.ob Title:Direct Buyer Specialist
Job Type: Full time; Consultant (12 Months )
Location: Chula Vista, CA 91910
Schedule: Monday to Friday; First Shift
Pay Rate: $32.35 per hour
Job Description:
Our client is seeking a Procurement Specialist to join our Procurement team in Chula Vista, CA. We are a tactical team that manages distributed products for the manufacturing of Nacelles. You are interested in sourcing and managing a high volume of distributed materials. You will manage supplier performance to cost, delivery, quality, technical, and programmatic/contractual requirements. You are an excellent communicator with a desire to learn and be challenged.
The position is onsite 5 day per week at our Chula Vista, CA facility.
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Primary Responsibilities:
Prepares Requests for Proposals (RFQ) to comply with all technical, quality, delivery, and contractual requirements
Analyze supplier quotes and proposals
Creates and authorizes purchase orders and approves payments to ensure the procurement process goes smoothly
Drives on-time deliveries on all shipments
Manages supplier performance to cost, delivery, quality, technical and programmatic/contractual requirements
Required to manage a high volume of material orders
Collaborates with leadership and stakeholders to ensure strategic alignment and to deliver resolution to complex supplier issues and drive systemic lessons learned
Performs other duties as required
Basic Qualifications:
Typically requires a University Degree and minimum 5 years prior relevant experience or an Advanced Degree in a related field and minimum 3 years of experience or in absence of a degree, 9 years of relevant experience
Must be authorized to work in the U.S. without sponsorship now or in the future.
Experience with Enterprise Planning Resource (ERP) and/or Material Requirements Planning (MRP) software, specifically SAP
Experience with Procurement, Operation, Logistics, or Inventory Management
Preferred Qualifications:
Distributed products procurement experience
Experience developing relationships with Customer(s) and vendors
Excellent problem- solving and negotiating skills
Skilled at working independently, as well as in a team environment
Experience performing in a dynamic, fast paced, changing environment
Experience in Electronic Data Interchange (EDI)