What are the responsibilities and job description for the Buyer - Indirect position at IPEX by Aliaxis?
IPEX is one of the North American leading providers of advanced plastic piping systems. Our mission is to shape a better tomorrow by connecting people with water and energy.
We currently have an exciting opportunity as a Buyer, Indirect! This role is based at our Office in Lynchburg, Virginia and reports to the Purchasing Manager.
Do not miss the opportunity to join a diverse group of people-centric professionals, thought leaders and rapid thinkers, entrepreneurs in spirit and status quo-fighters!
Job Summary
The Buyer, Indirect is responsible for managing the strategic sourcing, procurement, supplier management, and contract administration of indirect goods and services across multiple manufacturing facilities. This role plays a key part in driving operational efficiency and cost optimization by developing sourcing strategies, leading supplier negotiations, managing commercial agreements, and ensuring consistent supplier performance.
As a trusted business partner, the Buyer collaborates closely with stakeholders across operations, maintenance, engineering, finance, human resources, information technology, and plant leadership to deliver high-quality procurement solutions that align with organizational objectives. The successful candidate will help advance a structured and scalable indirect procurement function while promoting governance, compliance, and continuous improvement across the business.
Principal Responsibilities
We currently have an exciting opportunity as a Buyer, Indirect! This role is based at our Office in Lynchburg, Virginia and reports to the Purchasing Manager.
Do not miss the opportunity to join a diverse group of people-centric professionals, thought leaders and rapid thinkers, entrepreneurs in spirit and status quo-fighters!
Job Summary
The Buyer, Indirect is responsible for managing the strategic sourcing, procurement, supplier management, and contract administration of indirect goods and services across multiple manufacturing facilities. This role plays a key part in driving operational efficiency and cost optimization by developing sourcing strategies, leading supplier negotiations, managing commercial agreements, and ensuring consistent supplier performance.
As a trusted business partner, the Buyer collaborates closely with stakeholders across operations, maintenance, engineering, finance, human resources, information technology, and plant leadership to deliver high-quality procurement solutions that align with organizational objectives. The successful candidate will help advance a structured and scalable indirect procurement function while promoting governance, compliance, and continuous improvement across the business.
Principal Responsibilities
- Develop and execute sourcing strategies for assigned indirect spend categories to achieve cost savings, service improvements, risk mitigation, and supplier performance objectives.
- Manage the full sourcing lifecycle, including supplier identification, RFQ/RFP development, supplier evaluations, commercial negotiations, and supplier selection recommendations.
- Negotiate pricing, contracts, service level agreements, and commercial terms to maximize value and optimize total cost of ownership.
- Support contract lifecycle management activities, including contract development, renewals, compliance monitoring, and supplier performance reviews.
- Analyze spend data and purchasing trends to identify opportunities for supplier consolidation, process improvements, cost savings, and strategic sourcing initiatives.
- Establish supplier performance metrics and conduct regular business reviews to drive accountability, service excellence, and continuous improvement.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to understand business needs and deliver effective procurement solutions.
- Ensure purchasing activities comply with company policies and governance requirements.
- Lead competitive bidding events and supplier benchmarking initiatives.
- Prepare procurement reports, dashboards, and performance metrics to support leadership decision-making and category strategies.
- Identify, assess, and mitigate supplier-related risks that could impact business continuity, service delivery, or financial performance.
- Support the development and implementation of procurement policies, procedures, supplier management programs, and category management best practices.
- Identify and mitigate supplier-related risks while supporting continuous improvement initiatives.
- 3-5 years of experience in procurement, strategic sourcing, purchasing, supply chain, or category management.
- Experience sourcing indirect goods and services within a manufacturing environment highly preferred.
- Proven experience managing RFQs, RFPs, supplier evaluations, negotiations, contract management, and competitive bidding.
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, negotiation, and supplier relationship management skills.
- Advanced Microsoft Excel skills, including data analysis and reporting. Experience with data visualization tools including PowerBI or Tableau is an asset.
- Experience with ERP, purchasing, or spend analysis systems is an asset.
- Strong business acumen, attention to detail, and organizational skills.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management abilities.
- Self-motivated with a continuous improvement mindset and the ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment.