Job Title: Buyer

Department: Supplier Development

Location: Nicholasville, KY

Reports to: VP of Supply Chain

Travel: None

FLSA: Exempt/Salary

Supervises: None

Job Summary:

Coordinates activities involved with procuring goods and services such as raw materials, equipment, tools, parts, supplies and advertising for organization.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Reviews requisitions. Confers with vendors to obtain product or service information such as price, availability and delivery schedule.
• Purchase stock and special-order material based on established procedures utilizing the SAP system, reports, and inventory classification.
• Follow up with suppliers concerning order status and delivery and communicate delivery information to impacted departments.
• Consults catalogs and interviews suppliers to obtain prices and specifications.
• Determines method of procurement such as direct purchase or bid.
• Prepares purchase orders or bid requests.
• Reviews bid proposals and negotiates contracts within budgetary limitations and scope of authority.
• Maintains procurement records such as items or services purchased, costs, delivery, product quality or performance and inventories.
• Expedites delivery of goods to users.
• Assist the department manager with evaluating supplier performance related to on time delivery, fill rates and errors, transfer cost improvements, branch support, and other measures.

Knowledge/Skills/Abilities:

• Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals.
• Ability to write routine reports and correspondence.
• Ability to speak effectively before groups of vendors or employees of organization.
• Ability to calculate figures and amounts such as discounts, interest, commissions, proportions, percentages, area, circumference and volume.
• Ability to apply concepts of basic algebra and geometry.
• Must be proficient in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
• Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts and draw valid conclusions.
• Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables.

Education/Experience:

• Associates degree in business or supply chain management required
• A minimum of three years of related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Must have demonstrated experience with MRP/ERP systems.
• APP certification preferred

Functional Requirements:

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit; use hands to finger, handle or feel objects, tools or controls; reach with hands and arms; and talk or hear.
• The employee is occasionally required to stand, walk, stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl.
• The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision and color vision.
• The noise level in the work environment is usually quiet.