Our Company
OmniMax International is a leading North American building products manufacturer headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia. Founded in 1996, the Company has 20 manufacturing facilities across the United States and Canada with annual sales of approximately $750 million. The Company sells its products through various channels and targets the residential repair/remodel and commercial construction markets.

OmniMax is the leading supplier of Residential Rain Carrying Systems and Roofing Accessories in the United States. It sells its industry leading brands such as Amerimax and Berger through long-standing relationships with the nation’s largest Retail Home Centers and Building Products Distributors such as Home Depot, Lowes, Menards, ABC Supply and Beacon Building Products.

The Company’s high growth Outdoor Living business manufactures beautiful outdoor shade structures and exterior cladding systems targeting the high-end residential and architectural segments through brands such as Equinox, Alumawood, and Knotwood.  The Company is also a leading supplier of fabricated panels to the Recreational Vehicle industry which is benefitting from strong outdoor recreation and living trends.

Job Description Buyer II-Hybrid role (will be required to work 3 days a week at plant on site)

 

• Prepare purchase orders and review requisitions for goods and services
• Adjust purchasing plan based on circumstances to minimize cost and optimize efficiency while meeting customer delivery requirements.
• Monitor Inventory Levels, purchase order activity and problem inventory levels on an ongoing basis.
• Monitor shipments to ensure that goods come in on time and troubleshoot delivery exceptions.
• Work with commodity directors to keep up with the vendor updates to adjust the purchasing plan accordingly.
• Work with commodity directors to control material releases to manage inventory levels across the enterprise.
• Demonstrate thorough understanding of item master and planning data elements
• Ability to identify MRP data issues and work with planning to correct errors.
• Master integrated processes among Operations, Sales, Purchasing and outside suppliers to execute the planning/replenishment process.
• Understand the MRP process in Oracle to include forecasts, inventory targets, safety stocks, and purchase orders.
• Perform Data analysis using Oracle database and/Data warehouse using appropriate tools and publish reports.
• Identify supply chain opportunities and risks and develop action plans.
• Participate in the E&O management process.
• Participate in S&OP process
• Actively works to achieve key performance indicator targets by developing improvement plans and countermeasures.

 

Education and Experience Requirements

• 3-5 years’ experience in a purchasing role within a production/distribution environment.
• Understanding of ERP/MRP systems required
• Experience with Oracle preferred
• Four-year degree from accredited college or university majoring in one of the following: Industrial Engineering, Mathematics, Manufacturing, Business or; 3-5 years of relevant work experience.
• ISM or similar certification a plus (APICS also a plus)
• Experience buying commodities (aluminum) highly preferred
• Experience purchasing from international suppliers preferred
• Demonstrate a strong bias toward continuous improvement
• Detail oriented with exceptional organizational skills
• Must live locally to one of our plants in Duluth GA/Phoenix AZ as this position is Hybrid-must be willing to work in plant three days a week
• Must be able competent with all MS Office Suite of products including Excel and Word.
• Must have very strong interpersonal skills as well as written and verbal communication.