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Flexan Buyer in Lincolnshire, Illinois

JOB DESCRIPTION: The Buyer is responsible for purchasing materials, supplies, or equipment for a business. Their duties include negotiating deals with suppliers, researching possible item selections, and taking inventory of current products. 

KEY ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES: 

  • Deliver on customer needs 

  • Identify cost reduction opportunities 

  • Develop an effective and accurate system for monitoring purchase orders 

  • Deliver a weekly purchase order report to managers that indicate the invoice number for all closed orders 

  • Working within the management team to ensure that all deliveries satisfy the assigned orders 

and report back ordered or missing products 

  • Assisting the Supply Chain Manager with maintaining inventory levels and materials regularly 

  • Effectively communicating with the management team to ensure all orders are accurate 

  • Review and maintain reporting on delivery commitments 

  • Prepare purchase orders and bid requests 

  • Demonstrates all of the Flexan’ s corporate values: 

  • We have an engaged culture 

  • We embrace the rigor to be safety and quality driven in all we do 

  • We embrace the choice to work here 

  • We operate with transparency, ethics, and integrity 

  • We consistently meet our expectations 

Minimum Qualifications: 

  • Bachelor’s degree  

  • Able to work cross-culturally with colleagues and suppliers  

  • Supply chain certification (CSCP, CPIM, CFPIM) 

  • Ability to always maintain confidentiality and project a professional image 

  • Excellent interpersonal skills with good relationship-building skills 

  • Ability to lead projects and negotiate with cross-functional teams and multitask 

  • Excellent oral, written, public relations, and marketing communications skills 

  • Strong administrative and data management skills 

  • Proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint is required 

  • Experience in delivering competitive advantage to the business through the development and implementation of sourcing strategies for the spending category 

Physical Demands:  

  • The employee may be required to lift and/or move up to 25 pounds  

  • The employee is frequently required to sit for extensive periods. 

  • The employee must have the ability to operate standard office equipment and keyboards. 

Work Environment: 

  • On occasion, the employee may be exposed to loud sounds and distracting noise levels, such as from office equipment. 

  • On occasion, the employee may be exposed to moving mechanical parts while in the warehouse 

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