Buyer

GENERAL PURPOSE AND SCOPE

Assure continuous availability of supplied components to meet future demand for globally used parts. Ensures plant needs and requirements are met while maintaining a high level of customer service. Conducts the day to day responsibility for a buying desk, or assist other Buyers, in a specific commodity group within the Purchasing Department. Transactions are generally routine, low dollar, low risk, and standard complexity with high volume.

DUTIES/RESPONSIBILITIES:

- Issues standard purchase orders up to $15M in a timely manner (and under supervision) for raw materials, parts, subassemblies, finished goods, MRO materials, equipment, tooling, supplies and/or services from suppliers via purchase requisitions or MRP messages.
- Follows up with requestors and end users regarding purchase order due dates and status when inquiries are made or are past the delivery date.
- Follows traffic and logistics guidelines and minimizes the use of expedited shipping services where/when possible.
- Ensures purchase orders are placed in compliance with requirements.
- Follows all supply chain policies, procedures, guidelines and instructions including those regarding the procurement of materials and particularly the ability to keep confidential information regarding all purchasing or commodity strategies confidential (and in some cases, within the supply chain function exclusively).
- Assist in running and maintaining MRP open order, expedite, de-expedite, and past due reports and updates MRP/IFS accordingly.
- Works in cooperation with material planning, production planning and logistics to reduce part inventory, obsolete and slow moving materials and handle schedule changes.
- Responsible for supporting related departments with the resolution of supplier invoice discrepancies and non-conforming material, requisition issues etc.
- Represents the supplier inside business.

Revised 11/3/2020

AUSTAL USA
Approved

by: Vice President SCM

Bill Rebarick

TITLE: Buyer I

Reference: JDFUSA973

Classification: Salaried Exempt

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- Maintains close communication with supplier account and customer service personnel, and management levels if necessary, so as to minimize risk due to supplier capacity issues, plant shutdowns, and other day to day disruptions that may affect Austal and/or open purchase orders.
- Assists with supplier metrics and advising suppliers of their performance.
- Maintains professional relationships with suppliers.
- Provides input on commodity strategies and related projects.
- Assists with reviewing statements of work when required.
- Maintains, or assists other Buyers in maintaining, the Buyer scorecard for the assigned buying desk to assist with cost savings/cost avoidance reporting.
- Completes basic purchasing activities in both MRP and project/purchase requisition oriented type environments under Contractor Purchasing System Review guidelines.
- Participates in plant continuous improvement, Lean Manufacturing, 5S, and other initiatives involving the Supply Chain function.
- Being the main contact point for outside departments (e.g., Engineering, Accounting, etc.) as well as suppliers.
- Participates in price book activities.
- Other duties as assigned.

Complies with Austal’s employee handbook general guidelines, company procedures and policies

QUALIFICATIONS/KNOWLEDGE/EXPERIENCE:

- Bachelor’s Degree Required, Degrees in Business, Supply Chain or Material Management preferred.
- 4 years’ experience may be considered in lieu of degree
- Basic to Intermediate level skills in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Power Point), Internet Explorer and Outlook required. Access skills preferred.
- Incumbent individuals are required to complete the requisite courses required to be eligible for promotion to the corresponding levels
- Additional preferred experience:

- Use of ERP/MRP systems and logic such as IFS, BAAN, SAP, JD Edwards and Oracle with IFS as first preference.
- Purchasing experience in a Contractor Purchasing System.
- Material and service sourcing activities (quoting, analyzing, negotiating, reporting and purchase order placement.)

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- Order follow
- up activities (expediting, de-expediting and statusing);
- Discrepancy resolution activities (invoice discrepancies, non-conforming material cases and repair/rework material authorizations);
- Dealing with traffic, routing instructions, and interaction with the laws governing direct and indirect purchasing. dealing with traffic, routing instructions, and interaction with the laws governing direct and indirect purchasing.
- Data mining and market analysis;
- Reading blueprints/drawings, interpret specifications and review statements of work.
- General understanding of the material, services and manufacturing processes associated with the assigned buying desk.

ADDITIONAL GUIDELINES

DIRECTION EXERCISED: N/A

DISCRETION EXERCISED: Will require the capacity to self-direct and reprioritiz