Posted 06-Dec-2024 (EST) | Decatur, IN, USA | Full Time **CHAMPION HOMES** **Job Title:** Buyer **FLSA:** Exempt **Prepared By:** Corporate Human Resources **Prepared Date:** November 4th, 2024 **SUMMARY** The Buyer is accountable for procurement and production planning. The Buyer is responsible for master scheduling, capacity planning, detailed production planning, vendor resource planning, resolving vendor matters, and implementing raw material strategies that achieve service and costs objectives. This role will support budget setting activities, publish supplier performance, and report out other supply chain metrics. **RESPONSIBILITIES** + Coordinates purchasing through planning and budget control. + Justifies selection of services through competitive pricing guidelines in conjunction procurement policies and procedures. + Verifies terminology and specifications of purchase requests. + Prepares and issues purchase orders and change notices based on requirements. + Skill in establishing and maintaining effective working relationships with vendors. + Uses computer system to maintain purchase orders, research possible vendors, and other purchasing related actions. + Ensures the proper preparation and maintenance of records and files. + Adheres to required property control policies and procedures. + Work with Controller to make sure the Finance Policy 2100 is followed. + Oversees all activities related to procurement of a commodity, from intent to purchase through delivery of commodity. + Interface with corporate purchasing on supplier problems and give feedback on supplier quality. Update corporate purchasing on new products used and specification changes. + Work with suppliers on invoice and payment issues. + Assisting with long term planning, strategy development, and continuous improvement of assigned spend categories. + Researching and qualifying new vendors. + Assisting with identifying competitive sources, seeking pricing and delivery schedules, selecting suppliers, and placing orders. + Developing and implements sourcing, negotiating and contracting strategies to achieve the desired outcomes aligned with department and corporate metrics. + Responsible for helping to develop procurement processes and systems to help achieve Corporate, Business Unit, and plant procurement objectives and metrics. + Will support necessary purchasing systems training. + Implementing Statements of Work for inbound services + Plan vendor resources for assigned direct and indirect materials + Provide supplier(s) performance ratings for assigned raw materials/supplier base + Responsible for maintaining ERP master data of selected raw materials and vendors + Contribute to budget setting activities of designated raw materials + Facilitate vendor activities required to qualify raw materials; ensuring adherence to internal and external compliance requirements + Implements raw material and WIP inventory strategies + May require travel up to 10% of the time **QUALIFICATIONS** + Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications including Word, Power Point, Outlook, and Excel. + Experience with NAVISION or similar ERP would be strongly preferred. + Strong negotiation skills, analytical skills, and decision-making skills. + Attention to detail and a high level of accuracy in all input. + Skill in establishing and maintaining effective working relationships with vendors. + Problem solving skills **EEO Statement** Champion Home Builders is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, pregnancy, disability, age, veteran status, or other legally protected characteristics. Champion Home Builders participates in the E-Verify Program. **Pay Transparency Statement** Champion Home Builders, Inc. publishes pay ranges in compliance with applicable law. Published pay ranges are not a promise of any specific pay for any specific employee and may not be reflective of actual compensation earned. Pay rates are dependent upon experience, education, and other factors. The company may provide additional monetary and nonmonetary compensation such as benefits and/or bonus plans for some, but not all positions.