Tactical / Plant Buyer

The Tactical / Plant Buyer will be responsible for daily planning and purchasing needs of all raw, packaging and indirect materials for the Clover, SC factory. The Buyer will work hand in hand with Plant and Corporate personnel to ensure materials are secured to meet production schedules, sourced from complaint vendors, and drive financial results by managing inventory levels.

• Run MRP daily and purchase raw/packaging materials as needed to meet production and balance stocking levels
  • This includes long lead time planning, ordering and order management of materials that are sourced aboard
  • Communicate and escalate any supply disruptions or delays in shipments to plant and corporate personnel
  • Work with our 3PL to schedule trucks to pick up materials and deliver them to our site as needed.  This will be for both domestic and abroad shipments
  • Work intercompany to obtain supply of internally produced raw materials
• Review order confirmations and deliveries to ensure they match the purchase order and come in as required to meet the production schedule
• Maintain the schedule of bulk truck deliveries for the site and work closely with the warehouse to coordinate deliveries of other raw/packaging materials
• Receive goods as needed into SAP
• Convert approved requisitions into purchase orders to support the indirect material needs of the workforce at the site
• Support Corporate as need updating information in the SAP system (such as pricing records)
• Provide input and execute purchasing strategies set by Corporate
• Monitor supplier performance and provide feedback to Corporate on underperforming vendors
  • Issue and follow up on supplier corrective actions as needed
• Independently review lead times, stocking levels, safety stocks and update SAP accordingly per business demand
• Assist or fill in for buyers in other Munzing locations as needed
• Negotiate purchases on an as needed basis
• Weekly counting and ordering of critical plant indirect supplies
• Sends supporting documents to Accounts Payable and approves payment when necessary

REQUIREMENTS / QUALIFICATIONS:

• BS/BA Degree in Supply Management or a related field with 5+ years’ experience in procurement or supply chain
• Experience using SAP MRP; including ability to run reports in SAP and analyze in Excel
• Good understanding of and willingness to learn all aspects of inventory management and procurement
• Negotiation experience desired
• Excellent interpersonal, organizational and communication skills; with demonstrated ability to provide high level of customer focus and service

PHYSICAL DEMANDS:  Ability to work an eight (8) hour shift in a manufacturing plant office environment.   While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit for long periods of time, stand, talk, hear, and use hands and fingers to operate a computer and telephone keyboard; close vision is required due to computer work; and occasional light to moderate lifting.  Occasional overtime is required.  

WORK ENVIRONMENT:  Chemical Manufacturing Plant