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Descripción de puestoA Brief Summary Of This Posion

This is an individual contributor posion responsible for procurement of assigned items, planning, coordinang and reviewing acvies related to an assigned commodity, and inventory management with the goal of sasfying customer requirements. The Buyer commits funds, makes strategic business decisions and operates as the liaison between the assigned business and procurement of those commodies. This posion is accountable for inventory levels of raw materials and will use exisng tools, or create queries, to assist in the management of such as well as parcipang in company objecves (Lean) and connueing professional development. This posion is performed with minimal direct supervision. The Buyer generates quotaons, expedites and places purchase orders according to exisng strategy and previously negoated prices in addion to sourcing potenal new suppliers. On assigned items, all Engineering Change Noces, invoicing discrepancies,



shortages, quality issues, inventory analysis and supplier analysis will be handled by this employee.

Essenal Funcons

- Responsible for making effecve and mely decisions to resolve material shortages in producon
- Achievement of outstanding internal customer sasfacon and maintenance of relaonships between the supply base and Valmont Industries, Inc.
- Responsible for efficiently and economically ensuring the mily delivery of purchased material for divisional producon and related support funcons consistent with divisional inventory policy
- Responsible for preparing Return Goods Orders and the disposion of rejected material to closure
- Responsible for maintaining a professional working relationship with suppliers, Maintenance, Manufacturing and other Purchasing personnel
- Resolves problems related in invoicing receipts, acknowledgements, material shortages, delinquencies and certifications with vendors, divisional and corporate personnel
- Follow up on Requisitions to create purchase orders (P.O.) for assigned items and verifies supplier receipt of the P.O.
- Expedites delivery of past due or moved-up purchase orders for specified suppliers – records any date revisions in system
- Contact suppliers to resolve shipment discrepancies or quality issues




- Provides metrics and delivers scorecard data collaborating with suppliers regarding quality, on-time delivery, cosng & customer experience performance
- Obtain quotations for new items from approved suppliers
- Negoate process changes with supplier that will result in lower purchase prices
- Analyze on-hand levels, reorder levels, and reorder quantities for assigned items, making necessary database changes or recommendations to correct problem items
- Analyze delivery issues and adjust database as required for assigned items
- Devise purchasing procedures to improve service and/or reduced cost
- Ability to work outside in all seasons and tolerate various elements within plant such as dust and fumes
- Ability to climb stairs and wear necessary PPE in production facilites

Other Important Details About The Role

- Assists the Project Procurement Specialist in identify make vs buy decisions.
- Provides sourcing assistance in meeng needs of production in the case of a major shutdown.
- Assist Accounts Payable in Timely credit/debit reconciliation
- Act as a backup for other Buyers and Senior Buyers
- Develop a deeper understanding of production requirement data and how to properly respond to the stated requirements
- Participate in Lean initiative events such as inventory carrying costs, Kanban, consignment, floor stock
- Assist Corporate Purchasing in supplier consolidation efforts
- Conduct studies of material costs and supplier services and recommend change in cross-train Associate Buyers for job specific functions (Drop Ship Orders, Off-site Orders, etc.)

Required Qualifications of Every Candidate (Education, Experience, Knowledge, Skills and Abilities):

- Preferred Bachelors in relevant field or

📌 Associate MRO Buyer (Ciudad Apodaca)
🏢 Valmont Industries
📍 Ciudad Apodaca