Senior Buyer (HLK)

About the role

The TSUBAKI name is synonymous with excellence in quality, dependability and customer service. U.S. Tsubaki is a leading manufacturer and supplier of power transmission and motion control products. As a part of a vast, international network of corporate and industrial resources, Tsubaki offers its customers the finest state-of-the-art products available in the world and we strive to be the “Best Value” supplier in the industry.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for procurement and planning activities – sharing best practices and strategic supplier development.
• Manage external suppliers and have raw materials, sourced parts bought at the most competitive price and delivered on time for production.
• Collaborate with production planning, operations, and logistics to align procurement with demand forecast.
• Establish strategic relationships with key suppliers who are aligned to the company's needs.
• Support and lead negotiations with vendors for material that supports the operations. Plus, track supplier performance to help with the contract process.
• Lead supplier selections, RFQs and contract negotiations to achieve cost savings and favorable terms, including discount structures and volume rebates.
• Work closely with R&D, Engineering, Production, Planning, Finance and others in support of all procurement requirements and business development.
• Maintain supplier performance (Quality, Delivery, Cost, Responsiveness) and drive continuous improvements – including secondary sourcing strategies to reduce supply risk.
• Build trust, positive and professional relationships among our team members and suppliers.
• Review supplier contracts and share with our Corporate Sourcing/Legal Team – compliance documents to insurance forms for external suppliers that perform work in the plant.
• Understand material specification and quality metrics pertaining to the components. Working with Eng./R&D and Suppliers.
• Demonstrate the ability to effectively perform under a heavy volume, time constrained environment.
• Resolve pricing, lead time, problems that do not meet the business needs, identify, and implement new opportunities and cost savings.
• Continually improve purchasing methods and drive down external spending.
• Supplier visits to review performance and opportunities. Such visits may be at very short notice.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree preferred or APICS/ISM Certification
• Knowledge of ERP/MRP principles and supply chain planning
• 3+ years of Materials, Planning and Inventory experience
• Proven analytical and problem-solving skills
• Excellent communication skills across all levels of the organization
• Strong negotiation and influencing skills
• Knowledge of import/export regulations and tariffs
• Proficient in Excel and Project Planning

Qualifications

• Must be authorized to work for any employer in the United States.

Skills

• Supplier management
• Procurement planning
• Supplier negotiations
• Supplier performance monitoring
• Contract management
• Supplier selection
• Supplier evaluation
• Supplier relationship building
• Supplier performance improvement
• Supplier contract review
• Supplier performance metrics
• Supplier performance improvement strategies
• Supplier performance improvement initiatives
• Supplier performance improvement plans
• Supplier performance improvement processes
• Supplier performance improvement programs
• Supplier performance improvement projects
• Supplier performance improvement procedures
• Supplier performance improvement tools
• Supplier performance improvement techniques
• Supplier performance improvement technologies
• Supplier performance improvement training
• Supplier performance improvement training programs
• Supplier performance improvement training sessions
• Supplier performance improvement training workshops
• Supplier performance improvement training webinars
• Supplier performance improvement training courses
• Supplier performance improvement training materials
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