Buyer - ii - (Paris, IL)

Position details Purchases production materials, components, equipment, tooling, MRO items, and services utilizing new and/or existing suppliers in support of the company's operations, and manages quality, cost, and on-time delivery of goods and services of assigned supply base. Essential Duties & Responsibilities 1. Responsible for strategic sourcing of assigned commodity parts. Manage business relationship with suppliers through supporting activities including ordering, communication of demand / volume / delivery time changes, issue resolution, sharing of end-user feedback, provide update of order status via the past due orders report, runs open Purchase Order Reports Analyzes, negotiates, and issues RFQ's to suppliers for new and existing materials