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About the Role

The Senior Buyer is responsible for end-to-end Procure to Pay activities, including strategic sourcing support, supplier and PO management, negotiations, and maintaining purchasing data integrity. This role ensures supply continuity for assigned materials and collaborates cross-functionally to support new product introductions, resolve material issues, and drive process improvement.

Responsibilities

• Manage supplier relationships and negotiations to obtain optimum prices, terms, and lead times.
• Manage the PO lifecycle, including requisition processing, PO creation, supplier order confirmation, response to MRP signals, expedites, pushouts, cancellations, and maintaining accurate ERP dates.
• Engage suppliers and follow up on POs, invoices, and necessary documentation.
• Independently manage assigned sub-commodities and support strategic sourcing activities like commodity strategy development, implementation, and strategic project execution.
• Lead key purchasing initiatives and provide guidance to other buyers.
• Support purchasing activities for New Product Introduction (NPI).
• Ensure supply continuity and resolve supply challenges by collaborating with suppliers and internal stakeholders.
• Manage the quotation lifecycle, including initiating RFPs/RFQs/RFIs, obtaining supplier responses, and maintaining quotes and price files in the ERP.
• Collect and maintain supply chain information, such as supplier profile information and MRP parameters, in the ERP.
• Support purchasing process and systems improvements by working with the Purchasing Manager, Buyers, and other relevant stakeholders.
• Drive continuous improvement of Purchasing and Supplier KPIs and periodic reporting.
• Comply with and support corporate safety initiatives.
• Abide by the Company’s Code of Conduct.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in business, supply chain management, logistics, engineering, or a similar field.
• 3-5 years of experience in Purchasing with exposure to Strategic Sourcing/Commodity Management.
• Experience with engineering or technical requirements and BOMs.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to work with cross-functional teams.
• Effective negotiation skills.
• Strong analytical skills.
• Professional attitude, adaptability, and ability to work independently and methodically.
• Strong sense of customer service.
• Proficient in Microsoft Applications including Outlook, Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.
• Prior experience working with ERP systems such as SAP, Infor, Oracle, JDE, etc.
• Expertise in procurement of relevant commodities such as active and passive electronic components, cables, machined parts, and/or semiconductors.
• Exposure to the Semiconductor, RF/Microwave electronics industry is a significant plus.
• Ability to lift and/or move up to 10 pounds.
• Specific vision abilities required include close vision and ability to adjust focus.

Skills

• Purchasing
• Strategic Sourcing
• Commodity Management
• Negotiation
• Analytical Skills
• Communication Skills
• Cross-functional Collaboration
• ERP Systems (SAP, Infor, Oracle, JDE)
• Microsoft Applications (Outlook, Excel, Word, PowerPoint)
• Procurement of electronic components, cables, machined parts, semiconductors

Location

• USA

Work Type

• Full-time

Experience Level

• Senior

Education Level

• Bachelor's Degree

Salary/Compensations

• $84,500 - $105,000 per year

Benefits

• Paid time off
• Medical/dental/vision insurance
• 401(K)
• Profit-Sharing Programs
• Disability Insurance
• Life Insurance
• Employer-Sponsored Wellness Plans
• Commuter Benefits
• Hospital & Accident Indemnity Insurance
• Employee Benefit Advocate & Employee Assistance Program

About the Company

• Mini-Circuits designs, manufactures, and distributes integrated circuits, modules, and sub-systems for high-performance radio frequency (RF) and microwave applications.
• With design, sales, and manufacturing locations in over 30 countries, Mini-Circuits’ products are used in a range of wired and wireless communications applications.
• Their products are also used in detection, measurement, and imaging applications, including military communication, guidance, and electronic countermeasure systems; commercial, scientific, military land, sea, and aircraft; automotive systems; medical systems; and industrial test equipment.
• Mini-Circuits sells its products to over 20,000 customers globally through its direct sales force, applications engineering staff, sales representatives, and its extensive website.

Equal Opportunity

• Mini-Circuits is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of actual or perceived age, race, creed, color, national origin, sexual orientation, military status, sex, disability, predisposing genetic characteristics, marital status, familial status, gender identity, gender dysphoria, pregnancy-related condition, and domestic violence victim status or protected class characteristic, or any other protected characteristic as established by federal or state law.