Essential Duties and Responsibilities

- Adhere to purchasing policies and practices to ensure highest quality, appropriate inventory levels, timely delivery, and competitive cost from suppliers.
- Execute strategic sourcing plans to support company objectives.
- Identify risks to SEL's supply chain and report to management; including overall market trends, capacity constraints, commodity risks, and business conditions for manufacturers and suppliers.
- Create and improve supplier partnerships by identifying areas for improvement, escalating issues to management and executing corrective action plans in accordance with World Class Manufacturing principles.
- Demonstrate and leads others on business professionalism, purchasing fundamentals, time management, data analytics, supply chain management, supplier development, cost reduction strategy development and negotiation techniques.
- Follow and apply SEL Values, Principles of Operations, and World Class Manufacturing Principles.




- Understand. Create. Simplify.
- Other duties as assigned.

Required Qualifications

B.A./B.S. degree in business, operations, or supply chain; or a combination of relevant education and experience

Typically, 3 or more years of experience

Intermediate skills in Microsoft Excel

Familiarity working with MRP/ERP systems

Strong writing, documentation, and speaking skills

Ability to learn new skills and assume new responsibilities

Ability to work cooperatively in a team setting

Background check results satisfactory to SEL

Negative drug test result(s)

Preferred Qualifications

APICS certification and/or ISM certification

Understanding of electronics technology, manufacturing methods and total quality process

Experience working with MRP/ERP systems

Physical Requirements

None

📌 Buyer (Melbourne)
🏢 Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories (SEL)
📍 Melbourne