Buyer II

About the role

Hubbell Incorporated's Hubbell Unified Business Solutions (HUBS) team is hiring a Buyer II to review purchase requisitions based on demand and forecast, convert them into purchase orders, and manage vendor communications and documentation. Day-to-day work includes monitoring open purchase orders, delivering weekly status reports, coordinating with inventory and warehouse teams, expediting materials, resolving pricing disputes, and developing supply chain risk mitigation strategies. The role requires experience in the manufacturing industry and a strong understanding of supply chain management. Location: Cochin, KL, IN.

What you’ll do

• Review demand, open purchase requisitions, convert them to purchase orders, and buy products essential for day-to-day operations
• Monitor all open purchase orders and deliver a weekly purchase order report to management indicating the status of orders due in coming weeks
• Work with the inventory management team to ensure proper inventory levels of regularly used materials (push out and pull in orders)
• Handle order placement, order confirmation, expediting of materials, timely processing upon arrival, and subsequent availability to meet customer orders, including review of MRBRs and CWS pricing disp
• Track orders and ensure timely delivery
• Handle material extension from one division to another, source list creation, rejected materials handling, and arranging replacement materials on time without affecting production schedules
• Develop strategies for risk mitigation in the supply chain
• Coordinate with warehouse staff to ensure proper storage, analyze plans/lot sizes/lead times/replenishment strategies, confer with production teams and factory schedulers to set promise dates for new

What you’ll bring

• Experience in the manufacturing industry
• Strong understanding of supply chain management concepts
• Ability to review purchase requisitions based on demand/forecast and convert them into purchase orders
• Ability to create purchase order tracking systems and alert management when orders are filled and vendor invoices are issued
• Ability to answer vendor questions and provide additional order documentation
• Ability to monitor open purchase orders and deliver weekly purchase order status reports
• Ability to work with the inventory management team to ensure proper inventory levels
• Ability to analyze plans, lot sizes, lead times, and replenishment strategies to balance inventory investment, customer service, and productivity

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