Buyer

To help us drive excellence, you’ll get to:

• Provides input into the development of departmental strategic goals.
• Responsible for meeting purchasing metrics and providing the information for the purchasing performance metrics.
• Actively participates in the resolution of commercial issues as they relate to the assigned commodities.
• Implements innovative and effective purchasing activities to meet and exceed purchasing objectives.
• Develops and manages supplier relationships with assigned suppliers.
• Responsible for preparing requests for quotations (RFQ’s) based on projections for combined plant quantity and material requirements.
• Analyzes and assess quotes for timeliness, accuracy, quality, price and service as necessary to meet program and customer requirements.
• Based on quote analysis, recommends or selects suppliers according to purchase policy guidelines and consistent with commodity strategies.
• Responsible for understanding all plant requirements for the assigned commodities in order to leverage buying power.
• Pursues cost saving initiatives and supports engineering change management system with required commercial information.
• Purchases materials from suppliers at the lowest cost consistent with quality, reliability of source and urgency of need.
• Negotiates vendor contracts including price, quality, payment terms and service, along with customization of the contract to fit the needs of the plants.
• Collects, analyzes and monitors category specific information relating to spending, supplier performance, user adoption and compliance, standards and specifications and applicable industry benchmarks.
• Responsible for purchasing large amounts of commodities and must be knowledgeable of marketplace cost drivers.
• Close interaction with corporate and plant personnel is required.
• Possesses a strong knowledge of the OEMs as well as plant operations.
• Utilize purchasing terminology.
• Utilize supplier relationship management programs that focus on quality, productivity and innovation.
• Assists the plants in following up to expedite delivery and shipment.
• Must be knowledgeable of marketplace cost drivers.

This salary-exempt contract role is a part of our Corporate Purchasing team and reports to the Purchasing Manager.

Required experience:

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in purchasing.
• Minimum eight (6) years’ experience in purchasing.
• Effective negotiating skills
• Ability to learn a purchase order system.
• Ability to use creative methods to manage inventories and supply agreements.
• Ability to understand complex equipment and production projects.
• Solid presentation and communication skills
• Strong finance, quantitative, and analytical skills
• Understanding of manufacturing processes and techniques (TQM, Six Sigma, etc.)
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment.
• Excellent leadership, organizational and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to work well with others in a team environment.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office software.