Progressive Components has a great opportunity for a Senior Buyer in our Wauconda office. This position will be responsible for the purchase of finished and semi-finished components for assembly and distribution. The primary focus is determining sufficient inventory levels, cutting spot buy, release, and blanket purchase orders to suppliers, and expediting to provide exceptional customer satisfaction. Working with both domestic and international suppliers and developing relationships, while ensuring supply chain performance and cost optimization. This is a hybrid role that will be required to be onsite a few days a week.

Senior Buyer

Responsibilities:

• Manage inventory tools and analyze data about items from new product launch to recommended obsolescence. Manage and maintain current inventory. Identify and resolve discrepancies in inventory. Track shipments to ensure they are complete, correct, and on time and in the correct warehouse location. Procure materials with ideal pricing and lead times.
• Manage the domestic and international supply base by ensuring timely and accurate shipments to support high customer satisfaction, expediting as necessary. Work with logistics partners on transportation visibility as well as communicating with warehouse team regarding product arrivals.
• Continually improve upon inventory levels, quality standards, process/procedure, and customer satisfaction.
• Utilize reporting tools to analyze demand for supply base and adjust purchase requirements accordingly.
• Develop, manage, and maintain ERP / purchasing business systems.
• Create assembly requirements for internal finished goods while collaborating with warehouse to create the daily, weekly, and annual labor schedules.
• Lead or participate in special projects with responsibility in reporting status to different levels of the organization.

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Supply Chain, or Logistics preferred or an ability to demonstrate necessary work experience.
• Minimum 4 years of experience required in a buyer role for a manufacturing or distribution organization.
• Experience demonstrating knowledge of a complete supply chain cycle.
• Certification APICS or CPIM preferred.
• Experience with MRP processing within an ERP system and Microsoft CRM experience preferred.
• MS Office Skills required including intermediate Microsoft Excel skills.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills required.
  
  
  
  

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  Discover, grow, and thrive as part of a team that supports you-within a dynamic organization that's been an industry leader for decades.

  At Progressive Components, we know compensation is more than just a paycheck, which is why we provide diverse benefit offering for each of our employees.

  When you become a "ProComper", you will gain access to our total rewards package. These life enhancing benefits include physical, emotional, mental, and financial wellbeing programs.

  Financial Security

  • Competitive Pay: We continuously benchmark and pride ourselves on offering a base salary that exceeds industry standards.
  • Medical/Dental/Vision Coverage: You'll have a selection of plans, with coverage options for you, your spouse/domestic partner and/or children. (PPO and HSA plans)
  • Retirement Planning: Our 401(k) plan includes a company match of 50% of your contribution up to 4% of your pay.
  • Disability, Life: When life doesn't go as planned these benefits are available to support you. We offer company paid basic life insurance, company paid short- and long-term disability coverage, and an employee assistance program. Additionally, we offer group legal insurance and pet insurance.
  • Employee Referral Program: We value your network and provide financial rewards for helping us secure top talent.
  • Employee professional development: We are committed to investing in your ongoing learning and development and tuition reimbursement options. We offer coaching, training seminars, and commit one week per quarter to your personal development goals.
  • Employee Recognition Program: Recognizing other's success and valuable contributions to our organization is critical to our culture. Our program provides an opportunity for peers to acknowledge other's hard work and provide them with points that can be converted into cash or gift cards.
  • Legal, Pet and Aflac: Also, additional benefits that are offered to all employees.

  Fit Your Life

  • Robust Paid Time Off: We want you to step away, renew and refresh!
  • Flexible hours: We understand that work and life don't always fit into a "standard" day. While our core business hours are 9:00-3:00 PM CST. Many of our positions are hybrid, remote, or flexible. We support our staff to get their work done in the environment that is the most successful for them. Additionally, we provide internet reimbursement dollar per month.
  • Dress for Your Day: Our work environment is casual, and generally has a relaxed attire.
  • No Meeting Fridays: Because nobody likes Friday meetings!

  Health and Wellness

  • Wellness Centers Reimbursement: Feeling your best is key to living your best life. We offer wellness resources, company recharge days, as well as an annual wellness fund for employees. The four wellness dimensions are emotional, financial, protector and wellness dimensions that all employees can select from to obtain their annual wellness fund.
  • Giving Back: Sharing Time and Resources (STAR) is a registered charitable foundation created by Progressive Components. Our team members have the ability to become involved with STAR and even hold a Director position.
  • Social Committee: Our social committee is charged with our motto of "work hard, play harder" and plans an abundance of fun events throughout the year.