Buyer Jobs

Job description

Main Duties and Responsibilities:

• Authorize payment for purchases by forwarding receiving documentation.
• Provide purchasing planning and control information by collecting, analyzing, and summarizing data and trends to the management team.
• Verifies purchase requisitions by comparing items requested to a master list; clarifying unclear items; recommending alternatives.
• Keeps information accessible by sorting and filing documents.
• Obtain purchased items by forwarding orders to suppliers; monitoring and expediting orders.
• Verify available inventory items before placing the order and scheduling delivery.
• Take part in Inventory counts.
• Work independently in a highly collaborative environment that requires frequent communication with other departments and usually, reports to upper-level management.
• Update job knowledge by participating in educational opportunities.
• Verify receipt of items by comparing items received to items ordered; resolves shipments in error with suppliers.
• Locate new vendors, establish working relationships with them, and maintain existing vendor and supplier relationships.
• Prepare purchase orders by verifying specifications and prices; obtaining recommendations from suppliers for substitute items; and obtaining approval from requisitioning department.

Skill and Qualifications:

• Communication – work in a collaborative environment that requires coordination with other departments and negotiation with vendors
• Computer skills – keep digital files and ERP system updated and manage purchase orders
• Organization – maintain purchase order paperwork and digital files, monitor inventory systems, and ensure deliveries
• Multi-tasking – manage multiple duties and responsibilities at once
• Leadership – work closely with other staff members within the company and management
• Detail-oriented – find the best rates for purchased items and maintain inventory levels
• Collaborate with other members of the company, ensuring that purchases arrive in a timely fashion precisely as ordered to keep inventories well stocked.

Education and Experience:

• High school diploma + at least 3 years of work experience in a purchasing role or within the supply chain.
• Bachelor’s degree in business management or a related field of study or