Wednesday, 4 July 2012

Assistant Buyer

Details: Haas Group International is the first integrated, global chemical business offering traditional Chemical Management Services, Product Distribution, Logistics/Warehousing and Hazardous Communication Services to a diverse range of customers in aerospace & defense, automotive, manufacturing, electronics, government, health care and other sectors. We are currently seeking an Assistant Buyer in our West Chester, PA Headquarters location.   The Assistant Buyer is responsible to work singularly or more than one responsibility combined as detailed below to include; expedite existing open/critical orders, corporate level receiving of products for specific clients and create/process purchase orders. The assistant buyer will work with suppliers and staff to affect the best value to our customers, balancing price, lead time logistics and on-time delivery of products.   Individual Responsibilities: Expedite Open/Critical Need Orders (As Assigned): Expedite shipment and transportation of materials to a given location at Customer’s or Hub Manager’s request.  Work with supplier base and assigned Buyer/Hub staff to affect earliest possible delivery. This will also include: Confirm with suppliers that orders projected to ship within the next 14 days are on schedule and with appropriate certs; remain apprised of their status through delivery. Also monitor long lead-time orders for on-time shipment.  Troubleshoot delayed orders and promptly communicate problems to Buyers for resolution options/assistance and to Hub staff for prioritization/Customer notification. Corporate Receiving:   Daily review and update of Open PO report for specific clients.  Obtaining from suppliers & sites acceptable proof of deliveries for several accounts Entering/posting of receiving records into tcmIS Maintaining receiving records for future reference. Coordinating receiving & inventory counts with Haas site managers.  Create/Process Purchase Orders Create Purchase Orders according to Corporate Guidelines and Policy up to a maximum PO value of $5000. Beyond this value requires approval by Sr. Buyer (or Lead Buyer) as assigned. Execute Product Category Purchase Strategies Focus on Cost Savings/Cost Containment Review, monitor & expedite Open PO’s to ensure on-time deliveries and record details in purchasing system. Timely responses to requests for information from Manager/Hub/Client i.e. product non-conformances, material expedite requests, etc... Resolve AP exceptions where supplier invoices do not match issued PO Complete special projects as required. Other duties as assigned by Manager per specific hub/client/team.  .

View the original article here

No comments:

Post a Comment