Commodity Buyer
Current- Negotiate directly with ~20 vendors to purchase goods and services at the best prices, while also ensuring advantageous pricing (typically ~5% savings) for future purchase orders.
- Foster relationships with vendors to have the ability to increase efficiency on deliverables, pricing, and quality control.
- Monitoring demands from customers & prioritizing the acquisition of products to fulfil their requests in a timely manner.
- Collaborate directly with the QA team and vendors when RMAs (returned merchandise authorizations) arise.
- Initiated and circulated Requests for Quotations (RFQ/ RFP) to potential suppliers, inviting them to provide detailed pricing and proposal information for our required goods and services. This proactive step in the.
- Maintains purchase order accuracy including confirming of all purchase orders, updating pricing, revisions, and placing emergency orders as needed.