BUYER

Position Summary

The buyer for direct material is responsible for ensuring that the Procurement organization selects the most appropriate production material suppliers on the basis of price, quality, delivery and service with a focus on establishing a reliable supply base that consistently meets or exceeds KBC business priorities and key performance indicators (KPI) for direct materials.

Essential Functions

• Prepare accurate and complete Requests for Quotations (RFQs) and subsequent market studies in a timely manner to support critical business need.
• Accurately maintain all required part & supplier system data details for assigned direct material commodities and effectively manage and execute all supplier contracts.
• Develop, maintain, and execute Procurement strategy for assigned direct material commodities in order to meet business goals in the areas of sales, supplier on-time delivery, customer delivery reliability, quality and pro...