Packaging Buyer

Job Posting Title: Packaging Buyer

Pay: $70K-85K (Salary) no bonuses

Shift: Mondy-Friday 8-5pm

On-site position with one day work from home per week

Job Description

Essential Duties and Responsibilities: include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

• Execute procurement strategies and keep system data current
• Use SAP based purchasing tools to procure packaging needs
• Provide forecasts to suppliers and communicate frequently with approved suppliers
• Maintain accurate pricing, terms, and conditions for purchase orders
• Negotiation of all packaging portfolio
• Communicate with suppliers and maintain data accuracy within SAP
• Verify three-way Invoice matching to process invoices and resolve discrepancies
• Visit suppliers on an as needed basis
• Work closely with production, quality and research & development as needed to ensure high quality materials are available to support the current and future processes.
• Partner with Sales & Marketing departments to understand product demand

Supervisory Responsibilities:

This position has no supervisory responsibility

Qualifications:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions

Education and/or Experience:

• Associate Degree from an accredited college or university with 5+ years of purchasing and planning background in packaging or a related field OR
• Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited college or university with 3+ years of purchasing and planning background in packaging or a related field

Computer and Technology Skills:

• SAP proficiency (Must Have)
• Microsoft Office Suite: Excel, Word, PowerPoint.

Language Skills:

Ability to read and interpret documents such supplier agreements. Ability to communicate effectively with Suppliers, Colleagues, and management.

Mathematical Skills:

Ability to work with mathematical concepts to obtain practical situations and correctness.

Reasoning Ability:

Must possess the ability to interpret, reason and resolve solve practical issues occurring in a fast-paced environment.

Physical Demands:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of the job, the employee is regularly required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel and reach with hands and arms. The employee is required to stand, walk, sit, and talk and hear. The employee must regularly lift and / or move up to 15 pounds, frequently lift and / or move up to 30 pounds and occasionally lift and / or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distant vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.

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