Job Description
Title: Buyer
Location: Sherman, TX
Overview: Sterling has helped build careers for thousands of professionals like yourself. Our expert recruiters support you at every step in the process and as a Best of Staffing company, Sterling provides exciting work with exceptional employers across the U.S.
Hire Type: Direct Hire
Benefits: Benefits from day 1 with almost 100% coverage! In addition to 11 paid holidays, 2-3 weeks vacation, 401K, etc.
Target Salary: $52,000-60,000
Bonus/ Incentives/ Stock Options: up to 10% annual bonus
Job Summary: Responsible for purchasing and planning materials needed to support manufacturing operations. This role manages supplier relationships, purchase orders, inventory requirements, pricing, and delivery while working closely with engineering and operations to ensure materials are available when needed.
Job Duties:
- Manage purchase requisitions and issue purchase orders for direct materials and production needs
- Develop and maintain supplier relationships while identifying new sourcing opportunities as needed
- Negotiate pricing, payment terms, delivery expectations, and other purchasing requirements with suppliers
- Monitor and expedite orders to ensure materials arrive on time and production requirements are met
- Work with suppliers, engineering, and operations to resolve quality, delivery, and material-related issues
- Monitor supplier performance and act when cost, quality, or delivery expectations are not being met
- Support inventory planning and maintain appropriate material levels and MRP settings.
- Coordinate purchasing requirements related to engineering changes, prints, and specifications
- Identify cost-reduction opportunities and respond to changes in material pricing, availability, and market conditions
- Support subcontracting and temporary outsourcing requirements as needed
Qualifications:
- 5+ years of industrial purchasing experience, including direct material purchasing within a heavy manufacturing environment
- Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Business, or a related field preferred; equivalent experience will be considered
- Experience with ERP/MRP systems and material planning
- Strong supplier negotiation and relationship management skills
- Ability to read blueprints and understand manufacturing processes
- Strong Excel and Microsoft Office skills
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills
Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, age, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or genetic information.
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Numbers & Facts
| Location | Sherman, TX |
| Industry | Staffing/Employment Agencies |
| Company Size | 500 to 999 employees |
| Year Founded | 1969 |
| Website | http://www.sterling-engineering.com |
About Company
Sterling Engineering has been a trusted partner for engineering, project management, and staffing solutions for over five decades. We provide exceptional engineering/technical recruitment and engineering project services to clients nationwide:
- Engineering & Technical Recruitment - With our focus on engineering, technical, and IT, Sterling has the in-depth knowledge, industry expertise, and robust employee pipeline it takes to rapidly find talent for even the most difficult to fill positions. Sterling’s extensive recruitment methodology allows us to engage the most talented employees in the marketplace. We offer exciting work and career-building opportunities for our candidates, along with expert support at every step of the process.
- Engineering Project Services – Our experienced, multi-disciplined team of project managers, engineers, and designers, led by licensed Professional Engineers (PE), provide project management, engineering, design, and Commissioning, Qualification, and Validation (CQV) to manufacturing, OEM, and R&D customers. We work on complex, highly technical projects across a number of industry sectors, and our ability to scale and seamlessly integrate at multiple levels of your organization is what differentiates us.
Sterling offers a unique combination of engineering solutions and Best of Staffing level service to help our clients and talent achieve their goals.
Skills
- Analysis Skillsunmatched
- Blueprintsunmatched
- Communication Skillsunmatched
- Cost Controlunmatched
- ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning)unmatched
- Inventory Managementunmatched
- Inventory Planningunmatched
- Manufacturingunmatched
- Manufacturing Operationsunmatched
- Manufacturing/Industrial Processesunmatched
- Materials Planningunmatched
- Microsoft Excelunmatched
- Microsoft Officeunmatched
- Negotiation Skillsunmatched
- Operational Supportunmatched
- Outsourcingunmatched
- Performance Analysisunmatched
- Pricingunmatched
- Problem Solving Skillsunmatched
- Procurement Planningunmatched
- Purchase Ordersunmatched
- Purchasing/Procurementunmatched
- Sales Prospectingunmatched
- Supplier Relationship Management (SRM)unmatched
- Supply Chainunmatched
- Time Managementunmatched
- Vendor/Supplier Evaluationunmatched
- Vendor/Supplier Relationsunmatched
- Vendor/Supplier Selectionunmatched
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