What are the responsibilities and job description for the Buyer position at BRADLEY CORPORATION?
Bradley Corporation Is A 5th Generation Family-Owned And Operated Business Leading The Way In Commercial Washrooms And Safety Solutions. Celebrating 100 Years In Business, We Take Pride In All We Do As A US Manufacturer. With A Culture Focused On Innovation, Quality, And Family, You Will Know Your Colleagues On A First Name Basis, All While In A Friendly, Yet Professional Environment Where Your Voice Matters.
Here’s Why You’ll Love Working Here:
- Work within an innovative company, meeting passionate colleagues and partners with diverse backgrounds and experiences
- Generous time off program, with the option to purchase additional Paid Time Off. Twelve paid holidays a year, including a company-wide paid holiday shutdown between Christmas and New Year’s
- Work schedules that support work/life balance
- Competitive salary and comprehensive benefits package including medical, free basic dental, life insurance, 401(k) with company match and more
Here’s Your Opportunity:
The Buyer is responsible for processing purchase orders, negotiating with suppliers, tracking orders, creating supplier forecasts for their assigned commodities & suppliers. The Buyer will work with associates across multiple departments to support the needs of the business and make purchase decisions based on demand.
Here’s how you’ll contribute:
- Process purchase orders, requisitions, and blanket orders for needed materials to meet production requirements. Collaborate with vendors to automate transactional interactions wherever possible.
- Process return to vendor for defective materials and parts; expedite replacement material and parts as needed.
- Evaluate and manage ERP (Epicor) master data including planning & replenishment parameters to ensure clean master data in support of managing by exception, long term requirements planning with suppliers.
- Quantify supply and demand variability while performing the statistical analysis required to establish proper inventory levels and replenishment techniques to achieve and/or improve performance to market expected lead times.
- Schedule purchased part deliveries, review MRP requisitions and ERP status reports, Power BI exception reports, expedite parts shortages and expedite deliveries to ensure material availability for proper inventory levels.
- Communicate with manufacturing and other personnel as required to keep them informed of accurate delivery schedules, material lead-times and other pertinent information required for the manufacture of customer orders or new product development.
- Manage vendor performance related to quality, cost, and delivery. Recommend and implement corrective actions in collaboration with vendors and supplier quality.