Position Summary:
The Buyer manages all procurement activities for assigned commodities, coordinates and supports purchasing activities including request for proposals, purchase orders, receiving discrepancies, invoice discrepancies, and supplier returns. This position reports to the Supply Chain Manager.
Principle Duties (includes, but is not limited to):
- Identifies and creates requisitions inventory using our Material Replenishment Process System (MRP) to meet production planning and sales requirements for assigned commodities.
- Manages open purchase order report to resolve late and partial shipments with suppliers.
- Authorizes procurement of inventory, tooling and MRO items within established signature authority guidelines in Laserfiche, Purchase Order software.
- Become champion of Crane Business System (CBS) and use the tools as part of standard work to achieve results.
- Manages purchase order acknowledgements and placement (contract agreements) with suppliers.
- Processes purchase order revision requests in MRP system and provides adequate communication of changes with suppliers.
- Manages incoming shipment discrepancies with Receiving Department and/or suppliers.
- Coordinates the resolution of invoice discrepancies in collaboration with Finance and Suppliers and serve as the main point of contact for Suppliers.
- Maintains MRP system data integrity for supplier data including unit price, delivered lead-time, and expected order quantity.
- Maintains purchase order packages’ including purchase order, acknowledgement, and requisition, for data integrity.
- Assists with preparation of request for proposal packages including drawings.
- Distributes request for proposal packages and manages due dates with suppliers.
- Resolves or notifies Supply Chain Manager to any situation impeding production workflow.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
Essential Qualifications / Experience:
- Bachelor of Science Degree in Supply Chain, Business or related field preferred or equivalent experience.
- 0-3 years of experience in Supply Chain.
- Prior experience with MRP system preferred.
- High ethical standards. Models and supports organization’s goals and values; adapts to changing conditions; demonstrates persistence and overcomes obstacles.
- Excellent communication (oral and written) and interpersonal skills with the ability to convey information at all levels, internal and external.
Crane Co. reserves the right to change or assign other duties to this position. The statements contained herein reflect general details as necessary to describe the principal functions of this job, the level of knowledge and skill typically required and the scope of accountability and responsibility. These descriptions should not be considered to be all-inclusive listings of work requirements.
Crane Co. is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, creed, religion, sex, national origin, marital status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity characteristics or expression, physical or mental disability, pregnancy, medical condition, genetic information, or U.S. military or veteran status or any other characteristic protected under federal, state, or applicable local law, in recruiting, hiring, training and promoting.
About CRANE Instrumentation & Sampling
CRANE Instrumentation & Sampling is headquartered in Spartanburg, SC and specializes in small-bore fluid process control products and Sampling systems. Our Instrumentation product lines include HOKE valves (ball, check, needle, metering, and manifolds), GYROLOK compression tube fittings, and GO pressure regulators, which are made in a variety of materials. Our sampling product lines include Texas Sampling Incorporated (TSI) and Dopak Incorporated that design and manufacture grab sampling products and systems. Our markets include petrochemical, refining, chemical, power, oil & gas, alternative fuels and industrial equipment manufacturers. We have a focus on severe and critical service products manufactured with safe and reliable performance as our key objective. CRANE Instrumentation & Sampling (I&S) has over 220 employees and a global sales and distribution network.
About CRANE ChemPharma & Energy
CRANE ChemPharma & Energy (within Crane’s Process Flow Technology segment) designs and manufactures a variety of high performance products including: highly engineered check valves, sleeved plug valves, lined valves, process ball valves, high performance butterfly valves, bellows sealed globe valves, aseptic and industrial diaphragm valves, multi/quarter-turn valves, actuation, sight glasses, lined pipe, fittings and hoses, and air operated diaphragm and peristaltic pumps. Its trusted brands (in alphabetical order) ALOYCO®, CENTER LINE®, COMPAC-NOZ®, CRANE®, DEPA®, DUO-CHEK®, ELRO®, FLOWSEAL®, JENKINS®, KROMBACH®, NOZ-CHEK®, PACIFIC VALVES®, RESISTOFLEX®, REVO®, SAUNDERS®, STOCKHAM®, TRIANGLE®, UNI-CHEK®, VALVES®, WTA®, and XOMOX® offer customers complete and innovative product portfolio designed for the most demanding corrosive, erosive, and high purity applications. Among the industries served are the chemical processing, biotechnology, pharmaceutical, oil & gas, refining, and power generation.
About Crane
Crane Co. is a diversified manufacturer of highly engineered industrial products. Founded in 1855, Crane provides products and solutions to customers in the aerospace, electronics, hydrocarbon processing, petrochemical, chemical, power generation, automated merchandising, transportation and other markets. The Company has three business segments: Aerospace & Electronics, Engineered Materials, and Process Flow Technologies. Headquartered in Stamford, Connecticut, Crane has approximately 11,000 employees and operates in 32 countries. Crane Co. is traded on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE:CR)