Industrial Purchasing Buyer

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILIES:

• Purchases raw materials, specialized equipment, fabricated parts, tools, miscellaneous parts and other supplies and components used to build machinery utilizing manufacturing engineering drawings.

• Confers with Engineering department regarding drawings and BOM's.

• Confers with vendors in a professional manner to obtain product or service information such as price, availability and delivery schedule.

• Evaluates suppliers based on a lean manufacturing schedule, making certain the supplier is capable of delivering the desired goods or services on time, in the correct quantities without sacrificing quality.

• Determines method of procurement such as direct purchase or bid.

• Prepares purchase orders or bid requests.

• Can assist in product development to provide parts forecasting, material availability and cost, in add...