Buyer at Pureflow Inc – Graham, North Carolina

Buyer

About Our Organization:

With over 40 years of experience providing high purity water solutions, Pureflow is committed to serving clients by designing, building, installing, and maintaining water purification systems in a broad range of commercial and industrial markets. We understand that a successful business needs quality employees. We are seeking highly talented and motivated candidates to join our company where people, integrity, and excellence are essential to our culture.

Key Responsibilities:

• Responsible for negotiating components, equipment, supplies from vendors/suppliers
• Accurately enter purchase orders into ERP system with expected ship date upon issuance of order
• Improve purchasing procedures and controls document and implement procedures
• Expedite supply and prioritize suppliers to meet emergency, short lead time, demands according to service, project and inventory supply needs
• Work with internal customers to expedite and resolve supply issues
• Provide delivery dates to project managers, service, and operations
• Accountable for Key Performance Indicators (KPI’s): On Time Delivery; PO Backlog; PO Accuracy (ship date, price, account, etc.); Premium Freight
• Qualify, source, and negotiate, with an emphasis to identify cost reduction opportunities with suppliers
• Continuously evaluate the performance of the current supply base, map and identify new suppliers and establish and maintain relationships with the key suppliers
• Daily interaction with engineering and suppliers
• Manage sourcing activities in project phase and act as the main interface towards suppliers and internal projects during the entire project phase
• Be an active member in the network of Project Buyers
• Measure key supplier performance and drive resolution to issues by understanding supplier capacities and capabilities
• Drive elimination of supplier defects received, and process returned material within 48 hours

Job Responsibilities:

• 5-8 years of direct purchasing experience in an OEM environment
• Proven experience within materials management situations (inventory control, physical inventory and logistics)
• Strong working knowledge of mechanical items and electrical components
• Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited school or US Military in Business Administration, Materials Management, Accounting, or Logistics preferred
• Competent computer skills with ERP system, Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint)
• Ability to organize, evaluate, prioritize tasks, risks, resources, milestones and deliverables
• Self-starter and ability to multi-task in fast paced environment

Perks:

• Competitive base salary
• Comprehensive Benefits: Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, Health Savings Account (with company contributions), and more
• $1 for $1 401k match up to 4%
• 9 Company-paid holidays
• Generous personal time off that increases with tenure
• Education assistance
• Employee referral bonus program
• Ongoing training and development by internal and external industry experts