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Johnson Outdoors · 2 months ago

Sr. Buyer - Electronics

Eufaula, Alabama, United States

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level

Johnson Outdoors is a company focused on procurement and planning. They are seeking a Senior Buyer for Electronics to manage purchasing and vendor relations to ensure timely supply and compliance with contract terms.

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Responsibilities

Purchases higher impact or , technical or more complex materials to ensure supplies meets the Manufacturing Resource Planning (MRP) "planned order" requirements to support demand and on-time delivery of domestic and global demand requirements

Ensures international, subsidiary and miscellaneous demands are accurately incorporated into monthly purchases as required by the business unit

Responsible for order placement and vendor management of delivery schedules

Identifies potential issues, and ensures disconnects such as anticipated product shortages, non-conforming material and excess or obsolete materials are continuously monitored and resolved

Identifies risks, develops alternative solutions and assesses impact on product delivery to present optional solutions. Communicates issues and resolutions to internal teams including sourcing and product management

Manages day-to-day vendor performance and fulfillment. Evaluates and monitors contracts to ensure that vendors and suppliers comply with expectations, contract terms and the conditions of the contracts and to determine the need for changes. Clearly communicates expectations to suppliers and monitors compliance with contracts to ensure compliance

Assists in the development of partnership arrangements with suppliers to manage internal inventories and vendor consigned inventories to reduce inventory ownership and lead times. Performs inventory analysis when required

Troubleshoots/analyzes quality issues and collaborates with internal and external teams to obtain resolution. Focuses to drive down the overall freight expenses, material liability and cost of managing materials

Develops key reports with measurement and benchmark information to improve purchasing and supplier management processes

Reviews the annual forecast plan for requirements, and participates with planning to ensure inventory availability. Additionally, participates in determining disposition of excess and obsolete materials

Performs other duties as assigned

Ability to solve complex problems and analyze possible solutions using technical experience and judgment

Proficiency in using the Microsoft Office suite and MRP software. Ability to create complex reports which depict quality, processes, benchmark and expense information to effectively make decisions

Solid working knowledge of supply management, production and inventory control methods and procedures

Excellent knowledge of receiving, quality, engineering and material flow processes

Strong written and oral communication skills to effectively communicate with multiple internal teams, external vendors/suppliers and various levels of employees. Language requirements may vary by business unit

Strong negotiation skills and ability to work well with teams

Qualification

Vendor managementSupply managementMRP softwareInventory controlNegotiation skillsMicrosoft OfficeProblem solvingCommunication skills

Required

Purchases higher impact or technical or more complex materials to ensure supplies meets the Manufacturing Resource Planning (MRP) 'planned order' requirements to support demand and on-time delivery of domestic and global demand requirements