Title: Assistant Buyer
Location: Garland TX
Contract: 6 Months and Possibility of Extension
Work hours: 8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
Specific Skills Needed:
Top 3-5 mandatory and/or minimum requirements:
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills to work effectively with vendors and internal stakeholders.
Experience with ERP systems such as SAP and Microsoft Office applications, especially Excel.
Strong attention to detail and accuracy in processing purchase orders, pricing, and inventory records.
Technical proficiency
Top 3-5 desirable attributes/qualifications?
SAP
Ability to work independently and collaboratively within a team environment.
Ability to manage multiple priorities and meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment
Required levels/ Years of experience/education:
2+ years of purchasing, procurement, supply chain, inventory control, or related experience
Under the general supervision of the Purchasing Supervisor, the responsibilities of this role are to ensure
all purchases follow the guidelines of inventory needs in order to conduct regular business operations.
This position will also drive timely fulfillment by preparing and submitting orders based off of lead times
and back orders. The Buyer will ensure the facility maintains all inventory levels, and vendor information
in required systems for accurate reporting measures. As a part of the Purchasing team, the Buyer is
expected to work collaboratively with, and earn the respect of, all other DAC team members; and work in
tandem to continuously improve purchasing processes that will positively impact customer service and
grow profitably.
Duties and Responsibilities:
This information is intended to be descriptive of the key responsibilities of the position. The following
examples do not identify all duties performed by any single incumbent.
Coordinate and process all purchasing activities in support of operations, including but not
limited to vendor management, inventory stock outs, development of usage tools, invoicing,
returns, and audits.
Process purchase orders per inventory needs, timely fulfillment, and purchasing schedule.
Track and address any back order issues, and all other manual reporting; audit as necessary.
Establish and maintain professional communication with internal/external customers, and
vendors.
Manage vendors by establishing new relationships, negotiating rates, and identifying
alternative vendor support options.
Update and maintain accurate records in Solomon, including but not limited to: mandatory
maintenance of recent vendor costs, vendor source, lead times, and vendor codes are
required.
Collaboratively work with inter departments and vendors to determine lead times, or any
other measures that may impact purchases.
Notify leadership team on escalated issues such as inventory coverage changes, vendor cost
increases, or purchase order dates that may negatively impact the customer(s).
Trace inbound/outbound shipments and on time deliveries; follow up with vendors on past
due shipments.
Participate in continuous improvement activity; including the development of new tools for
usage review, and proposals for maximizing efficiency in reordering points and quantities.
Route debit memos and product returns to correct department(s) and/or vendors.
Performance of other duties as assigned by manager.
Minimum Qualifications:
2-3 years of purchasing experience or related field.
High school diploma or GED.
Skill Requirements
Knowledge of purchasing and inventory best practices.
Knowledge and experience with improving processes.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
Strong organizational, problem-solving, and analytical skills.
Ability to manage priorities, workflow, and implementing actions.
Proficient with MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
Systems literate Microsoft Dynamics, SAP is preferred.
Overall Physical/Strength 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 this job, the employee is regularly required to speak or hear. The
employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; sit; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance;
stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; and taste or smell. The employee must have ability to perform physical
labor as necessary (must be able to lift 40 pounds). Specific vision abilities required by this job include
close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.
This position does require to sit approximately 80% of the day and stand approximately 20% a day.
Working Conditions:
Manufacturing/Warehouse environment.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally exposed to wet and/or humid
conditions, moving mechanical parts, fumes or airborne particles, outside weather conditions, extreme
cold, extreme heat, and vibration. The noise level in the work environment is usually loud. Forklifts are
used to load and off load trailer loaded with manufacturing materials. Forklifts also move material to
designed places in the warehouse.