Buyer

San Antonio, Heredia Belén, Heredia
Permanente
Tiempo completo

Hace 17 horas

Work Flexibility: HybridNegotiates favorable terms, volume discounts and long-term contracts with suppliers and prepares and processes requisitions and purchase orders for the procurement of goods, services and supplies for customer-related business processes or for internal use as a generalist or in a combination of Purchasing Disciplines.This position requires knowledge that is acquired through experience, specialized education or training. The role has clearly defined procedures and tasks as well as defined guidelines to aid in decision making. The job should possess a good knowledge and comprehensive understanding of the range of processes, procedures and systems to be used in carrying out assigned tasks and a basic understanding of the underlying concepts & principles upon which the job is based. The knowledge can be acquired through a combination of job-related training and considerable on-the-job experience. The job requires the ability to make judgements based on practice and previous experience. This job typically requires a minimum of 3 or more years experience.Job Description SummaryGPC Purchasing Manufacturing BuyerWhat you will do:The Buyer is responsible for performing purchasing activities for assigned portfolio to ensure a high level of customer service. The role will interface daily with suppliers to ensure that we have procured the right amount of finished goods or materials from the supplier and will mitigate and adjust requirements based on weekly planning reviews from supply planning. The Buyer will operate proactively in identifying supply chain risk. The role will work alongside Supply Planners, Production Schedulers and Sourcing Managers.Responsibilities:

Maintain master data set up in the transactional systems, including e.g. but not limited to: supplier lead time, lot size, MOQ and buyer purchasing group.
Communicate forecast requirements to suppliers basing on information from production schedulers and supply planning.
Ensure all POs are placed accordingly to purchasing signals and ensure the Order Confirmation from supplier on timely manner.
Ensure the exception messages (pull in, push out and cancel) execution and update the system accordingly.
Act as the first line of contact with suppliers and provide information based on the current supply requirements, PO changes and quality issues communication / follow ups. Drive meeting with suppliers to review and resolve supply issues.
Work and coordinate cross-functionally to support Stryker initiatives and support activities to improve business processes and continuity, materials availability, ensure quality requirements and documentation.
Proactively prepare reports and analyze to identify supply gaps and opportunities and drive improvement activities to close them.
Represent purchasing function at meetings with suppliers and cross functional departments.
Involvement in projects to ensure the supply as capacity increases or price increases
Review of back order and safety stock health to manage deliveries from suppliers
Point of contact for Accounts Payable for invoice resolution: price mismatch, quantity mismatch etc.

What you need:

Bachelor’s degree level in Business/Industrial o Materials Engineering/Supply Chain Management.
Minimum of 3 years of experience in Purchasing, Procurement, or Manufacturing.
Proficient in written and spoken English.
Good knowledge of MS Office: Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Word, Teams
High sense of urgency, structure and attention to detail.
Team worker

Travel Percentage: 10%

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