Buyer

SUMMARY

SIFCO Industries, Inc., a premier publicly held supplier to the aerospace industry located in Cleveland, OH, seeks a qualified Buyer. Reporting to the Purchasing Manager, the Buyer handles the day to day responsibilities of the Purchasing Department that supports other Departments and Manufacturing. The Buyer will be required to interact regularly with a diverse audience both internal and external to the Company and at a variety of levels and functional backgrounds. The Buyer's duties are broad-based, requiring an ability to identify priorities and make adjustments and decisions where necessary, and perform the role in a positive, confident, autonomous manner.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES (in addition to other duties as assigned)

• Identifies and selects vendor to procure requisitioned commodities, meeting criteria such as price, quantity, quality and delivery date and issues purchase orders, expedites deliveries for MRO items, outside work and contract services.
• Maintains and updates daily information for outside work pertaining to production.
• Interacts with all Departments to insure proper flow down of information for the purchase of goods and services.
• Manages the supply of all plant supplies, office products, janitorial services, and other contracted services.
• Interprets and communicates purchasing procedures to departments; assists departments in initiating requisitions and orders, and solves problems with orders.
• Writes and distributes bid invitations or requests for proposals; receives and analyzes bids, quotes, proposals, and awards the contract.
• Teams with all departments to resolve purchasing problems including quantity, quality, invoicing, and returns as necessary.
• Negotiates pricing on purchases of goods and services.
• Utilizes SAP to evaluate demand, create PO's, and manage vendor master files.
• Collaborates with other departments to initiate and implement cost reduction activities, including active involvement in SMART (LEAN) events.
• Manages and improves vendor performance by maintaining vendor performance data, publishing scorecards, performing Risk Assessments, and conducting vendor audits.
• Monitors the quality and timeliness of materials and goods supplied; follow-up the status of purchase orders with vendors to ensure timely delivery; and communicate status of orders with internal customers.
• Coordinates deliveries with Shipping/Receiving Department.