Senior Buyer

Job Summary

Essential Duties And Responsibilities

• Obtain critical materials and components, equipment, and services through interviewing and/or visiting vendors to ensure supplier qualification.
• Review, interpret, and verify purchase order requests.
• Verify quantity, anticipated costs, and practical application of supplies/materials requested.
• Research sources, solicit bids, and compare suppliers on quality, cost, delivery, and warranty/guarantee policies.
• Commit company funds to vendors and expedite orders/shipment/delivery, updating end-users as necessary.
• Establish and maintain automated purchase inventory files and records.
• Authorize payment to vendor and establish adjustments as required.
• Partner with Quality Assurance (QA) department to perform supplier audits.
• Liaise with Global Procurement Category and Process team members on projects.
• Lead local/national tenders for products and services, including full market research, evaluation, award, implementation, and ongoing management of the awarded supplier.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in business administration or related discipline with 4 or more years of relevant experience and/or training.
• Experience with SAP/Jaggaer preferred.
• Certified Purchasing Manager or Certified Professional in Supply Management preferred.

Workplace Requirements

• Must regularly operate a computer and occasionally operate other office productivity machinery such as a calculator, copy machine, and computer printer.
• Must regularly communicate with employees/customers; must be able to exchange accurate information.
• Must occasionally move about inside the office to access file cabinets, office machinery, etc.
• General office working conditions; the noise level in the work environment is usually quiet.
• This position requires occasional domestic/international travel.

Pay

Pay ranges between $38-44/hr based on experience.