Procurement Operations - Strategic Buyer

Job Summary:
The overall goal of the Procurement Operations Strategic Buyer is to achieve the best total cost position for all external spend for Lafayette Operations, the lowest sourcing risks, best supplier performances, and ensuring highest efficiency and effectiveness for the Plant.

In this role, you will:

The Procurement Operations Strategic Buyer position includes both creation of strategic vision, and tactical management including execution of the following essential functions, examples include but are not limited to:

• Execute on relevant Procurement strategies, measures, and activities in close cooperation with Procurement Plant Stakeholders and global procurement resources
• Ensure the optimal collaboration of Plant Procurement with Global Category Management and Regional Procurement to achieve best procurement result
• Through collaboration with customers, provide purchasing decisions based on market and conditions, product specifications, supplier strategy
• Create and maintain master service agreement after negotiating cost, terms and conditions with suppliers.
• Work closely with Arconic Shared Services team to ensure optimized tactical and transactional flowpath are utilized
• Provide exceptional customer service by proactively contacting stakeholders to resolve procurement processes related issues.
• Ensure compliance requirements are executed

Essential Knowledge/Skills/Abilities:

• Production and Processing — Knowledge of production processes, quality control, costs, and other techniques for maximizing the effective manufacture and distribution of goods;
• Administration and Management — Knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, production methods, and coordination of people and resources
• Economics and Accounting — Knowledge of economic and accounting principles and practices, the financial markets, and the analysis and reporting of financial data
• Proficiency in Technology Skills —Oracle E-Business Suite, SAP; Spreadsheet software: Microsoft Excel; Office Suite software: Microsoft Office;
• Customer and Personal Service — Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction;
• Communication skills – the ability to summarize complex situations into actionable items for upper management;
• Critical Thinking — Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems;
• Negotiation — Bringing others together and trying to reconcile differences;
• Problem Sensitivity — The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong;
• Dependability — Job requires being reliable, responsible, and dependable, and fulfilling obligations;
• Integrity — Job requires being honest and ethical;
• Stress Tolerance — Job requires accepting criticism and dealing calmly and effectively with high stress situations;
• The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
• Travel Required: up to 25%

You have:

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited institution

• 3 years previous work experience in purchasing/procurement, supply chain, and/or sales

• Employees must be legally authorized to work in the United States. Verification of employment eligibility will be required at the time of hire. Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.
This position requires access to controlled technology, as defined in the Export Administration Regulations (15 C.F.R. §730, et seq.) and/or the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR). Authorizations from the relevant government agency may be required to meet export control compliance requirements.

Exceptional Candidates also have:

• Professional certifications (CPM)

• 5 years previous work experience in purchasing/procurement, supply chain, and/or sales