply Chain management or relevant discipline.

  • Experience and/or exposure to supply chain concepts and methodologies, and manufacturing through internships or training programs.
  • Possess analytical and technical skills required to understand business practices and recommend proper automation opportunities.
  • Must have intermediate computer skills and be able to understand of electronic processing.
  • Excellent written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills for effective interface with all internal and external contacts.

Parker is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer. Parker is committed to ensuring equal employment opportunities for all job applicants and employees. Employment decisions are based upon job related reasons regardless of race, ethnicity, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, national origin, disability, gender identity, genetic information, veteran status, or any other status protected by law. However, U.S. Citizenship, Permanent Residency or other appropriate status is required for certain positions, in accord with U.S. import & export regulations.

("Minority / Female / Disability / Veteran / VEVRAA Federal Contractor")

If you would like more information about Equal Employment Opportunity as an applicant under the law, please go to Employees & Job Applicants | U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

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Numbers & Facts

LocationBoaz, AL
IndustryManufacturing - Other
Company Size10,000 employees or more
Year Founded1918
Websitehttps://www.parker.com

About Company

Parker is the global leader in motion and control technologies, precisely engineering solutions for customers around the world.
Capabilities

Parker’s engineering expertise spans the core motion technologies – electromechanical, hydraulic and pneumatic – will a full complement of fluid control systems; software and electronic controls; filtration systems; and instrumentation and sealing technologies.

The motion and control industry supports nearly all finished goods on the market today. We’re committed to helping our customers achieve higher levels of productivity. You can’t see the engineering in our products, but every day you experience the results of our work, on virtually everything that moves.

Global Strengths

With operations in more than 46 countries around the world, Parker offers many career paths and opportunities for advancement. We offer a number of hands-on training programs that enables new hires to quickly get up to speed and begin contributing to Parker’s success immediately. In addition, employees are encouraged to actively participate in professional and industry- related organizations.

Company facts

With annual sales exceeding $10 billion, Parker is the world’s leading diversified manufacturer of motion and control technologies and systems, providing precision- engineered solutions for a wide variety of commercial , mobile, industrial and aerospace markets. Parker has increased its annual dividends paid to shareholders for 54 consecutive years, among the top five longest- running dividend-increase records in the S&P 500 index. For more information, visit the company’s website at http://www.parker.com , or its investor information site at http://www.phstock.com

Skills

  • Aerospace and Defenseunmatched
  • Analysis Skillsunmatched
  • Automationunmatched
  • Business Practicesunmatched
  • Commodity Managementunmatched
  • Communication Skillsunmatched
  • Computer Skillsunmatched
  • Conferencesunmatched
  • Continuous Improvementunmatched
  • Cost Controlunmatched
  • Environmental Managementunmatched
  • Equipment Maintenance/Repairunmatched
  • Governmentunmatched
  • Instrumentationunmatched
  • International Classification of Diseases (ICD)unmatched
  • Interpersonal Skillsunmatched
  • Maintain Complianceunmatched
  • Manufacturingunmatched
  • Manufacturing Methodsunmatched
  • Negotiation Skillsunmatched
  • Presentation/Verbal Skillsunmatched
  • Problem Solving Skillsunmatched
  • Procurement Softwareunmatched
  • Productivity Managementunmatched
  • Profit & Lossunmatched
  • Purchase Ordersunmatched
  • Purchasing/Procurementunmatched
  • Regulationsunmatched
  • Reporting Skillsunmatched
  • Request for Proposals (RFP)unmatched
  • Sales Prospectingunmatched
  • Supply Chainunmatched
  • Time Managementunmatched
  • Training Programunmatched
  • Trend Analysisunmatched
  • Vendor/Supplier Evaluationunmatched
  • Vendor/Supplier Selectionunmatched
  • Writing Skillsunmatched

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