Buyer

Lancesoft

Waynesboro, PA

JOB DETAILS
SALARY
$32
SKILLS
Accounts Payable, Analysis Skills, Atlassian JIRA, Billing, Corrective Action, ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning), English Language, Establish Priorities, Forecasting, HVAC, ISO (International Organization for Standardization), Inventory Levels, Leadership, Logistics, Manufacturing, Maple, Materials Requirements Planning (MRP), Metal Manufacturing, Multitasking, Negotiation Skills, Network Connectivity, Performance Analysis, Pricing, Problem Solving Skills, Procurement Planning, Project Engineering, Purchase Orders, Purchasing/Procurement, Refrigeration, Risk, Risk Management, SAP, SAP ECC (fka SAP R/3 and SAP ERP), Team Player, Time Management, Vendor/Supplier Evaluation, Vendor/Supplier Management, Warehousing
LOCATION
Waynesboro, PA
POSTED
12 days ago
Shift: 1st shift, Monday-Friday
Duration: 3-6 months with possibility for permanent position
Pay range: $32.00/hr. - $32.00/hr.
Onsite Job

What will you do?


The Buyer should be able to develop suppliers and intercompany plants (feeders), execute savings projects, assure that an adequate supplier is assigned to each purchased item and support expediting processes with suppliers to assure that direct material is supplied in a proper time and that it will meet the delivery dates to minimize the risk of an inventory stock-out or revenue impact. May also be required to support in other supplier related activities such as quality escalations, ISO requirements, internal projects and engineering changes related to purchased items.

How will you do it?
·Analyze MRP demand and replenish stocks timely.
·Place Purchase Orders (PO / STO) on time to suppliers and feeder plants.
·Get confirmation dates or estimated time of arrivals (ETA) for all POs.
·Assure the correct receipt in our ERP system (SAP).
·Attend Daily Production Meetings.
·Execute in a regular basis, the exception messages.
·Align with suppliers/feeders plants requested date in PO/STOs to avoid impacts in Production.
·Review status of open lines and avoid past due of purchase orders.
·Communicate any risk related to purchased items and shortages to Planning and Production area.
·Escalate issues with Global Procurement or Regional Materials through the correct channels (JIRA process).
·Be able to analyze line of balances (LOB) when vendors have issues.
·Analyze monthly forecast and send it to suppliers/feeders plants.
·Assure that problems relating to delivery, pricing and invoicing are promptly conveyed to the vendor and resolved in a timely manner.
·Monitor vendor performance & on time delivery for Suppliers.
·Support other areas to assure proper feedback and corrective actions are in place to improve vendor development and deliveries.
·Implement project related to reduce level of inventory, excess & obsolete items.
·Resolve discrepancy problems in a timely manner and collaborate with Warehouse and Logistics team to solve them.
·Respond Invoices assigned in Maple (AP discrepancies).

What are we looking for?
·Bachelor’s Degree or 3 years’experience in purchasing/planning role.
·Direct buyer experience in a manufacturing company (metal-mechanic, refrigeration, electronic or HVAC industry).
·Experience working with Purchasing, Planning and Production areas.
·Fluent English.
·MRP (materials requirement planning).
·Knowledge of SAP (preferably).
·Experience in a manufacturing planning program and production sequences.
·Leadership skills.
·Proactive.
·Schedule availability.
·Teamwork.
·Service attitude.
·Ability to work under pressure.
·Strong decision-making Communication, analytical and negotiation skills.
·Ability to prioritize and manage multiple tasks simultaneously.

Employee Benefits:
At LanceSoft, full time regular employees who work a minimum of 30 hours a week or more are entitled to the following benefits:
  • Four options of medical Insurance
  • Dental and Vision Insurance
  • 401k Contributions
  • Critical Illness Insurance
  • Voluntary Permanent Life Insurance
  • Accident Insurance
  • Other Employee Perks
About LanceSoft
LanceSoft is rated as one of the largest staffing firms in the US by SIA. Our mission is to establish global cross-culture human connections that further the careers of our employees and strengthen the businesses of our clients. We are driven to use the power of our global network to connect businesses with the right people, and people with the right businesses without bias. We provide Global Workforce Solutions with a human touch.     
 

About the Company

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Lancesoft

We are a $125 Million, NMSDC-certified Minority & Woman owned Workforce Solutions Company headquartered in the DC metro area with presence across US with global presence - Canada, Mexico, India, UK, Malaysia, Indonasia, Hongkong, Singapore, UAE. We are specialized in providing Workforce Solutions, SOW project delivery, Engineering Solutions, Creative Services. We currently support 100+ Fortune companies globally and across multiple industry segments. We are currently supporting several massive programs across industry segment nationally/globally (Intel, Ally, AMD, QUALCOMM, Morgan Stanley, Kraft/ Mondelez, MNP, Amdocs, Dell, SanDisk, Medtronic, Becton Dickinson, GE, Lockheed Martin, UTC, L-3 Communications, Caterpillar, BMW, Mercedes Benz, National Grid, Dominion, Energy Future Holdings, PSEG, 3M, Fidelity, Aetna, Humana, Johnson & Johnson, Pfizer, Merck etc). 

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender, identity, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status.

COMPANY SIZE
2,000 to 2,499 employees
INDUSTRY
Staffing/Employment Agencies
FOUNDED
2000
WEBSITE
http://www.lancesoft.com/