Senior Buyer (Procurement Process & Digital Transformation)

About the role

The Senior Buyer is responsible for transforming the purchasing organization towards automation and digital workflows. This role involves driving the adoption of supplier portals, electronic acknowledgments, automated order confirmations, and self-service supplier collaboration. The goal is to eliminate manual email-based purchasing activities, increase efficiency, scalability, and supplier collaboration.

Responsibilities

• Lead the transformation of purchasing processes toward automation and digital workflows.
• Drive adoption of supplier portals, electronic acknowledgments, automated order confirmations, and self-service supplier collaboration.
• Partner with IT and ERP teams to identify, design, test, and implement procurement system enhancements.
• Eliminate manual email-based purchasing activities by standardizing and automating transactional processes.
• Develop exception management processes, allowing buyers to focus on supply risks, shortages, and strategic issues rather than routine transactions.
• Analyze procurement workflows and identify opportunities for efficiency, simplification, and cost reduction.
• Create KPIs and dashboards to monitor supplier responsiveness, automation rates, purchase order cycle times, and process compliance.
• Train and coach purchasing team members on new digital tools and best practices.
• Lead continuous improvement initiatives using Lean principles and process mapping.
• Work cross-functionally with Planning, Operations, IT, Finance, and suppliers to improve procurement effectiveness.
• Interact with Commodity Management team that supports sourcing activities, supplier negotiations, and issue resolution as required.

Requirements

• Strong understanding of procurement and supply chain processes.
• Experience with ERP systems (Infor LN, SAP, Oracle, Microsoft Dynamics, or similar).
• Experience implementing supplier portals or supplier collaboration platforms.
• Knowledge of workflow automation and digital procurement tools.
• Strong analytical and data management skills.
• Advanced Excel and reporting capabilities; Power BI or similar analytics tools preferred.
• Understanding of EDI/API integrations and electronic supplier communication is highly desirable.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in Purchasing, Supply Chain, or Procurement.
• Experience leading procurement transformation or automation initiatives.
• Led Lean, Six Sigma, or continuous improvement experience preferred.
• Experience working closely with IT teams on system implementation projects.
• Manufacturing environment experience preferred.

Skills

• Process-oriented mindset with a passion for continuous improvement.
• Ability to challenge legacy ways of working and drive organizational change.
• Strong project management and cross-functional coordination skills.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management abilities.
• Ability to influence without direct authority.
• Customer-focused and results-oriented.

Benefits

We support your well-being with comprehensive and easy-to-use benefits that you’ll be eligible to enroll in on your first day of employment. Highlights include medical, dental, vision, and prescription drug insurance plans, tax advantaged spending accounts for health and dependent care expenses, wellness programs and resources, generous paid time off, and financial and retirement advising. We offer a comprehensive benefits package that may include medical, dental, vision, 401k matching, and more!

Pay

$86,400.00 - $129,600.00

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Success Measures

The successful candidate will help transform the purchasing organization by:

• Increasing supplier portal adoption.
• Reducing manual email transactions.
• Increasing automated purchase order confirmations.
• Reducing buyer transactional workload.
• Improving supplier response times.
• Increasing purchasing productivity through exception-based management.
• Driving continuous system and process improvements in partnership with IT.

About Marmon Holdings

Marmon Holdings, Inc., a Berkshire Hathaway company, comprises 11 groups and more than 100 autonomous businesses with total annual revenue of $10 billion. Marmon’s 28,000-plus team members are celebrating the company's 70th anniversary in 2023 and helping write the next chapter of Marmon's story.

Equal Opportunity Employer

We are an equal opportunity employer, and all applicants will be considered for employment without attention to their membership in any protected class. If you require any reasonable accommodation to complete your application or any part of the recruiting process, please email your request to careers@marmon.com, and please be sure to include the title and the location of the position for which you are applying.