Contract Buyer/Expediter II- SE Houston United States
KEY JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:
Contacting potential suppliers, negotiating most favorable proposals and determining the best source based on total landed cost.
Receiving quotations, analyzing and checking for pricing, quality and delivery requirements.
Consolidating annual requirements for commodities common to other assemblies.
Investigating and recommend changes for the possibility of improving quality without price increase or of substituting a lower-priced commodity to accomplish the same function.
Engage supply base to assist with design to target cost objectives.
Developing the most suitable purchasing arrangement for commodities, including contracts, blanket orders, one-time purchases, supplier stocking programs and processes the purchase order in the system.
Communicating detail of purchasing arrangements to other departments, i.e., prices, terms, and method of handling requirements and expedites purchase orders to ensure timely delivery.
Responsible for supplier development through the use of formal evaluations and through driving the certification of suppliers.
Maintain dashboard metrics for assigned suppliers.
Maintain a strong understanding of assigned commodities/associated market and advising management of industry competitive situations, alternative supply sources, raw material costs, commodity price trends, and supply-demand situations based on knowledge of company's policy.
Maintaining good relations with supplier personnel.
Ensures materials, equipment, and supplies availability by tracking and expediting delivery.
Maintain dashboard metrics for assigned responsibilities.
Advocating lean principles and continuous improvement concepts.
Resolves discrepancies by comparing purchase order to delivery documentation; obtaining credits and refunds.
Improves quality results by analyzing materials, equipment, supplies, and supplier reliability; recommending changes.
Enhances department and organization reputation by accepting ownership for accomplishing new and different requests; exploring opportunities to add value to job accomplishments.
Timely issuance of formal request for proposals in accordance with the requirements of internal customers and the project schedule
Assure an uninterrupted flow of materials, supplies and services required to operate the organization.
Follows up purchases as necessary through correspondence or telephone to expedite order, change amounts, material, specifications, etc.
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