Buyer

<p>Vulcan Elements is manufacturing American rare-earth permanent magnets to enable a secure and resilient future. With a focus on national security and economic resilience, we serve critical industries including defense, aerospace, and automotive—powering a high-technology future. Vulcan Elements is building a team of ambitious professionals committed to Mission Focus, Technical Excellence, and Transparency.</p> <p>As a Buyer, you will be responsible for executing purchasing activities that support Vulcan Elements’ manufacturing operations and continued production ramp. You will manage the procure-to-pay lifecycle for direct materials, components, supplies, and other production requirements, working closely with Supply Chain, Manufacturing, Engineering, Quality, Finance, and Logistics.</p> <p>Responsibilities</p> <ul> <li>Execute purchasing activities for direct materials, components, production supplies, and other manufacturing requirements in accordance with production plans and business needs.</li> <li>Create, issue, maintain, and close purchase orders (POs) while ensuring pricing, quantities, delivery dates, payment terms, and other commercial requirements are accurate.</li> <li>Proactively track open purchase orders and supplier commitments to ensure materials arrive on time and production requirements are met.</li> <li>Identify potential late deliveries, material shortages, and supply disruptions and escalate risks before they impact manufacturing operations.</li> <li>Lead and administer RFQs/RFPs, including preparing bid packages, soliciting supplier proposals, coordinating technical and commercial responses, and developing bid comparisons.</li> <li>Negotiate pricing, minimum order quantities, lead times, payment terms, freight arrangements, and other commercial conditions within established sourcing strategies.</li> <li>Work closely with Planning and Manufacturing to translate production requirements and MRP demand into purchasing actions.</li> <li>Coordinate with Engineering and Quality to ensure purchased materials meet drawings, specifications, quality requirements, and approved supplier requirements.</li> <li>Coordinate with Logistics and Operations to resolve shipping, receiving, customs, packaging, and delivery issues.</li> <li>Work with Finance and Accounts Payable to resolve invoice discrepancies, pricing differences, receiving issues, and payment holds.</li> <li>Support supplier corrective actions and recovery plans when delivery or performance issues arise.</li> <li>Identify opportunities for cost reduction, lead-time improvement, order consolidation, inventory optimization, and process improvement.</li> <li>Assist with supplier onboarding, documentation, compliance requirements, and maintenance of approved supplier information.</li> <li>Maintain organized procurement records, including quotations, purchase orders, supplier correspondence, contracts, and sourcing documentation.</li> </ul> <p><em>Responsibilities and tasks outlined are not exhaustive and may change as determined by the needs of the business</em></p> <p>Qualifications</p> <ul> <li>Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Business, Engineering, Operations, Finance, or a related field preferred.</li> <li>2+ years of experience in purchasing, procurement, supply chain, materials management, or a related role, preferably within a manufacturing environment.</li> <li>Experience purchasing direct materials, components, or production-related goods and services.</li> <li>Strong proficiency with Microsoft Excel or similar analytical tools, including the ability to organize and analyze purchasing and supplier data.</li> <li>Comfortable operating in a fast-paced manufacturing environment with changing priorities and aggressive production ramp schedules.</li> </ul> <p><em>Must be a U.S. Person due to required access to U.S. export-controlled information or facilities.</em></p>