Buyer
Omron
- Greer, SC
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Training and Career Development Program to give employees a learning path with the necessary tools and resources they need to help build their career at Omron.
- Great financial opportunities with competitive compensation, immediate 401k match with 100% vesting, profit sharing, and Blue Cross Blue Shield for medical, dental, vision and prescription drug benefits.
- Community Awareness that includes activities with local non-profit organizations and a Matching Gift Program.
- Work-Life Balance with Flexible Work Arrangements, Flexible Work Hours, and Sick/Vacation/Holiday Pay.
- Wellness Activities such as Walking Contests, Nutritional Learning Sessions, On Site Flu shots and Health Screenings.
- Lead sourcing activities for assigned direct/indirect commodities and recommend business awards to ensure sourcing recommendations align with Omron’s sourcing strategies.
- Proactively manage the supply base including managing supplier score cards to drive continuous improvement with the supply base.
- Identify market opportunities with a strong understanding of cost drivers for electrical and electronics industry.
- Contract management includes negotiation of terms and conditions to minimize risk to Omron.
- Lead negotiations in support of cost reduction activities including price reduction and cost optimization to ensure department Key Performance Indicators (KPI) are achieved.
- Represents the Omron Guiding Principles through personal and business interactions with employees, partners, customers, distributors, and colleagues.
- Manage supplier material return process facilitating necessary quality improvements from the supply base, and prompt credit issuance to Omron as required.
- Support the order management process by verifying lead time accuracy and data accuracy to meet production and forecasting requirements.
- Regularly communicate status updates and progression to stakeholders at multiple levels of the various business units.
- Responsible for supplier management process ensuring all required supplier documentation is maintained and valid.
- 3 years or more of related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience in:
- Printed circuit board assembly manufacturing, including surface mount technology (SMT), testing (ICT & flying probe), fixturing, wave soldering, selective soldering, and programming.
- Excellent working knowledge of current Electrical and Electronics industry component pricing, ability to analyze pricing and make recommendations.
- Practical experience with inventory management, including inventory relocation and product life cycle.
- Prefer previous Tier 1 or 2 contract manufacturing supply chain industry experience.
- Bachelor's degree (B.A. or B.S.) in Supply Chain, Project Management, Business Management, Engineering, or related field from a four (4) year college or technical school.
- Competency in Microsoft applications including Word, Excel and Outlook.
- Experience with statistical process control and basic statistical evaluation methods. Computer database and spreadsheet experience essential.
- Ability to multi-task effectively and work cross functionally with teams in multiple locations and multiple levels.
- Ability to write reports, business correspondence and effectively present information. Respond to questions from groups of managers, employees, and customers.
- Detail-oriented, resourceful, and able to take initiative.
- Strong relationship builder, energetic, focused and a highly motivated self-starter.
- Strong interpersonal, listening, questioning and communication skills (written and oral).
- Ability and willingness to travel up to 10% as required.