Name: Buyer III

Req #: 794

Location: Eagle CORP

Employment Type: Full Time

Shift: 1st Shift

Job Summary:

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

Execute standard purchasing processes and strategies including procure-to-pay definition and optimization.

Support direction and strategies regarding supplier demand forecasting, supplier capacity planning, supply base inventory management, supplier replenishment and procurement transactions.

Manage supplier on time delivery (OTD) performance, maintain system data integrity and measure performance on related key indicators (examples: past due purchase orders, open PO acknowledgements, PO expedites, non-conforming material return cycle time, and supplier invoice resolution).

Work with Corporate Strategic Sourcing department to identify key and preferred suppliers for key categories of spend that support business unit and corporate objectives.

Recommend cost saving proposals including make-versus-buy analysis, alternative sourcing, step pricing for volume discounts, and vendor evaluation criteria.

Plan and maintain optimal level of inventory using plan for every part (PFEP).

Proactively identify, communicate, and assist with resolving issues that delay material deliveries.

Coordinate engineering change order (ECO) activities with suppliers and internal support functions.

Requisition major purchased items and coordinate timely processing of those parts finished outside the company.

Establish good working relationships with suppliers and internal customers.

Ability to apply creative problem approaches and ideas to solve problems for area of responsibility.

Act as SAP Super User within functional area.

Qualifications, Knowledge, Skills, Abilities and Physical demands:

Physical demands: