Buyer

Tactical/ Administrative Duties and Responsibilities 

1.

Reviews all purchase requisitions for completeness and initiates action  

on requirements.  

2.

Returns requisitions to users that require additional information or budget approval.

3.

Identifies requisitions that can be placed directly on LTAs or other existing 

contract agreements.

4.

Monitors requisitions to identify commonly purchased items that would be candidates 

for volume agreements,  LTAs, MOUs or Price Agreements and makes recommendations

to the purchasing supervisor.

5.

Prepares and obtains quotations from qualified suppliers. 

6.

Reviews bids, negotiates more favorable prices and terms, and selects suppliers subject to 

supervisor approval.

7.

Minimizes purchase order discrepancies through coordination with accounting and 

receiving departments to resolve invoice discrepancies, shipping errors and hold 

code problems.

8.

Provides high levels of customer service to both internal users and Italian headquarters through communications, concerning supplier delivery schedules, quality and service levels. 

9.

Reduces process cycle times by providing rapid response to internal customers and headquarters needs via shorter turnaround time on purchase orders.

10.

Complies with all purchasing policies, procedures and processes.

11.

Performs other duties and fulfills other responsibilities as assigned.

Strategic Duties and Responsibilities

1.

Identifies and recommends new suppliers.

2.

Identifies and defines supplier problems,  makes recommendations to supervisor 

and implements agreed upon solutions.

3.

Identifies and defines internal process problems, makes recommendations to 

supervisor and implements agreed upon solutions.

4.

Utilizes supplier scorecards to manage and evaluate supplier performance. Periodically

presents results to supervisor and jointly develops improvement plans.