Buyer I

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Job description

Coordinate and execute the planning, procurement and distribution of a select group of purchased finished good materials.

• Prepare and process requisitions and Purchase Orders for the procurement of goods, services and supplies.


• Analyze purchase requisitions versus inventory targets, service considerations, demand and sourcing options prior to generating Purchase Orders. Manage the PO release process through vendor minimum and alternative means to satisfy MRP demand.


• Resolve and/or maximize opportunities regarding vendor issues, stocking, sourcing, pricing, terms and service.


• Validate, revise and/or recommend changes to system data via interaction/communication with product divisions and vendors.


• Communicate vendor backorder issues to Inventory Management, Customer Service and vendor teams.


• Maintain timely control of orders, amendments, shipping notices and other documents. Review/analyze month-end reporting. Ensure MIOH, Service, Surplus and Stock transfer fees are in with targets.


• Assist in developing and managing vendor or Medline product allocations.


• Review daily backorder and H/Z hot-sheet. Take and communicate corrective action.

Medline offers a business casual, entrepreneurial work environment with strong growth potential, a competitive compensation package, and a complete benefits package including medical/dental/vision/life insurance; 401(k) with company match. And much more!

Job Requirements:
Education

• Bachelor's degree.

Relevant Work Experience

• At least 2 years related experience.

Additional

• Ability to assimilate diverse information and communicate across internal departments and external vendors.
• Intermediate level skill in Microsoft Word (for example: inserting headers, page breaks, page numbers and tables and/or adjusting table columns).
• Intermediate level skill in Microsoft Excel (for example: using SUM function, setting borders, setting column width, inserting charts, using text wrap, sorting, setting headers and footers and/or print scaling).
• Ability to calculate figures and amounts such as discounts, interest, commissions, proportions, percentages and volume.
• Ability to apply concepts of basic algebra and statistics in the interpretation and relationships in SAP.

Preferred Qualification

Relevant Work Experience

• Previous buying experience in a systems driven environment.
• Background in inventory supply chain, customer service or operations.
• Experience with SAP, Access, AS400 and/or FoxPro.