BUYER II

Position: Buyer II

Department: Purchasing

Position Reports to: Regional Purchasing Manager

FLSA Status: Salary, Exempt

Location: Site

Position Summary

To maintain the inventories of raw materials and packaging at the appropriate levels to support customer demands.

Essential Duties/Responsibilities

• Ensure the procurement of raw materials, packaging, maintenance, repair, and operations (MRO) to support demand.
• Manage inventory levels against sales forecasts and customer orders.
• Coordinate and communicate with all strategic suppliers to ensure capacity and capabilities meet customer demand and company stocking levels.
• Check on previously ordered raw material and update departments appropriately.
• Communicate and coordinate all material changes (such as specification changes) with other internal departments (technical, sales, supply chain) as required.
• Manage special inventory projects, supplier managed inventory, (SMI), customer unique, etc.
• Solve procurement and/or shipping discrepancies; working with accounts payable, suppliers, and other internal departments as it relates to the purchasing function.
• Meet with supplier representatives to address supply or quality issues and ensure that the issues are resolved.
• Ensure supplier information in the system is accurate.
• Negotiate with vendors to expedite deliveries.
• Communicate with incoming Quality Control regarding quality issues on any raw material and return materials to the vendor as required.
• Responsible for participating and engaging in continuous improvement projects across the organization. 
• Travel to other HEXPOL locations may be required. 
• Perform any other project/task as assigned by Management.

Education, Skills, and Experience Requirements.

• Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration or related field. Experience may be considered in lieu of education.
• Five (5) years’ experience in purchasing/inventory planning; preferably within the rubber or chemical related industries. 
• Three (3) years’ supervisory experience.
• Advanced experience with enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems.
• Excellent written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills.
• Excellent computer/systems skills – MS Office (Excel/Word/PowerPoint/Outlook).
• Excellent cooperation and collaboration skills.
• Excellent organizational skills with the ability to handle multiple tasks and meet tight deadlines.
• Attention to detail, high energy, self-motivated and