Buyer/Materials Manager

This position will provide Procurement and Storeroom support at our medium density fiberboard mill in Columbia Falls, MT. We're looking for an individual with experience in managing manufacturing mill materials, services, and cost strategies. The individual should be highly motivated and a self-starter capable of working with minimal direct supervision. The Buyer/Material Manager position is part of the Montana Wood Products Material Procurement organization and reports to the MDF Maintenance & Reliability Manager with a dotted line to the Capital & Area Procurement Manager. This is a full time, exempt position that will reside in Columbia Falls, Montana, will support MDF operations, and may require flow to work support for other Montana facilities. As a Buyer/Material Manager, you will have the opportunity to: - Pursue opportunities to consolidate larger dollar purchases and supply management to include storerooms. - Prepare and publish specifications for bids, evaluate bid responses, contract award and creation, verify history of supplier service and their ability to meet contract specification. - Search out new suppliers based on safety, quality, service as well as competitive pricing in a total cost environment. - Perform procurement functions for non-routine goods and services. - Source a wide variety of commodities and services and provide project support to maintenance and engineering personnel. - Perform procurement and transaction processing activities for various operations. - Create and manage local contracts for supplies and services. - Support capital projects for wood products manufacturing facilities. - Be a key contributing team member for the MDF manufacturing operations with potential to lead or oversee storerooms. - Safely manage storeroom, purchasing, and receiving associates to include hiring, planning work, supervising work, training, evaluating job performance and conducting salary reviews - Lead inventory cycle counts and associated reconciliations per best practices and financial reporting guidelines. - Perform inventory transactions such as issues, returns, credits and reconciliations. - Perform various AP related functions such as Work Cycles, matching packing slips to invoices, etc. - Manage vendor inventory and vending machines: including having responsibility for re-order process documentation and approvals. - Run kitting and delivery pick lists, stages parts, ensure timely distribution of materials to the plant and evaluate associated reports. - Break down freight, notifying site user that material is on site and receive in the system.