Supply Chain Buyer

Kelly Services is currently seeking for a Supply Chain Buyer for one of our top clients located in Mount Pleasant, PA.

JOB TITLE:  Supply Chain Buyer
DURATION: 6 Months (Temporary / Contract) – possible extension depending on performance
LOCATION:  Mount Pleasant, PA
SALARY:  $32 – $35 per hour W2

Job Description:
Shift: Mon-Fri 8AM-5PM
Fully Onsite
Key Requirements:

3-5 years of experience as Buyer position and exposure Fulfillment/Material Planning/Inventory.

Education: Bachelor Degree in Business Administration, Logistic or related field.

KEY SKILLS:
1. Procurement Execution:
-Issue purchase orders
-Analyze prices and negotiate with suppliers
-Follow up with suppliers and track orders until delivery
2. Fulfillment Management:
-Process and understand the expediting of materials
-Knowledge of incoterms

Behavioral Skills:
1. Cross-Departmental Collaboration:
-Ability to work effectively with various departments and handle different inputs
2.Sense of Ownership and Urgency:
-Demonstrates a strong sense of ownership over tasks
– Acts with urgency to meet deadlines and project requirements
3. Proactive Problem-Solving:
– Proposes ideas and executes them independently
– Able to solve conflicts and face daily challenges effectively
management.

Main Accountabilities:
– Respond to RFQ’s on timely manner to meet the sales & Marketing deadline.
– Responsible to maintain the material master data for the parts in service organization.
– Responsible for timely creation of material procurement plan to meet the production and customer demand.
– Accountable to review and create the purchase requisitions in timely manner.
– Ownership to get the purchase orders released in the timely manner without affecting the supplier lead times.
– Accountable to make sure that material is available as per the production plan and customer requirement by following up with suppliers on timely manner and to maintain good supplier On-time Delivery (OTD)
– Accountable to maintain the safety stock in SAP for a better material availability.
– Responsible for communicating the concerned departments with all the related information regarding the material availability.
– Accountable to keep the optimal inventory in site and in transit to meet the Net working Capital (NWC) KPI’s of the organization.
– Responsible for Goods Receipt / Invoice Receipt (GRIR), Baseware and CIT process and supplier are paid on time to maintain the good relationship with suppliers.
– Perform supplier on boarding process as and when needed as the per guidelines.
– Timely escalation of issue with the suppliers to respective hub Category manager for timely resolution.
– Coordinate with GBS on PO creation, material follow up, payment process and other activities and keep a balance in the work load between site planner/buyer and GBS.
– Perform stock transfers from Production to service as and when needed.
– Keep track of the activities and KPI’s for monthly reporting purposes.

Knowledge, Skills, Experience:
• Ownership & Performance: timely reaction with proper communication
• Collaboration & Trust: Excellent networking skills to collaborate with all the stack holders.
• Excellent written and verbal communication, interpersonal and intercultural communication skills with the demonstrated ability to drive change through team, facilitating and influencing skills
• Strong customer focus
• Strong SAP knowledge and experience
• Full understanding of planning, procurement and logistics process.

Why Kelly?
Kelly® puts you in charge of your career, with access to cutting edge projects and technologies in industry leading organizations. Top companies throughout the world have trusted Kelly as a premier source of engineering talent and services since 1965. And engineering job seekers know Kelly® as a firm with an unmatched reputation for quality, integrity and professionalism. Whether you seek the variety and flexibility of working on short-term project engagements or prefer contract-to-hire or direct hire placement with our clients, apply with Kelly® to explore opportunities that suit your specific professional interests.

As a Kelly Services employee, you will have access to numerous perks, including:

• Exposure to a variety of career opportunities as a result of our expansive network of client companies 
  

• Career guides, information and tools to help you successfully position yourself throughout every stage of your career
  

• Access to more than 3,000 online training courses through our Kelly Learning Center
  

• Weekly pay and service bonus plans
  

• Group-rate insurance options available immediately upon hire*

Let us help advance your career today.
 

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