Buyer (Onsite)

Come join a leader in Protective Foam Solutions! At Alleguard, we’re built from the ground up to expand and shape our customer’s businesses. We understand the diversity of challenges that customers are facing across different industries, from confidence in their supply chain to needing the latest innovations at their fingertips. These challenges are also opportunities, and whether our customers are in construction, protective packaging, cold-chain or other industries, we are relentless in seeing around corners, and going the extra mile to help their business succeed.

Position: Buyer

Job Summary

Seeking a Buyer to join our Corporate Strategic Sourcing team, based in Brentwood, TN. The Buyer is responsible for purchasing raw materials, components, and services to meet the production and customer requirements. This role evaluates and analyzes supplier quotes, negotiates prices, maintains relationships with vendors, and ensures orders are delivered on time.

Responsibilities

• Source, negotiate, and select vendors that meet the company’s quality, price, and delivery requirements
• Develop and maintain effective relationships with vendors and suppliers
• Monitor supplier performance in terms of quality, cost, and delivery
• Review and analyze purchase requisitions and generate purchase orders
• Review and identify procurement processes and streamline where appropriate
• Monitor inventory levels to ensure minimum stock levels are maintained
• Ensure timely delivery of items and follow up with vendors on late orders
• Resolve invoice discrepancies with vendors
• Maintain accurate records of purchases, pricing, and other important data
• Prepare reports on purchase activity and supplier performance
• Prepares weekly, monthly, and quarterly reports to analyze performance and make improvements.
• Monitor key measurables/KPI's as assigned to track performance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in business or related discipline. Consider equivalent related college or technical courses, seminars and in-house classroom training
• 1-2 years of experience in purchasing, buying, and/or planning preferred
• Working knowledge Microsoft office (excel, power point, word etc.), other PC applications, or mainframe applications
• Sage experience is a plus
• Good understanding of purchasing activities and cost reduction
• Basic understanding of how a manufacturing environment operates
• Strong personal skills and effective communication (written and oral)
• Attention to accuracy of work
• Provides and takes feedback, solves problems without being told to, works well in own organization and with others, and is a constant learner.
• Excellent communication, negotiation, and problem-solving skills
• Strong knowledge of purchasing principles and procedures
• Able to work in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment
• Strong organizational and time management skills
• Able to work independently and collaboratively with a team

Benefits

We believe in taking care of the people who take care of our customers.

Our benefits package offers eligible team members access to:

• Medical Insurance
• Dental Insurance
• Vision Insurance
• Basic Life and AD&D Insurance
• Retirement Program (401k)
• Short Term Disability
• Long Term Disability
• Flexible Spending Accounts
• Health Savings Accounts
• Employee Assistance Program
• Vacation and Holiday Pay

Alleguard Company Values

• Safety - We care for our employees by creating and maintaining an environment with consistent actions, trusted processes, and courageous conversations.
• Trust - We build confidence with our employees and customers through dependability, respect, clear communication, and service.
• Integrity - We are consistent in always striving to do the right thing by accepting responsibility for our decisions and actions.
• Collaboration - Our diversity is the catalyst that drives our teamwork, creative problem-solving, and partnership.
• Growth - We invest, develop, and empower our people to build our company so our customers will experience outstanding success, in turn contributing to our own.
• Accountability - We achieve our success by holding ourselves and each other to high standards of behavior, commitment, and personal responsibility.

Come join us!

We’re a dynamic, high-growth business, invested in helping you grow with Alleguard.

Many of our colleagues have been with us for decades. That’s because we believe in collaborating as a team to serve and support each other as well as we serve and support our customers.

Alleguard’s employee-centric culture is designed to help you maximize your talents, learn new skills, and gain valuable experience on the way to achieving your professional goals.

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