at Mueller Co, LLC in Decatur, Illinois, United States
Job Description
Mueller Water Products, the nation's leading manufacturer of flow control devices for the water and gas distribution industries, has an immediate opening for a Buyer - Supply Chain.The Buyer will evaluate supplier quotes and services to determine most desirable suppliers while maintaining day to day communication with suppliers to ensure on-time delivery, system data integrity, and ordering parameters for individual materials, all while earning a competitive base salary and full benefit offerings for a well-rounded total package for the right individual.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
- Responsible for purchasing and negotiating MRO items, equipment, and supplies; supporting the maintenance department as needed
- Responsible for purchasing and negotiating production materials
- Responsible for issuing work orders, planning, and scheduling production
- Evaluate supplier quotes and services to determine most desirable suppliers
- Maintain day to day communication with suppliers to ensure on-time delivery, system data integrity, and ordering parameters for individual materials
- Maintain ideal inventory levels to ensure on-time deliveries, while maximizing turns, and minimizing carrying costs
- Rely on experience and judgment to plan and accomplish goals
- Perform a variety of complicated tasks. A wide degree of creativity and latitude is expected
- Understand the dynamics of effective teamwork in order to attain higher levels of performance
- Demonstrate a commitment to engage teams in other departments or divisions of the organization
- Understands and can clearly demonstrate fluency in commercial components of contract /supplier agreements, INCO terms etc.
Required Experience and/or Education:
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Understands lean manufacturing and can demonstrate various lean practices
- Ability to effectively work in a team. Knowing role on team, based on project/task
- Demonstrated ability to successfully achieve goals through influence
- Cultural knowledge and sensitivity
- Possess an analytical mindset
- Ability to adapt to system/technology changes as well as use of current systems
- Strong organizational skills
- Ability to blend multiple sources of data to formulate opinions and recommendations
- Have ability to follow and challenge Standard Work processes on a daily basis
- Ability identify road blocks in material/information flow and manage exceptions
- Demonstrated Intermediate to Advanced Excel skills
- Highlight data trends for the business
- Demonstrated Risk Awareness and Mitigation
- Bachelor's Degree, business, supply chain, logistics, or engineering
- Five plus years of professional supply chain experience
Perks of Joining Our Team:
- Medical, Dental & Vision Insurance
- 5% 401(k) Retirement Plan
- Paid Holidays
- Tuition Reimbursement Program
- Referral Bonuses
- Other Benefits Also Available
We are an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any other category protected by law.
