Junior Buyer

The Distributed Goods Junior Buyer is responsible for efficiently procuring parts from vendors, ensuring timely order delivery through effective expediting, and meticulously tracking vendor performance, quality, and delivery metrics. Additionally, the role requires enforcing appropriate pricing policies to optimize cost efficiency and maintain strong vendor relationships.

**Core Duties/Responsibilities**:

- Purchase buy-in parts belonging to other Mirion manufacturing facilities.
- Convert SAP purchase requisitions into purchase orders.
- Help to update buy-in inventory to ensure that stock is always kept at appropriate levels.
- Purchase distributed items from Intercompany partners or, if necessary, to third party suppliers.
- Works closely with Sales, Service, QA, Operations and Finance Departments.
- Responsible for the safe use of confidential information such as price lists, agreements, engineering drawings and specifications.
- Maintains accurate and up to date data in ERP system (PR/PO).
- Provide analysis on costs.
- Review and process claims against suppliers.
- Help to coordinate logistics for transport and customers, establish delivery schedules, enforce fulfillment of contracts and communicate with customers and suppliers to solve problems as required. Escalate to Manager when necessary.
- Ensure timely and accurate communication with other departments with regards to all specifications, delivery requirements and expectations from the customer.
- Regularly keeps updated communication to Order Entry team.
- Enforce transfer pricing policies with other business units.
- Proactively identify, implement and participate in Lean initiatives, continuous improvement, including programs such as Kaizen events, 5S, KPI boards, and visual controls for the department.
- Handle short shipments or mis-shipments.
- Work with accounting for intercompany payments, partial payment, or credits.
- Prepare request for quotes, proposals, and other vendor information/documentation as required.
- Follow-up or expedite orders as necessary to meet schedules.
- Run Weekly Buyin Update Meetings.
- Run Weekly Meetings with Key Suppliers.
- Run Monthly on Time Delivery Report for Key Suppliers and Initiate Continuous Improvement.
- Maintain and distribute a variety of reports and Key Performance Indicators.
- Maintains Material Master Information.
- Update stock and Kanban levels to meet demand & avoid stock out situations.
- Participate in Order Review process for Buy-in / Service orders.
- Attend meetings as required - production, customer, special projects, etc.
- Assist in maintaining or creating procedures within the department.
- Work closely with other departments in the Company.
- Maintain confidentiality of the Company’s documentation e.g. customer lists, costing data, etc.
- Procure Office Supplies
- Perform other duties as assigned.

***Skill/Knowledge & Other Requirements**:

- Post-secondary education or community college diploma with Supply Chain major. SCMP designation would be an asset.
- Minimum 2 years progressive experience in a purchasing role.
- Experience or knowledge in using MRP/ERP tools.
- Must have SAP experience.
- Knowledge of laws, ordinances, and regulations pertaining to corporate purchasing practices.
- Strong writing skills for creating reports, correspondence, requests, and other documentation.
- Demonstrated understanding of integrated supply chain and logistics concepts and theories.
- Ability to analyze quotations and determine the best overall value and economical order quantities.
- Must be persuasive and able to negotiate on the Company’s behalf.
- Must be able to motivate and expedite work contracted to suppliers.
- Good organizational skills are required to plan and coordinate activities and ensure that work is completed accurately on a timely manner.
- Must be able to perform arithmetic operations quickly and accurately.
- Exceptional oral and written communication skills to communicate effectively with all levels within the organization and with external stakeholders.
- Excellent interpersonal skills to communicate effectively and clearly with suppliers, employees, and management.
- Exceptional planning ability with strong analytical and interpretive skills.
- Strong computer skills in the Windows environment and Microsoft Office.
- Work experience in international purchasing preferred.
- Basic mathematical skills with ability to calculate figures and amounts such as discounts, percentages and averages required.
- Organized, self-starting, responsible, and attentive to detail.
- A well-defined sense of diplomacy, including solid negotiation, and conflict resolution.
- Able to build and maintain relationships with corporate departments and vendors.
- Able to convey information and ideas clearly and concisely to individuals or groups in an engaging manner that helps them understand and retain the message.
- Able to work efficiently as a part of a team as well as independently.