Senior Buyer

Responsibilities:

• Own daily working relationships with suppliers, category leaders and manufacturing or project leaders. Effectively communicates with and engages all levels of the organization, as well as key suppliers and customers.  
• Updates project plans and purchasing systems; reviews and analyzes requisitions and supply plans for domestic and international purchases. 
• Negotiates prices, terms, and quality requirements; prepares requests for quotes and assists in the development of new supply sources; evaluates market conditions.  
• Performs value analysis to identify cost improvements. 
• Maintain material master data on assigned part numbers in Epicore. 
• Act as the point of contact with suppliers. May participate in negotiation of prices, terms, and quality requirements. 
• Support supplier quality and supplier development activities, including monitoring and improving delivery reliability and lead time reduction.  
• Support escalation process with suppliers based on scorecards, etc.  

Requirements:

• Ensures purchase orders are compliant legally and have the proper customer flow downs and specifications of purchase.  
• Bachelor’s Degree, ideally in Supply Chain Management, Engineering, or Business preferred.  
• Related certifications such as a Procurement Professional preferred.5+ years of purchasing experience.   
• Experience working in a manufacturing and/or projects environment is preferred.  
• 2- 3 Years of experience with Blanket Purchase Order with releases highly desirable with a strong knowledge of Epicore and EDI transmission of the procure-to-pay process, including data elements. 
• Ability to implement efficiencies in Epicore to reduce the number of PO transactions per project required. 
• Experience driving lean and continuous improvement process and strategy within an organization. 
• Knowledge and strong utilization of Microsoft applications such as Excel, PowerPoint, and Word.