At Shire, we are proud and grateful to employ military veterans and thank them for their contributions to our company and our country. See where your military experience can play a role at Shire by using our military skills translator job search tool below:
56913BR
Title:
Buyer
Job Description:
Quest Global is an organization at the forefront of innovation and one of the world’s fastest growing engineering services firms with deep domain knowledge and recognized expertise in the top OEMs across seven industries. We are a twenty-five-year-old company on a journey to becoming a centenary one, driven by aspiration, hunger and humility.
We are looking for humble geniuses, who believe that engineering has the potential to make the impossible, possible; innovators, who are not only inspired by technology and innovation, but also perpetually driven to design, develop, and test as a trusted partner for Fortune 500 customers.
As a team of remarkably diverse engineers, we recognize that what we are really engineering is a brighter future for us all. If you want to contribute to meaningful work and be part of an organization that truly believes when you win, we all win, and when you fail, we all learn, then we’re eager to hear from you.
The achievers and courageous challenge-crushers we seek, have the following characteristics and skills:
Buyer - Essential Job Functions:
Control the flow of incoming materials to efficiently meet manufacturing requirements
Due to the location of the suppliers, flexibility to work early or late hours may be required
Work with suppliers and internal network to mitigate gaps in material supply
Provide timely communication to manufacturing, engineering and other relevant internal functional personnel
Analyze and evaluate bids to select best supplier
Issue and update purchase orders in SAP
Expedite parts
Evaluate vendor reliability
Track daily supplier shipments
Perform price justifications
Contract/Purchase order knowledge
Secondary Job Functions:
Support Quest’s Project/Team Leaders and Program Mangers regarding execution and closure of statements of work or projects
Develop/Enhance work instructions to implement best practices / lessons learned and ensure repeatability of tasks
Qualifications
We’re excited to talk to you if:
4+ year degree in Business or related field
5+ years experience as a Buyer
Excellent Microsoft Office Suite skills
Exposure to ERP systems, SAP preferred
Quick learner with aptitude to learn more and drive change
Experience in working in a cross-functional team
Self-motivated, disciplined, passionate, and organized
Excellent verbal and written communication skills
Great interpersonal and networking skills
Physical Requirements & Work Environment:
Mostly Office Environments, Occasional Shop Floor involvement.
Substantial amounts of telephone and computer work.
Heavily Regulated Industries with strict adherence to procedures.
Flexibility to meet business deadlines by staying late or arriving early.
Typical 8 hour days plus lunch / 40 hour weeks / core (required) hours are 9AM to 4PM
Ability to use personal transportation to visit customer locations.
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Auto req ID:
56913BR
Job Type:
Full Time-Regular
Assignment Country:
United States
Total Years of Exp:
3 - 6
Assignment State:
CONNECTICUT
Assignment Location:
Windsor
Experience Level:
Mid Level