Procurement
Buyer II
Procurement Buyer II for Rae Systems, Inc. in El
Paso, TX
Responsibilities:
Respond to MRP messages to procure material to support production requirements.
Responsible for maintenance of purchase orders, monthly forecasting for suppliers, maintenance of key planning parameters, and reconciliation of invoice and purchase order issues.
Obtain the best value for materials.
Best value is defined as a combination of price, delivery, quality, and service.
Considers total cost of acquisition when making procurement decisions.
Manage supplier performance to ensure site is working with the right strategic suppliers to support short- and long-term objectives.
Take assertive position with suppliers who are past due to ensure that every alternative is explored to improve past due delivery schedules.
Create commodity-based sourcing strategies to ensure site is working with the appropriate vendors.
Buyers should be able to weigh the sourcing strategies of the commodity team, as well as the specific needs of site and total cost of acquisition principles.
Support transition teams to ensure project plans are updated and requirements on purchase of parts are defined and ordered, so that support of the transition and follow-on schedules is secured.
Procure material according to ordering policies designed to minimize inventory costs and being left with inactive, obsolete and surplus inventory.
Identify and manage measures to reduce inactive, obsolete, and surplus inventory when such do exist.
Actively support, develop, and seek opportunities to develop and streamline relationships with suppliers.
Actively work to improve the purchasing process team.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
Location: El Paso, TX
40 hours/week
Employee Referral Fee: $1500
If offered employment must have legal right to work in U.S. EOE.
Qualified applicants must have a Bachelor's degree* or foreign equivalent in Business Administration, Industrial Engineering, or a related field, and 3 years of experience with procurement. Full term of experience must include: experience in Purchasing; Materials Planning knowledge; APICS; Negotiation skills; Microsoft office knowledge (advanced Excel, Word, etc.); MRO buying knowledge; experience as a master user of SAP required (Procurement, NPI SAP T-codes); MD04, MM02, ZRC_PURSCHED, ME21N, ME51N; experience creating/extending new parts in SAP for new materials/vendors (NPI Process); knowledge of set up process for new materials in SAP, all material master set up process; MRP SAP knowledge MRP1-MRP4; ability to resolve set up SAP issues (error messages) in material master and procurement buying to continue supply without any interruptions; knowledge of best planning/ buying parameters in SAP such as if a part should be ROP /VB or PD/Forecast, and identify what MRP Type, Planning time fence, MRP Group, planned delivery time and Strategy group a material should have based in the business needs; ability to understand exception messages in SAP in MD04 to avoid material shortages and to have a good PO Health; super user of Variant config Procurement Buying in SAP (Indispensable/required); super user of Variant config toolset for managing customizable products (Indispensable/required); ability to perform simulations in SAP to identify material shortages; ZPP_SIMRPT- Simulation Report; ability to read SAP forecast requirements for materials planning/buying (APO SAP). Must be Green belt Certified. Approximately 10% domestic and 20% international travel required. Telecommuting permitted up to two times per week. *Employer will accept 2 years of experience in lieu of a Bachelor's degree.
Additional Information
- JOB ID: req484548
- Category: Procurement
- Location: 12220 Rojas Dr, Suite 300,El Paso,Texas,79936,United States
- Exempt
Honeywell is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to age, race, creed, color, national origin, ancestry, marital status, affectional or sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, nationality, sex, religion, or veteran status.
