Buyer (Facilities)

More than 460 employees work on the product, from search ranking to fraud detection. We run a marketplace with over 300,000 active sellers and fulfillment centers in four regions.

Role overview:

Heatherbridge Labs runs purchasing in SAP. You will place POs, negotiate pricing and keep suppliers on schedule. Remote within the US. The team meets in Los Angeles once a quarter, travel covered. Few meetings, lots of written updates.

Responsibilities:

• Review supplier price increase requests against commodity indexes.
• Issue purchase orders from approved requisitions and MRP signals in SAP.
• Manage blanket orders and consignment agreements.
• Identify cost savings and report them monthly.
• Run RFQs and RFPs and compare bids on total cost.
• Qualify new suppliers with quality and finance.
• Expedite late orders and keep production planning informed.

Required qualifications:

• 3-5 years of purchasing or procurement experience.
• Comfortable pushing suppliers on dates and price.
• Occasional travel to supplier sites.
• Working knowledge of contracts, Incoterms and payment terms.
• Experience with SAP, Oracle, NetSuite or another ERP purchasing module.

Preferred:

• Spanish or Mandarin for supplier communication.
• Import and customs knowledge.

Compensation: $86,000 - $107,000/year

Perks and benefits:

• Health insurance.
• 401(k) with 4% match.
• Three weeks of PTO to start.

Start: Immediately.

Demo job created on 11jobs for testing and demonstrations. It is not an actual opening at Heatherbridge Labs.