Buyer

Pay Rate Range:
$25.56 - 27.88/hr

Role Purpose:
Responsible for assured supply of materials, equipment and services, (on time, best price, high quality) in addition to competitive costs, minimizing inventories while ensuring optimum materials utilization, and supplier performance.

Key Responsibilities:
Assists with Business Global Supply Management (GSM) Strategy Development. Deploys GSM strategies and plans to make decisions necessary to purchase product or services, aligned with organizational objectives and sourcing strategies.
Assures Contribution Metrics are updated and linked with site/business cost reduction portfolio.
Key player for negotiations with Suppliers, including Contract Administration.
Owns/Assists with Supplier Relationship Management Process (including supplier audits).
Creates and maintains contractual documents (Supply Agreements, Pricing Agreements, Non-Disclosure Agreements, Certificates of Insurance, etc.).
Assists with Commodity Reviews and Supply Intelligence Inventory Management (where applicable): Organizes, controls, and minimizes materials on hand, slow moving and obsolete materials. May manage storeroom operations.
Acts as GSM liaison between plants, including materials and quality areas.
Recommends changes to purchasing practices/supply management to ensure conformance with established laws, policies, and ethical principles activity-based costing). Participates in the planning and implementation of these changes.
Acts as main contact for RTP to ensure invoicing issues are eliminated or resolved immediately.
Participates in cross-functional teams focused on process improvements, cost reduction and supply chain issue resolution Protects Intellectual Property (IP).
Ensures compliance with internal and external auditing requirements related especially to GSM or any other certification (if applicable) Makes sure that the suppliers are environmental compliance, and that the scrap is correctly disposed Champions and advocates for the Global Buying Policy. Ensures compliance.

Performance Metrics:
Contribution Metrics
E-Sourcing Events
Assigned suppliers quality and performance metrics Shared Objectives Score % Global Objectives Performance Strategic Suppliers and/or % Under Contract / Management Transaction Reduction and process simplification Inventory Turns/Days of Supply

Competencies (knowledge, skills and behaviors):
People:
Conflict Management
Cross-Cultural Agility
Influencing
Business:
Global Business Knowledge
Problem Solving
Function/Technical:
Commodity/Supply Chain Expertise
Contract Writing/Management
Negotiation
Price/Cost Analysis

Leadership: This role is a Level 1 role in Client's Global Leadership Model continuum. Global Leadership competencies most pertinent to this role are:
Act with Integrity and Authenticity
Focus on Customers
Value Differences in People and Ideas

Experiences/Education:
Required
Bachelor s Degree. (Technical field preferred, but not required)

Desired
Experience as a plant or corporate buyer.
Experience using SAP
Experience with GSM processes and systems.
Experience working in a matrix environment or on a cross-functional team.
Yellow or Green Belt Certification.
Experience in manufacturing operations, planning, quality, engineering, supply chain.
Experience across multiple businesses, division and/or technologies.
Experience with global manufacturing and business through work or project experience.
Certified Purchasing Manager (C.P.M.) or Certified Professional in Supply Management (CPSM), APICS or certification related to Supply Chain.