Buyer I

C

Curbell, Inc.

Posted 2 months ago

Full Time

Village of Orchard Park, New York

In Person

Smart Summary

Responsibilities

The Buyer I is responsible for procuring quality materials while maintaining professional supplier relationships and optimizing inventory levels. They utilize SAP to analyze item history and usage to ensure competitive pricing and effective inventory management.

Qualifications

You have experience in procurement and inventory management, with a focus on maintaining positive supplier relationships and optimizing material costs. You are adept at utilizing systems like SAP to manage product mix and analyze item history, ensuring efficient inventory levels and competitive purchasing.

Must Have Skills for ATS

SAP

Inventory Management

Job Description

Essential Functions

 - Purchases and procures quality materials for both stock and purchase-to-order in the most economical, logical, and ethical way, not compromising the service level or quality of our products for resale, while maintaining a professional relationship between suppliers.

 - Utilizes SAP to improve the material procurement process. Monitors and maintains the correct product mix inventory for each branch. Reviews and analyzes item history and usage reports.

 - Assists and maintains Curbell's system of Inventory Management, providing feedback on areas for improvement. Includes reduction of slow moving or problematic materials, maximizing vendor rebates, and purchasing at a competitive price

 - Maintains a centralized, up-to-date filing system on suppliers, including present and past pricing, vendor contacts, and current and past purchase orders.

 - Notifies the business of changes to vendor contacts, pricing, market conditions, or supply chain updates.

 - Performs other duties as assigned.

Core Competencies

  • Detail Orientation
  • Multi-Tasking
  • Setting Priorities & Time Management
  • Problem Solving and Decision-Making
  • Planning /Organizing/Project Management

C

Curbell, Inc.

At Curbell Plastics, we are proud that we’ve grown into one of the nation’s top-five plastic materials suppliers by investing for sustainable growth and focusing foremost on the needs of our customers — a strategy that has set our company apart since its founding in 1942. From aerospace to orthotics, safety glass to stunning signage, and industrial machinery to food-processing equipment, we have helped countless customers achieve quality improvements and cost savings through the use of performance plastics. These durable and lightweight materials minimize energy consumption, add value to just about any commercial or industrial application, and can even replace metals. Our coast-to-coast network of 18 service and distribution centers gives us the reach to supply machine shops, entrepreneurs, Fortune 500 companies, government agencies, and others across the country with the plastic materials they need, when they need them. We also supply plastic film, tapes, adhesives, sealants, prototyping and tooling materials, and fabricated plastic parts. What makes Curbell Plastics unique? Our people. We offer a nationwide team of material experts — with backgrounds in fields like chemistry, industrial technology, and plastic part design — to answer your questions and assist with engineering and application challenges. Our culture supports innovation, an entrepreneurial spirit, and rewarding career opportunities. Everything we do is driven by our core values of respect, integrity, and learning, and everyone is accountable for living and working by those values. We constantly invest in our people through our IAPD-award-winning training programs, forward-thinking benefits packages, environmental sustainability initiatives, and community support. We are a privately held subsidiary of Curbell, Inc., based in Orchard Park, New York. We have ISO 9001 certification for nine of our locations and our corporate headquarters, and we maintain ITAR and EAR compliance company-wide.
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