Buyer

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. NPD duties include rapid sourcing and PO placement for high number of new parts in support of building prototypes and pilot packaging machines. The role involves consistent engagement with engineering and program management on Engineering Changes (EC), complex Bill of Materials (BOM), very tight timelines and frequent expedites.

Responsibilities

• Rapid sourcing and PO placement for new parts in support of NPD teams
• Consistent engagement with engineering and program management on EC, BOM, tight timelines and expedites
• Proactive in locating new sources for various technical categories of products
• Visiting vendors, building relationships, and assessing vendor viability for full-scale production
• Supporting Indirect programs such as travel, forklift rentals, office supplies, facilities programs, MRO
• Adding/removing users/assets, training decentralized buyers, reducing costs, identifying improvement opportunities, and executing initiatives
• Gathering, cleansing, and organizing spend data, compiling KPIs, analyzing trends, and tracking savings
• Implementing new Source-to-Pay systems, training, assisting with adoption, and supplier onboarding
• Collaborating with engineering and project management to review complex BOMs and place orders
• Preparing sourcing analysis and recommendations for new BOMs, communicating supply chain risks, and preparing bid packages
• Understanding bottlenecks, solving them, maintaining preferred vendor lists, evaluating vendor performance, and driving improvements
• Preparing large bid packages, conducting RFPs, analyzing proposals, and making recommendations for vendor selection

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
• Ability to stay focused on routine tasks with strong attention to detail, and good time management and prioritization skills
• Excellent communication skills both written and verbal and ability to effectively problem-solve
• Cooperative, team-oriented, customer service oriented, patient, calm under pressure, and able to work independently

Qualifications

• Experience in the manufacturing industry
• Proficiency utilizing SAP
• Strong understanding of supply chain management concepts and NPD process

Skills

• Collaborates with engineering and project management to review complex BOMs and bids out each SKU to appropriate vendors
• Prepares sourcing analysis and recommendations for new BOMs and communicates supply chain risks effectively
• Places orders, expedites, understands bottlenecks and solves them
• Maintains the list of preferred vendors for various categories
• Trips to vendors, evaluates their performance and drives improvements
• Prepares large bid packages, conducts RFPs and analyzes proposals

Pay

The listed annualized base pay range is primarily based on analysis of similar positions. Actual base pay could vary and may be above or below the listed range based on factors including but not limited to performance, proficiency and demonstration of competencies required for the role. The base pay is just one component of Pregis’ total compensation package. The base pay range for this role is estimated to be $87,000 to $105,000, depending on experience and skills. Compensation details listed in US job postings reflect base salary only and do not include benefits.