Technical Buyer
$57,000–$76,000 year
HybridArchbold, Ohio, United States
Job Summary
Sources, selects, and negotiates with suppliers to secure goods, services, materials, and production-related components at the lowest total cost of ownership while meeting quality, delivery, and operational requirements. Develops and executes procurement strategies to optimize cost, quality, lead times, inventory availability, and continuity of supply. Collaborates with operations, engineering, quality, planning, and cross-functional teams to determine procurement needs, specifications, and timing requirements. Maintains visibility in each facility where assigned commodities are used, bringing commodity suppliers into production areas to strengthen understanding of product applications and business needs. Identifies and evaluates potential suppliers, develops negotiating strategies, and manages the supply base to ensure materials meet current and future production needs. Monitors supplier performance related to cost, quality, on-time delivery, responsiveness, capacity, and overall reliability.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's Degree in Business, Supply Chain, Engineering Technology or related field
- Minimum 4 years applicable experience
- Working knowledge of procurement, sourcing, supplier management, inventory planning, and manufacturing supply chain practices
- Strong negotiation skills with the ability to evaluate supplier proposals, influence favorable terms, resolve issues, and balance cost, quality, delivery, and business requirements
- Demonstrated experience using ERP systems to manage purchasing, supplier, inventory, and demand-related data
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office tools, including Excel, with the ability to analyze purchasing, supplier, cost, and inventory data
- Strong oral and written communication skills
- Detail-oriented and organized
- Strong analytical skills
- Ability to interpret basic engineered drawings, specifications, bills of material, and technical requirements related to purchased materials or components
- Ability to evaluate supplier performance, identify supply risks, recommend corrective actions, and escalate issues appropriately
- Experience with purchasing, sourcing, supplier evaluation, supplier auditing, supplier negotiations, and supplier performance management
- Experience in a manufacturing environment, including exposure to production schedules, material requirements, inventory controls, quality standards, and engineered drawings or specifications
- Hybrid arrangement with an agreed-upon portion of work time spent at the office in Archbold, Ohio
Desired Qualifications
- Experience in a Technical Buyer I or Buyer II level role
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