Senior Buyer

 

The Senior Buyer will play a key role in the supply chain team at our flagship manufacturing facility located in Pearland, TX. This is an established, succcessful and growing precision engineering operation, utilising the latest CNC machinery to produce a high performance range of custom-engineered mechanical components for applications within the gas compression industry. 

 

What You Will Bring

• BS/BA in business or technical field and a minimum of 5 years of related experience; or an MS/MBA in related field. Extensive experience in purchasing/planning can be substituted in lieu of 4-year degree
• Direct experience working with suppliers from low-cost regions (India, China, Eastern Europe, Etc.)
• Direct experience implementing lean concepts (Value Stream Mapping, Kaizen Leadership, 5S, etc.)
• CPIM, CSCP, Lean Manufacturing and Six-Sigma Green Belt certifications highly desirable
• Proficient in ERP systems and Microsoft office suite software (e.g. Word, Excel, Access, MS project, etc.)
• Prior experience implementing and managing a Kanban or pull system approach to component flow
• Knowledge of supplier and component qualification processes
• Knowledge of supplier performance management practices, including supplier scorecards and performance metrics
• Strong interpersonal skills and demonstrated ability to perform and produce results in multifunctional teams in a dynamic work environment
• Proven ability to develop collaborative relationships and influence up, down, and across organizational lines

 

What You Will Do

• Evaluate and act upon the MRP requirements and Kanban levels for assigned commodities, generating and adjusting purchase orders and/or shop work orders to support production schedules. 
• Make recommendations of improvement opportunities and alternative courses of action to supply chain/value stream leaders and support purchasing management in activities such as price benchmarking, vendor management, process analysis, market and industry research, and model building
• Consistently appliy purchasing policies, procedures and processes, conduct contract negotiations and manage the loading and retrieving of legal and compliance documents into applicable storage systems
• Proactively identify and take appropriate corrective actions to prevent material shortages, expediting materials as required and provide accurate material status information to other departments and site management
• Communicate forecasted requirements to external suppliers
• Objectively measure and communicate supplier performance to support supply chain continuous improvement efforts, interfacing with Suppliers, Quality, Strategic Sourcing, and Engineering to quickly resolve quality, delivery or cost issues
• Drive increased inventory turns, reduced cycle times, and improved Customer OTD by developing, implementing and managing pull-based material replenishment processes, including, but not limited to Kanban cards, vendor managed inventory and supplier consignments
• Work closely with the Value Stream, Commodity Management, Manufacturing, and Engineering teams to proactively identify, prioritize and complete resourcing and supplier development projects
• Support resourcing and out-sourcing projects by proactively planning materials to ensure uninterrupted flow of product to customers as required
• Provide effective support to new product introduction teams, proposal development and subcontracting opportunities as they develop
• Ensure quick resolution of shipping discrepancies, receiving errors, and invoice errors, and authorizes all inventory adjustments, coordinating adjustments to ship dates or quantities on open purchase orders as necessary

 

WHO WE ARE

Dover Precision Components delivers performance-critical solutions for rotating and reciprocating machinery across the oil & gas, power generation, marine, industrial, chemical and general processing markets.

We ensure optimum efficiency, reliability and productivity in even the most challenging operating environments with a portfolio of