Buyer - First Quality : Job Details

First Quality was founded in 1989 and, in nearly three decades, has grown to be a global privately held company with over 4,000 employees. Its corporate offices are located in Great Neck, New York, with manufacturing facilities and offices in Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Georgia, and Canada. First Quality is a diversified family of companies manufacturing consumer products ranging from Absorbent Hygiene (adult incontinence, feminine care, and baby care), Tissue (bath and towel), and Industrial (print and packaging materials), serving institutional and retail markets throughout the world. First Quality focuses on private label and branded product lines.

Our core business philosophy is built on a proud culture driven by safety and quality, respect, humility, integrity, customer focus, and teamwork. With leading edge manufacturing technologies and processes and visionary leadership, First Quality is positioned to continue significant growth in the coming years. We are seeking an experienced Buyer II - Indirect Procurement for our First Quality facility located in McElhattan, PA.

The primary purpose of this role is being responsible for performing moderately complex procurement duties with the purpose of obtaining supplies and services from a variety of suppliers. This person will also, participate and contribute in meetings and projects.

Principal Accountabilities/ Responsibilities

• Partner with reliable suppliers, solving questions, and confirming expected deliverables, while resolving any delivery, payment, price discrepancies and quality related concerns.
• Verification and accuracy of requisitions being processed, per established polices, and assist with preparation of requisitions and E-req summaries as requested. Place purchase orders upon approvals.
• Make substitutions as possible, while maintaining necessary quality, collaborating with requesters of any deviations to confirm acceptance.
• Contribute to the creation of formal RFI, RFQ, for various parts and services, while doing some analytical work for comparison purposes.
• Support the implementation of value creation opportunities and strategic supplier initiatives.
• Utilize in place processes to contribute to an efficient Supply Chain, working with spare parts teams or reorder and inventory quantities, based on lead-times and criticality of part, for production.
• Works diligently on spot buy savings opportunities and contributes to cross plant initiatives.
• Travel to other FQ locations as required.
• Adhere to all safe Work Practices (SWP) and organizational polices and procedures. Must abide by all safety requirements and attain safety goals.

Education and experience requirements:

• BA/BS in Supply Chain or related work experience.
• Strong MS office Suite skills to include Excel, Word, Power Point, along with knowledge of SAP Ariba, Celonis, and QlikView.
• Minimum of 4 years' experience in a manufacturing environment; having knowledge of MRO parts and services.
• Must be an effective communicator, both written and orally.
• Has the ability to work in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.
• Can support on-site personnel in all aspects of the procurement function.

Excellent compensation and benefit package! For immediate and confidential consideration, please visit our website at www.firstquality.com

First Quality is committed to protecting information under the care of First Quality Enterprises commensurate with leading industry standards and applicable regulations. As such, First Quality provides at least annual training regarding data privacy and security to employees who, as a result of their role specifications, may come in to contact with sensitive data.

First Quality is an Equal Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender identification, or protected Veteran status.