Buyer at Spartronics Brooksville LLC in Brooksville, Florida

Job Description:

Spartronics designs, manufactures, and manages the full lifecycle of robust electronic and electromechanical devices for commercial aerospace, defense, space, instrumentation and control, life sciences and medical device applications. Our proven experience in complex problem solving, uncompromising attention to detail, program management and thorough documentation processes enables our customers to achieve excellence.

Basic Purpose of Position: Perform specialized and diversified procurement functions required to supply material in accordance with Corporate Policies and Procedures; using the lowest reasonable price, ensuring the maximum quality goods delivered on-time to support manufacturing.

Essential Functions:

• Place PO's per system MRP requirements and maintain all PO changes.
• Ensure flow-down requirements and required documentation is provided with PO.
• May assist other individuals in expediting delinquent shipments and resolving other associated problems. May provide work direction and/or assist in training other employees in the department.
• Resolve supplier quality issues, purchase order accounting issues and problem receipts.
• Travel, as required, to meet with Suppliers and other appropriate representatives to discuss and satisfy matters that cannot be taken care of in the plant.
• Responsible for determining material requirements from engineering and production schedules.
• Maintain appropriate inventory level, to achieve Cash Flow requirements.
• Work independently and arrive at decisions in line with company policies of good, ethical purchasing practices.
• May negotiate short and long term contracts, agreements and blanket purchase orders.
• May make presentations to customers (internal/external) and to management on the status of commodities and projects.
• Analyze market trends for assigned Commodities.
• Develop and implement tactical plans, schedule and prepare management and analysis reports on a weekly, monthly and quarterly basis.
• May assist in the direction of the procurement activity of the department and training of developing buyers.
• Perform other related duties assigned by management to support the procurement process.

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• BA/BS in related field preferred.
• 5 years' experience in related discipline.
• Knowledge of supply sources and marketing conditions in various commodities.
• Thorough understanding of operations principles (JIT, MRP, TQC, Lean, Six Sigma) required.
• Demonstrated experience and successful results in negotiation skills and strategies.
• Ability to work with little or no supervision.
• Must possess a thorough technical understanding of the various commodities assigned.

Spartronics LLC is an Equal Opportunity, Affirmative Action Employer – EOE/MF/V/D.

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