Buyer
Why Join Pregis?
Pregis is in the packaging business to protect what matters. We are committed to providing our customers and employees sustainable growth through purpose-driven innovation and customer-centric packaging solutions. If you are looking for a company that is thriving across various high-growth industries and is innovative, customer-focused, high-integrity, and believes in strong teamwork and collaboration, Pregis is the company for you. Sustainability and social responsibility are at the very core of our company DNA.
About the Role
The Buyer is responsible for all procurement of parts for New Product Development (NPD) teams and for supporting Indirect enterprise-wide programs.
Responsibilities
- New Product Development (NPD):
- Rapid sourcing and PO placement for a high number of new parts in support of building prototypes and pilot packaging machines.
- Consistent engagement with engineering and program management on Engineering Changes (EC), complex Bill of Materials (BOM), very tight timelines, and frequent expedites.
- Work with various technical categories of products (metal fabrication, injection molded plastics, pneumatics, motors, sensors, electronics, and other hardware) and proactively locate new sources.
- Visit vendors, build relationships, and assess vendor viability for full-scale production stages.
- Indirect Procurement:
- Support Indirect programs such as travel, forklift rentals, office supplies, facilities programs, and MRO.
- Add/remove users or assets, train decentralized buyers on optimizing their experience and reducing costs.
- Identify improvement opportunities and take initiative to execute, bringing value to the business.
- Gather, cleanse, and organize spend data, compile regular KPIs, analyze trends in all Pregis categories, and track savings.
- Actively participate in implementing a new Source-to-Pay system, including training, adoption support, and supplier onboarding.
- Collaborate with engineering and project management to review complex BOMs and bid out each SKU to appropriate vendors.
- Prepare sourcing analysis and recommendations for new BOMs and communicate supply chain risks effectively.
- Place orders, expedite, understand bottlenecks, and solve them.
- Maintain the list of preferred vendors for various categories.
- Travel to visit vendors, evaluate their performance, and drive improvements under the oversight of the Procurement Leader.
- Prepare large bid packages, conduct RFPs, and analyze proposals.
Requirements
- 4-year college degree in Business, Supply Chain Management, Engineering, or other equivalent major.
- A minimum of 5 years of purchasing experience or related field required.
- Previous SAP purchasing experience required.
- Previous Source-to-Pay (Coupa, Ariba, Raindrop, etc.) experience strongly preferred.
- Previous experience utilizing AI to automate routine tasks strongly preferred.
- Extensive experience with data analytics, building and maintaining KPIs, market trends, and reports strongly preferred.
- Previous experience with new product launches is strongly preferred.
- Extensive knowledge and ability to negotiate best vendor terms, pricing, and delivery dates according to budgetary and schedule requirements.
- Strong Excel skills, ability to work with large data sets, BOMs 1000+ SKUs deep, analyze proposals from vendors, and make recommendations for vendor selection.
- Ability to work and thrive in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment.
- Strong attention to detail, good time management, and prioritization skills.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills and ability to effectively problem-solve.
- Cooperative, team-oriented, customer service-oriented, patient, calm under pressure, and able to work independently.
Pay
The annualized base pay range for this role is estimated to be $87,000 to $105,000, depending on experience and skills.
Benefits
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