Senior Purchasing Analyst

It's fun to work in a company where people truly BELIEVE in what they are doing!

Headquartered in Arvada, Colorado with operations and presence in Europe, the Middle East, India, Asia, Japan, and China, Sundyne is a global manufacturer of precision-engineered, highly reliable, safe, and efficient centrifugal pumps and compressors for use in chemical, petrochemical, hydrocarbon, hydrogen, pharmaceutical, power generation, and industrial applications. Sundyne is a leader in delivering precision-engineered and highly reliable pumps & compressors to many of the world’s most important markets, including energy, chemical, industrial, carbon capture, clean hydrogen, and renewable fuels. Sundyne pumps and compressors are available in API, ANSI/ASME, ISO, and other industry-compliant designs. To learn more about the Sundyne family of precision-engineered pumps and compressors, please visit www.sundyne.com.

Position Description

A Senior Purchasing Analyst at Sundyne completes the end-to-end processes of procurement such as requests for quote, purchase order creation, order acknowledgements, and shipment tracking and delivery. This position also requires a background in inventory management and planning. The position is required to partner and communicate with internal and external stakeholders to ensure that our manufacturing operations have all materials needed to assemble and deliver on time to our customers. The position requires the ability to research, analyze and forecast all categories of purchased parts across our supply base and must adjust parameters based on shifts to our production and demand. This position is expected to focus on continuous improvement and optimization of procurement processes and will also have a key focus of managing the auto-PO system and blanket orders.

Job Duties & Responsibilities

• Purchases a broad, highly mixed and/or technical category of parts, materials, equipment, and supplies across the supply base, which may involve contract negotiations, material deviations, and other complex considerations.

• Manages complete purchasing cycle with domestic and international suppliers for all our Auto-PO and blanket PO systems by gathering quotes, creating purchase orders, following through on supplier order acknowledgments, expediting deliveries as required and verifying transactions.

• Uses strategic purchasing practices and determine best supplier selection based on cost, quality, and delivery requirements.

• Conduct cost analysis and risk assessment to make informed decisions and mitigate potential supply chain disruptions.

• Ability to develop and present reports and analysis to improve data-based decisions from ERP and Operations Data sources.

• Coordinates with manufacturing and planning staff regarding projected production schedules and purchase order status, maintaining current and accurate open order status in the system.

• Maintain MRP system accuracy, including lead-time, pricing, current supplier information, current purchase order data, etc.

• Support the purchasing team in daily tactical functions. Assist buyers with analyzing data to ensure best value is received when making purchase awards.

• Support in more strategic efforts such as Supplier Management Reviews and Risk Mitigation Plans.

• Support process development and maintenance activities within the ERP system. Develop standard works and provide training to assist in process optimization.

• Review on hand vs safety stock report. Adjust min/max levels, ROP, and safety stock levels as needed.

• Review parts for possible change into and out of MRP to Auto-PO.

• Support and maintain data integrity and accuracy within complex business processes.

• Help to maintain a database of non-disclosure agreements (NDA) with the scope and expiration date and communicate with suppliers to ensure compliance.

• Identify, evaluate, qualify/audit, and onboard new or alternative suppliers and ensure quality, reliability, and cost-effectiveness.

• Implementation monitoring – auditing and verification of continuous improvement activities, including feedback to impacted teams and stakeholders.

• Set up and lead meetings between employees, suppliers, customers, and leadership when necessary.

• Partner with Quality team to ensure suppliers are performing to our standards and resolve any NCMs (non-conforming materials).

• Ability to quickly handle invoicing disc