Senior Buyer
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Job Description
Position Summary:
Driving strategic souring initiatives of North America and foreign markets by negotiating contracts and optimizing supplier relationships by considering of technical capabilities quality source reliability and process improvements.
The position is Hybrid with 3 days in the office in a work week.
Duties and Responsibilities:
The following reflects managements definition of essential functions for this job but does not restrict the tasks that may be assigned. Management may assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time due to reasonable accommodation or other reasons
- Strategic sourcing initiatives developing procurement strategies manage complex contracts and leading supplier negotiations
- Conduct supplier evaluations and negotiations to secure favorable terms pricing and contracts
- Oversee the procurement process from sourcing suppliers to contract execution and delivery ensuring compliance with company policies and procedures
- Establish and maintain strong relationships with key suppliers fostering a collaborative and mutually beneficial partnership
- Analyze quotations received recommend and select suppliers.
- Interface with and manage all commercial aspects of assigned supplier relations including but not limited to supplier agreements monitoring overall supplier performance resolving invoice/price discrepancies supporting escalation of LOG & Quality issues and supplier development/followup.
- Review existing and where necessary establish new contracts: including planning and completing annual price negotiations for responsible commodities to achieve cost savings goals. Support Purchasing team members in escalation rounds for all the above.
- Review all foreign commodities and find North American sources
- Person will source materials from suppliers at the lowest cost consistent with considerations of quality reliability of source and urgency of need. Buyer will study market trends and suppliers recommending sources of supply and will work closely with Project Purchasing in various plants to identify and realize potential savings projects.
- Participate in annual business planning process for responsible commodities
- Integrated member of worldwide commodity team (may include international travel)
- Knowledge and experience with material field purchasing of specific commodities strategic sourcing and negotiations. Able to develop strategic plan to achieve year over year savings while maintaining quality and delivery excellence and a stable yet flexible supply base.
- Provide guidance to other buyers
Physical Requirements:
While performing the duties of this job the employee is frequently required to do the following:
- Lift and move a minimum of 5 pounds without assistance
Work Environment:
This job operates in a professional office environment. This role routinely uses standard office occasionally exposed to a variety of extreme conditions. The noise level in the work environment can be quiet to moderate to loud
Qualifications :
- Bachelors degree in Business Management Supply Chain Management Computer Science or similar discipline from an accredited institution (ex. CHEA) or 5 years experience in Sourcing Commodity Management Logistics Management Purchasing or similar discipline.
- 10 plus years in production planning scheduling or buying with a manufacturing or production environment.
- MS Office familiarity.
- Strong knowledge of procurement best practices contract management and supplier relationship management.
- Analytical mindset with the ability to analyze data identify trends and make datadriven decisions.
- Familiarity in IT systems used in Logistics (e.g. ERPsystems like SAP database software (Excel Power BI) data mining).
- Customer focused and clear communication skills for various channels (face to face phone email Teams).
Additional Information :
The US base salary range for this fulltime position is $90k $110k. Within the range individual pay is determined based on several factors including but not limited to work experience and job knowledge complexity of the role job location etc. The Recruiter can share more details about the specific salary range during the interview process. In addition to your base salary HydraForce offers a comprehensive benefits package that includes health dental and vision plans; health savings accounts (HSA); flexible spending accounts; 401(K) retirement plan with employer match; wellness programs; life insurance; short and long term disability insurance; paid time off; and reimbursement of education expenses. Pay ranges included in the postings generally reflect base salary; certain positions may include bonus commission or additional benefits.
Must Have
- Must have US work authorization. This position is not open for International Assignments.
- Indefinite U.S work authorized individuals only. Future sponsorship for work authorization is not available.
All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
By choice we are committed to a diverse workforce EOE/Protected Veteran/Disabled
Remote Work :
No
Employment Type :
Fulltime
Employment Type
Full-time
