General Summary
To meet procurement goals, interact with suppliers and professionally represent the company.
- Develop and maintain relationships with suppliers and negotiate pricing and supply agreements as directed by Management for material and services.
- Review existing supplier pricing to ensure costs are competitive within the market.
- Evaluate procurement data and monitor key purchasing metrics.
- Process Purchase orders and scheduling for daily outsourced manufacturing services and MRO product. Initiate expedites of supplier services as directed by Production Manager.
- Issue and schedule purchase orders strategically to ensure continuity of purchased product
- Conduct periodic supplier visits to assess their service through supplier surveys and audits in conjunction with the Director of Quality.
- Resolve discrepancies with supplier invoices and purchase orders.
- Provide competitive position information/feedback to the company as identified through supplier interaction.
- Track open orders for on-time delivery.
- Identify cost improvement opportunities and recommend to CPI management.
- Support Customer Service and Manufacturing with inventory management of purchased goods.
- Support sales by obtaining quotations from suppliers for inclusion in customer quote submissions.
- Assist in developing bills of material for customer quotations.
- Identify and source suppliers as needed for new customer requirements.
- Backup for Customer Service/Supplier Coordinator handling customer orders, order entries, communication and coordination with various Cast Products department managers to resolve customer issues on delivery, quality, pricing and sudden changes in customer requirements.
- Interact with Maintenance to support purchase of supplies and capital used in manufacturing.
- Support new projects through the understanding of material, services, cost and lead-time.
- Interact with Engineering for technical and process details required for quotations.
- Interact with CPI Management for cost improvement reporting.
- Interact with IT for support on capital purchases.
- Support manufacturing with inventory management of purchased goods.
- Identify key industry opportunities for cost improvements.
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