Buyer
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Electric Machinery Company. a division of WEG Electric Corp.
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Position: Buyer
Department: Purchasing
Primary Objective of Position:
Responsible for purchasing material in our dynamic engineer to order and made to order manufacturing facility with a Customer Driven focus that provides On Time Predictability thru Continuous Improvement.
Major Areas of Accountability:
- Daily Material Requirement Planning review with executing orders for production materials, MRO items and services.
- Works collaboratively with planning and suppliers to resolve delivery issues and develop recovery plans for to support on time delivery to customer.
- Interface with other department representatives to determine specific needs, such as technical requirements, or manufacturing requirements.
- Processes Engineering Change Order releases for updates to manufacturing and vendors.
- Follows up on deliveries, obtains proof of delivery if required and resolves invoicing related issues.
- Responsible to manage inventory for assigned materials to the appropriate level for order quantity, safety stock, excess and obsolete inventories
- Attends production meetings.
- Provides regular updates on assigned metrics.
- Completes other tasks and projects as assigned by the Purchasing Manager
- Ensures tasks are performed according to organizational requirements for quality management and environmental, health and safety standards, policies and procedures.
- Maintains data and prepares reports using SAP and Microsoft office software.
Knowledge/Skills/Abilities:
- Minimum 2+ years Planning, Purchasing, Inventory, Manufacturing, or Engineering experience. Bachelor’s degree in a business or technical field a plus.
- SAP Materials and Planning experience a plus.
- Demonstrates Inventory Management Skills for order quantity, safety stock quality, stocking determination, identifying excess and obsolete inventories.
- Excellent communication, computer, and analytical skills required.
- Demonstrated organizational and prioritization skills.
- Strong attention to detail and the ability to respond to changing priorities required.
- Ability to interpret drawings and specifications.
- Demonstrates excellent inter-personal, group participation, and group management skills.
- Must be a flexible, high-energy individual, able to handle multiple tasks and frequently changing priorities.
- Experience in Microsoft Office Suite products with a focus on Excel preferred.
Physical Requirements
- Approximately 80% sitting, 20% walking. Must be able to carry 20 pounds unassisted of production order packages around a manufacturing facility.
- Physical ability to travel freely within manufacturing and office facilities. This requires climbing stairs and moving over, around, and about shop machinery.
Electric Machinery Company. a division of WEG Electric Corp.
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Position: Buyer
Department: Purchasing
Primary Objective of Position:
Responsible for purchasing material in our dynamic engineer to order and made to order manufacturing facility with a Customer Driven focus that provides On Time Predictability thru Continuous Improvement.
Major Areas of Accountability:
- Daily Material Requirement Planning review with executing orders for production materials, MRO items and services.
- Works collaboratively with planning and suppliers to resolve delivery issues and develop recovery plans for to support on time delivery to customer.
- Interface with other department representatives to determine specific needs, such as technical requirements, or manufacturing requirements.
- Processes Engineering Change Order releases for updates to manufacturing and vendors.
- Follows up on deliveries, obtains proof of delivery if required and resolves invoicing related issues.
- Responsible to manage inventory for assigned materials to the appropriate level for order quantity, safety stock, excess and obsolete inventories
- Attends production meetings.
- Provides regular updates on assigned metrics.
- Completes other tasks and projects as assigned by the Purchasing Manager
- Ensures tasks are performed according to organizational requirements for quality management and environmental, health and safety standards, policies and procedures.
- Maintains data and prepares reports using SAP and Microsoft office software.
Knowledge/Skills/Abilities:
- Minimum 2+ years Planning, Purchasing, Inventory, Manufacturing, or Engineering experience. Bachelor’s degree in a business or technical field a plus.
- SAP Materials and Planning experience a plus.
- Demonstrates Inventory Management Skills for order quantity, safety stock quality, stocking determination, identifying excess and obsolete inventories.
- Excellent communication, computer, and analytical skills required.
- Demonstrated organizational and prioritization skills.
- Strong attention to detail and the ability to respond to changing priorities required.
- Ability to interpret drawings and specifications.
- Demonstrates excellent inter-personal, group participation, and group management skills.
- Must be a flexible, high-energy individual, able to handle multiple tasks and frequently changing priorities.
- Experience in Microsoft Office Suite products with a focus on Excel preferred.
Physical Requirements
- Approximately 80% sitting, 20% walking. Must be able to carry 20 pounds unassisted of production order packages around a manufacturing facility.
- Physical ability to travel freely within manufacturing and office facilities. This requires climbing stairs and moving over, around, and about shop machinery.
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