Jr. Category Buyer

Objectives:

 

The Jr. Category Buyer’s main responsibility is to ensure that procurement needs are fully supported by the plants or departments, through requisitions and general requests and are accurately monitored and recorded by location.

 

 

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

 

· Originates and enters purchase orders for the facility or department.

· Processes Requisitions, while aligning supply and sourcing strategies from HQ.

· Steward of Contracts and Supplier Agreements as well as Liability Insurance.

· Researchers the cost of goods and supplies obtaining a minimum of three price quotes.

· Responsible for 3-way match on all invoices from vendors.

· Research potential suppliers for machine parts and contracted service to support the plant.

· Responsible for creating and maintaining Purchase Orders, change orders, purchasing order entry and reporting.

· Track janitorial supplies, first aid supplies, administrative supplies, and office supplies weekly.

· Tracks OTD (On Time Delivery) for raw material, indirect material and services

 

Additional Responsibility:

 

· May need to contact vendors regarding quality and follow-up, and/ meet with new vendors.

· Run errands for items as needed.

 

 

 

 

Qualifications:

 

For knowledge statements, according to the Uniform Section Guidelines issued by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the following definitions of knowledge are:

 

Basic: General familiarity; awareness of universal principles and able to locate details/access resources. Individuals understand a determinate number of functions or activities.

 

Solid: Working knowledge; able to apply general principles. Individuals understand most functions, operations, or activities, including a general knowledge of applicable theory.

 

Expert: Able to apply general principles and specific details. Individuals understand virtually all functions, operations, or activities, including full comprehension of applicable theory.

Qualifications

Education:

 

Basic – Individual has obtained a high school diploma or general education degree (GED); or one to three months of related experience and/or training; or an equivalent combination of education and experience.

 

Language Skills: Solid – Individual can read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations. Individuals can write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals with the ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers, and the general public.

 

Mathematical Skills: Solid – Individual can calculate figures and amounts such as discounts, interest, commissions, proportions, percentages, area, circumference, and volume. Individuals can apply concepts of basic algebra and geometry.

Reasoning Ability: Solid – Individual can solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists. Individuals can interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.

Certificates/Licenses/Registrations: No licenses, certificates, or registrations are required to perform the Purchasing Agent.