Date Posted:

2024-04-11

Country:

United States of America

Location:

OT541: TFP - Florence, SC 1500 Otis Way, Florence, SC, 29501 USA

Buyer

Role Overview:

The Buyer must perform operational functions supporting the buying team as well as analysis supplier trends. Perform various clerical duties as needed. Responsible for confirming material has shipped, securing tracking numbers, as well as supporting functional areas.

On a typical day you will:

• Working with the supplier to ensure that all deliveries satisfy the assigned orders and report any back ordered or missing material.

• Create Purchase Orders in accordance with requisitions and contractual requirements.

• Expedite material as needed, negotiating and working changes within Supply Chain. Ensure inventory goals and objectives are met.

• Strategic planning/thinking skills coupled with analytical and execution skills.

• Work with engineering to plan and issue the material for their prototypes.

• Knowledge of, or experience with, lean manufacturing systems/processes and JDE configuration)

• Must be able to work within a team atmosphere and contribute by applying their acquired functional knowledge to daily business demands.

• Experience with Excel and/or other data manipulation programs.

• Strong communication skills and the ability to communicate at all levels of management required (Microsoft Office programs (Word, Excel and Outlook).

Qualifications/Experience

Minimum Education: High School Degree

Preferred Education: Associates Degree or Bachelors Degree

Minimum Experience: Ten years of manufacturing experience, Knowledge of elevator industry and/or field operations is highly desirable

Preferred Experience: Four years of manufacturing experience years of experience, Knowledge of elevator industry and/or field operations is highly desirable

Additional Essential Job Requirements

• Comply with all EH&S policies and regulations including wearing proper PPE at all times.

• Attend Continuous Improvement (CI) Superday Training within the first year

• Must be able to lift 35 lbs.

• Walking, balancing, lifting (maximum 35 pounds). Must be able to wear/use the appropriate Personal Protective Equipment. Mental requirements include, but are not limited to, the ability to concentrate, take initiative, and to cope with stress, and be able to self-inspect and take responsibility for quality of own work.

What You Will Need to be Successful:

Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems.

Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.

Understand written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents.

Otis is the world’s largest elevator and escalator manufacturing, installation, and service business. We serve customers in over 200 countries and territories worldwide and maintain more than 2 million elevators and escalators globally. Our Gen3® elevator system, energy-saving ReGen™ drive technology, and Link escalator solutions have set industry standards for innovation and performance. Otis has more than 68,000 employees, including engineers, digital technology experts, sales and functional specialists, as well as factory and field technicians. We are proud to be a global team that continues to rise to the challenges of a fast-moving, high-performance company. Together, the people of Otis are creating new ideas and opportunities by collaborating across time zones, geographies, and cultures to better serve our customers. So just imagine where you can take your career!

Otis is An Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status, age or any other federally protected class. To request an accommodation in completing an employment application due to a special need or a disability, please contact us at careers@otis.com .

Apply today to join us and build what’s next!

If you live in a city, chances are we will give you a lift or play a role in keeping you moving every day.

Otis is the world’s leading elevator and escalator manufacturing, installation, and service company. We move 2 billion people every day and maintain approximately 2.2 million customer units worldwide, the industry's largest Service portfolio.

You may recognize our products in some of the world’s most famous landmarks including the Eiffel Tower, Empire State Building, Burj Khalifa and the Petronas Twin Towers! We are 69,000 people strong, including engineers, digital technology experts, sales, and functional specialists, as well as factory and field technicians, all committed to meeting the diverse needs of our customers and passengers in more than 200 countries and territories worldwide. We are proud to be a diverse, global team with a proven legacy of innovation that continues to be the bedrock of a fast-moving, high-performance company.

When you join Otis, you become part of an innovative global industry leader with a resilient business model. You’ll belong to a diverse, trusted, and caring community where your contributions, and the skills and capabilities you’ll gain working alongside the best and brightest, keep us connected and on the cutting edge. 

We provide opportunities, training, and resources, that build leadership and capabilities in Sales, Field, Engineering and Major Projects and our Employee Scholar Program is a notable point of pride, through which Otis sponsors colleagues to pursue degrees or certification programs.

Today, our focus more than ever is on people. As a global, people-powered company, we put people – passengers, customers, and colleagues – at the center of everything we do. We are guided by our values that we call our Three Absolutes – prioritizing Safety, Ethics, Quality in all that we do. If you would like to learn more about environmental, social and governance (ESG) at Otis click here (https://www.otis.com/en/us/our-company/esg) .

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Otis is An Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status, age or any other federally protected class. To request an accommodation in completing an employment application due to a special need or a disability, please contact us at careers@otis.com .

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