Career Area:
Purchasing & Procurement
Job Description:
WE BUILD WHAT MATTERS
What matters most to you? Is it being part of a strong team? Supporting your family? Solving global problems? You can do these and more at Caterpillar; where your work enables progress around the globe, and you contribute to meaningful work. Together, we can build what matters!
SPM Oil & Gas, A Caterpillar Company, is currently looking for a Buyer in Fort Worth, Texas. As a Buyer you are responsible for managing purchase orders and requests.
About SPM Oil & Gas
SPM Oil & Gas, a Caterpillar company, provides superior products and service solutions to make our customers more efficient and lower total cost of ownership.Globally, we deliver engineered oilfield and drilling equipment repair and certification, mechanical and rotating equipment repairs and upgrades, rapid prototyping of spare parts, robust asset management, operation and maintenance and field engineering services. We offer a wide range of career opportunities across a variety of technical and business roles in engineering and service locations worldwide. Join our team and help build engineering solutions that change the industry.
Job Duties/Responsibilities may include, but are not limited to:
Verifies nomenclature and specifications of purchase requests.
Predominantly purchasing A class items along with B and C class items.
Searches inventory records or warehouse to determine if material on hand is in sufficient quantity.
Consults catalogs and interviews suppliers to obtain prices and specifications.
Generates, communicates, and manages price quotes to suppliers
Writes or types purchase order and sends copy to supplier and department originating request.
Manages purchase orders on a daily basis adjusting delivery times and quantities as needed.
Computes total cost of items purchased.
Confers with suppliers concerning late deliveries.
Compares prices, specifications, and delivery dates and awards contract to bidders or places orders with suppliers or mail order firms.
Verifies bills from suppliers with bids and purchase orders and approves bills for payment.
Manages and finds resolution to non-conforming product delivered by suppliers.
Basic Qualifications:
Associates Degree with two (2) plus years' related experience, or high school diploma or GED with four (4) years' related experience, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
Ability to negotiate price and delivery with suppliers using internal knowledge and external market factors.
An advanced understanding of Material Requirements Planning principles.
Proficient knowledge of Manufacturing software, Spreadsheet software and Word Processing software.
Top candidates will also have:
Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos. Ability to write simple correspondence. Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one and small group situations to customers, clients, and other employees of the organization.
Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs.
Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form. Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.
Must occasionally lift and/or move up to 10 pounds and must be able to walk frequently. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close, distance, color, and peripheral vision.
Protective Equipment must be worn in certain areas of the facility. The noise level in the work environment is usually quiet.
Employee benefit details:
Our goal at Caterpillar is for you to have a rewarding career. Our teams are critical to the success of our customers who build a better world.
Here you earn more than just a salary because we value your performance. We offer a total rewards package that provides day one benefits [medical, dental, vision, RX, and 401(k)] along with the potential of an annual bonus.
Additional benefits include paid vacation days and paid holidays (prorated based upon hire date).
At Caterpillar, we are committed to a diverse and inclusive environment that values and respects the unique talents, experiences, and viewpoints of our global employees. Our vision is to continually develop the Best Team to build innovative solutions for our global customers, deliver superior results for our stockholders and positively impact the people and communities we serve.
Relocation assistance is not available for this position. Any relocation costs incurred would be the responsibility of the selected applicant.
This employer is not currently hiring foreign national applicants that require or will require sponsorship tied to specific employer, such as H, L, TN, F, J, E, O.
As a global company, Caterpillar offers many job opportunities outside of the U.S. which can be found through our employment website at www.caterpillar.com/careers #LI
EEO/AA Employer. All qualified individuals - Including minorities, females, veterans and individuals with disabilities - are encouraged to apply.
