Buyer

Essential Duties & Key Responsibilities

• Establishes procurement processes that align with corporate objectives, bring uniformity to purchasing activities, reflect best purchasing practices, ensure for continuity of supply, and produce positive profit contribution to the site
• Oversees all aspects of supplier relations to include identification, source selection and ongoing maintenance of supplier agreements
• Responsible for making appropriate purchasing decisions that ensure uninterrupted supply for continuity of operations while minimizing inventory carrying costs
• Establishes and negotiates payment terms that meet the company’s objectives
• Completes make vs buy analyses across internal and external suppliers and service providers to improve critical site KPIs, including quality, delivery, and profitability
• Participates in quoting process to ensure that any OSS required is competitive in the market and profitable for the business
• Develops and implements KPIs or scorecards to evaluate both supplier and department performance
• Takes a leadership role in cross functional projects to improve site capabilities and performance on critical KPI’s
• Locally evaluate suppliers to ensure that inventories are maintained and that deliveries are timely
• Locate vendors of material, services or supplies to establish a timely and cost-effective supply chain
• Stewardship & ownership of Supplier Corrective Actions. Initiating and reporting interdepartmental follow through as needed pursuant to completion. Followed by verification of effectiveness
• Coordinating supplier qualification process
• Represent company in negotiating contracts and formulating policies with suppliers
• Analyze market and delivery systems to assess present and future material availability
• Develop and implement purchasing and contract management instructions, policies, and procedures
• Participate in the development of specifications for equipment, products, or materials
• Serves as the primary liaison between internal cross-functional teams and vendors ensuring timely responses, support and issue resolution

Skills & Competencies

• Strong Planning and Negotiation skills
• Excellent written and verbal interpersonal skills
• Capable of building and maintaining strong relationships
• Strong supply chain management and improvement knowledge
• Exemplify a sense of ownership, initiative, urgency, tenacity and effective follow through
• Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving ability
• Able to collaborate and work effectively with various departments (Operations/ Engineering/ Supply Chain/ Maintenance/ Quality/ Warehouse / Admin)
• Must be able to anticipate and act on needs (not just respond to requests) and deal with ambiguity
• Able to multi-task

Education & Experience

• Required: Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain Management, Business Administration, Industrial Engineering or a related field
• Minimum of five (5) years combined experience in an industrial environment in a similar role, or at least as a key contributor & process owner in a manufacturing or supply chain capacity

Physical Demands

• Frequent use of hands and fingers for typing, mouse use, and handling documents
• Occasional standing, walking, bending, and reaching within the office environment
• Occasional lifting or carrying of light items such as files, office supplies, or a laptop (typically up to 10–20 pounds)
• Regular communication through speaking and hearing in person, by phone, and during virtual meetings