Buyer / Planner

Department: Purchasing

Primary Job Task & Responsibilities:

Review Materials Requirements Planning systems to manage inventory items

• Place new purchase orders in a timely fashion
• Manage existing purchase orders to ensure stock outs don’t occur
• Manage past due purchase orders by following-up with vendors
• Update systems with the latest information for visibility by the operations team

Manage suppliers and components

• Identify cost-savings opportunities
• Coordinate request for quotes to limit cost increases and/or realize cost-savings opportunities
• Source vendors for delivery performance, reliability, and quality
• Establish and maintain good long-term business relationships

Know Q-Lab’s manufacturing business

• Understand how manufacturing and operations use Q-Lab parts on the assembly floor
• Understand how parts function within Q-Lab’s products
• Understand how engineering changes and quality issues affect purchasing requirements

Skills and Abilities:

• Ultra-organized with a high sense of urgency
• Ability to manage competing priorities
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Equivalent professional work experience or the raw intellectual aptitude
• For example: Materials Requirements Planning Tools, knowledge of how a manufacturing company works, ability to use Excel formulas and features, ability to perform basic financial analysis
• Evidence of achievement in work or school history
• A good sense of humor and a small ego

We Offer:

• Fun, fast-moving and friendly work atmosphere
• A big business footprint, but small business family culture
• A proven track record of success
• Excellent compensation package + bonus
• Paid time off and Paid Holidays
• Comprehensive benefits; health, prescription and life coverage
• Top Workplaces Award in Cleveland 2012, 2015-2023
• Beautiful Corporate headquarters, right off of I-90

Drug Free Workplace

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer