Associate Buyer

As a Associate Buyer, you will learn the scrap metals business and selling process through a mix of training sessions and hands-on learning. In this position you will train side by side with experienced Buyers to support the ferrous and non-ferrous yards, as well as develop, manage, and strengthen new and existing relationships with our suppliers and customers. This position requires a dynamic individual with initiative, who can collaborate with all internal team members.

Essential Job Functions:

• Obtain a solid working knowledge of how ferrous and non-ferrous metals are received, graded, priced, processed and shipped.
• Monitor commodity market trends, review available trade publications, and complete market research to gain industry knowledge to help gain a competitive advantage.
• Maintain a list of industrial and commercial accounts producing scrap metal and contact on a regular basis to buy material (includes contact via phone and site visits).
• Develop and maintain strong relationships with scrap yards, brokers, dealers, and industrial accounts.
• Maintain good business contacts and favorable relations with current customers (scrap dealers, peddlers, and other suppliers) by regularly keeping in contact to assure meeting plant requirements for non-ferrous scrap metal.
• Traveling within a designated radius to engage with suppliers and evaluate their offerings.
• Review and ensure materials purchased are priced and coded correctly before payment to customers.
• Arrange economical transportation of material to the plant, ensure efficient handling of material (maintain strong communication and working relationship with transportation department and operations).
• Interact with scale operations to accurately input purchases across the scale.
• Provide monthly reports including estimated inbound volume, type and grade of material, and price structure for material.
• Enter and maintain internal software system supplier information and purchase contracts.
• Employee may be assigned to special projects or may be required to perform other duties not listed above, which may vary from time to time as determined by management, to meet company needs.

Benefits:

• Life Insurance $25,000 (100% employer paid).
• Medical & Dental (70% employer paid).
• 401(k) - up to 2.5% employer match.
• Employee Referral $1,000.
• 8.5 Paid Holidays.
• Paid Vacation, plus 5 Sick Days.
• Vision Insurance (Out of Pocket).
• Flexible Spending Account (Out of Pocket).
• Aflac Services (Out of Pocket).
• Safety Toe Boot & Safety Glasses Reimbursement annually.

Qualifications:

• High school diploma required.
• College degree in business or equivalent business experience desirable.
• Ability to identify, grade, and determine quality non-ferrous metals is required.
• Ability to identify, grade, and determine quality ferrous metals is preferred.
• Working knowledge of basic computer programs including Microsoft Office Suite.
• Positive attitude, proactive, goal-oriented, self-starter, and ability to work with minimal supervision.
• Very strong interpersonal skills that will lend to a strong sales acumen.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Dependable, flexible, and ability to work in a fast-paced, changing environment.
• Organized and attention to detail is required.
• Ability to multi-task with excellent time management skills.

Metalico is a leading full-service, broadly diversified scrap metal recycler, principally operating in the Northeastern United States. Our scrap operations source, buy, process, and sell four distinct groups of commodity metals for use in the manufacture of new products: +We recycle scrap steel and iron, which is sold primarily to domestic mills and foundries. +We recycle non-ferrous metals, principally aluminum, copper, lead, and nickel-based steel and high temperature alloys. These products are sold to domestic manufacturers and, to a lesser extent, to the export markets. +We buy catalytic converters and recover platinum, palladium, and rhodium, known as Platinum Group Metals (PGM's). These precious metals are typically refined and reused by industry in emissions control devices. Metalico today employs 600 people in 27 operating locations across 6 states. Metalico is headquartered in Cranford, New Jersey.