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The Senior Buyer serves as the primary escalation point for delivery, quality, or communication issues and provides guidance and support to Buyers.\n\nEssential/Key Functions: \nTactical Procurement Leadership:\nExecutes daily purchasing activities with a high degree of accuracy, urgency, and ownership.\nManages complex or high-volume part families requiring tighter control and more frequent supplier communication.\nOversees PO lifecycle management including placement, confirmations, changes, cancellations, and follow-up.\nEnsures supplier acknowledgements, ship dates, and quantity updates are accurately reflected in the ERP system.\nMonitors and reacts to MRP messages, adjusting orders to support changing production needs.\nWork with Strategic Commodity Manager to place POs with Milacron Preferred Suppliers and make decisions based on Cost, lead time, and quality when needed.\nInvestigate and fix data where needed on POs.\n\nSupplier Management & Expediting:\nActs as the primary 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downtime.\nReviews forecasts and planned orders to support accurate supplier planning.\nDrives forecasting improvements and supports SIOP alignment.\nTrack, prepare, and maintain production levels / PFEP within the organization.\nMaintain A, B, and C classifications by SKU number (PFEP).\n\nCommunication & Cross-Functional Support:\nProvides daily communication to Operations, Scheduling, and Logistics on material status.\nSupports ECO transitions by coordinating run-outs, replacements, and phase-ins.\nResolves shipping discrepancies, freight issues, and packaging concerns.\nSupports OpSys alignment and part structure accuracy.\nCommunicate changes to suppliers as needed for ECOs.\nEnsure Part Lead times are correct in JDE.\n\nProcess Ownership & Continuous Improvement\nIdentifies and recommends improvements to purchasing processes and expediting workflows.\nSupports standardization of procurement tools, reports, and tracking methods.\nMonitors key metrics such as OTD, confirm rate, and 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