Senior Buyer

Join Our Team at Delta Group Electronics!

Are you a detail-oriented procurement professional with a passion for supporting production excellence? Delta Group Electronics is seeking a Senior Buyer to manage the timely acquisition of materials, components, and supplies critical to our manufacturing operations.

What You’ll Do:

• Procure a wide range of materials—from MRO supplies to complex electronic components.
• Support warehouse operations and ensure timely delivery of raw materials.
• Prepare formal quotes and bills of material for customer quotations.
• Generate and expedite purchase orders to meet production timelines.
• Collaborate across departments to resolve order fulfillment and BOM issues.
• Maintain accurate purchasing records and supplier databases within our ERP system.
• Evaluate supplier performance and seek opportunities to improve the supply chain.
• Assist in resolving quality, delivery, and financial disputes with vendors.

Summary

Under general supervision, purchases and expedites a variety of components, materials, and supplies needed to support production requirements; prepares formal quotes for materials; and performs other related duties as assigned.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following:

• Timely procurement of all necessary job-related material from MRO (production) supplies to complex electronic components and finished goods assemblies that are utilized in the DGEI manufacturing process.
• Helps manage warehouse operations as necessary and ensures that procured raw material arrives as expected to support contractual agreements.
• Request information such as price, availability and delivery schedules from approved Delta Group Electronics suppliers.
• Prepare bill of material information as necessary to support customer quotations.
• Review internal material requisitions for accuracy, establish urgency requirements and locate acceptable alternates as needed to support production personnel.
• Generates purchase orders for raw material, facility supplies and services.
• Expedite purchase orders as necessary to ensure kit-clear expectations.
• Interfaces with all departments and resolves problems related to order fulfillment and bill of material (BOM) integrity.
• Maintains accurate source data, bills of material, item master and other inventory related purchasing records.
• Create BOM templates for sales order entry.
• Seeks new sources of supplies and strives to improve existing DGEI supply chain.
• Updates supplier data base as necessary, within the ERP system, to administrative accuracy.
• Audits and maintains supplier performance metrics.
• Resolves quality or delivery issues and financial disputes with suppliers.
• Measure and evaluate the effectiveness of existing purchasing procedures for specific customer programs.
• Other duties may be assigned as necessary to support department requirements.

Qualifications: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Education and/or Experience

• Associate’s degree (A.A.) or equivalent from two-year College or technical school; or two or three years of related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience. Bachelor’s degree is preferred.
• 3-5 years directly related experience in Purchasing.
• Experience in contract manufacturing is strongly preferred.

Language Skills

• Proficiency reading, writing, and speaking English to satisfactorily perform the duties of the position.

Mathematical Skills

• Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals, Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent.

Reasoning Ability

• Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form.
• Strong ability to use critical thinking skills.

Computer Skills

• Knowledge of MS Office Suite
• Strong background with ERP systems

Benefits Include:

• Competitive pay
• Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance
• Short- and long-term disability
• 401(k) with company match
• Paid vacation, sick time, and holidays
• Education reimbursement
• Employee Assistance and Wellness Programs

Delta Group Electronics, Inc. is subject to ITAR and EAR requirements, which indicate anyone hired must either be a U.S. citizen, U.S. legal permanent resident, or have protected status as an asylee or refugee.

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