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Location: | Ingersoll, Ontario |
Date Posted: | Jan 16, 2015 |
Job Description
Senior Buyer
Salford Group Inc. is currently recruiting for a Senior Buyer to be located at the Salford, Ontario Corporate Office. The Senior Buyer will report to the Materials Manager.
Salford was founded in 1978 by Jake Rozendaal, then a recent immigrant from Holland who had a degree in agriculture, with experience on his father’s farm and training as a mechanic and a welder. He seemed to be able to listen and quickly understand what farmers were trying to accomplish in the field. He would then design and create the machinery needed to accomplish the task.
Today, even though Salford is still based in the same location, the company has expanded from its humble roots. Salford has become a global company that markets machinery worldwide. In order to support their expanding distribution network of nearly 300 North American Salford dealers, and keep up with growing demand for their product, Salford has invested in manufacturing facilities in Osceola, Iowa, Omsk, Russia and Cornelia, Georgia and multiple parts distribution centers in Canada, the United States and Russia.
Senior Buyer Job Duties
Job Requirements
IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN APPLYING FOR THIS POSITION - PLEASE EMAIL HR AT: jobs@salfordmachine.com. Please reference job title in email subject line.
Accommodations may be requested in advance of the interview process. We appreciate your interest in our company and opening. Selected candidates only will be contacted. No phone calls please.
Salford Group Inc. is currently recruiting for a Senior Buyer to be located at the Salford, Ontario Corporate Office. The Senior Buyer will report to the Materials Manager.
Salford was founded in 1978 by Jake Rozendaal, then a recent immigrant from Holland who had a degree in agriculture, with experience on his father’s farm and training as a mechanic and a welder. He seemed to be able to listen and quickly understand what farmers were trying to accomplish in the field. He would then design and create the machinery needed to accomplish the task.
Today, even though Salford is still based in the same location, the company has expanded from its humble roots. Salford has become a global company that markets machinery worldwide. In order to support their expanding distribution network of nearly 300 North American Salford dealers, and keep up with growing demand for their product, Salford has invested in manufacturing facilities in Osceola, Iowa, Omsk, Russia and Cornelia, Georgia and multiple parts distribution centers in Canada, the United States and Russia.
Senior Buyer Job Duties
- Ensure accurate coding at the time of purchase order input
- Develop commodity management strategies using Quality, Delivery and Cost metrics
- Expediting and tracking orders with suppliers to ensure that delivery dates are met
- Collaborating with internal contacts and vendors to ensure reconciliation of purchase orders, receiving and invoices
- Maintain and develop strategic relationships with key suppliers
- Creating, generating and managing key performance indicator reports for all categories
- Scheduling and coordinator build schedules
- Work closely with Finance for quotes to procure
- Obtain Engineering support on all quotes to procure
- Negotiating and attending supplier meetings, understanding deliverables and challenges
- Working knowledge of manufacturing methods, procedures and cost-reduction techniques
- Lead the Request for Proposal/Quote process from inception to award including gathering global requirements with product design and manufacturing teams, formulating RFI and RFQs, performing supplier identification, sourcing evaluation, negotiation, leading the selection process and contracting activities
- Work with Materials Manager and senior management to help develop sourcing strategies and execution of plans
- Develop long term supplier agreements and alliances
- Research and survey markets in order to source the most optimal suppliers in accordance with company standards.
- Responsible for managing total cost productivity, evaluating supplier processes and ensure supplier performance
- Create and implement strategic and tactical project plans to meet business sourcing objectives
- Manage and leverage assigned components by analyzing data such as historical and projected spend, purchasing practices, supply market information, customer requirements, benchmark information, etc.
- Manage long term global agreements (commodities) with suppliers and create standards by which suppliers are monitored
- Escalate discrepancies and/or contract compliance issues.Identify potential business risks
- Organize, coordinate and periodically conduct physical inspections of inventory levels across the company.
Job Requirements
- Minimum of 5-7 years of successful procurement experience in a manufacturing environment preferably with machinery or heavy equipment
- Post-secondary degree/diploma in Business Administration or Materials Management or an equivalent combination of experience and qualifications
- Certification with PMAC or SCMP accreditation
- Minimum 5 years experience using a ERP software system with bar coding and database reporter capabilities
- Proven performance applying strategic materials management as directed
- Ability to manage problems and develop action plans with multiple projects at the same time
- Mastery of customer service and relationship building
- Effective oral and written communication to enhance a professional company image
- Self-driven with a high work ethic
- Strong critical thinking skills
- Excellent organizational, time management skills with an ability to prioritize
- Effective computer skills in Microsoft suite, Outlook, Internet and other internal systems
IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN APPLYING FOR THIS POSITION - PLEASE EMAIL HR AT: jobs@salfordmachine.com. Please reference job title in email subject line.
Accommodations may be requested in advance of the interview process. We appreciate your interest in our company and opening. Selected candidates only will be contacted. No phone calls please.