Strategic Buyer

Summary of Job Content:

• This position is responsible for managing the effective and efficient purchasing of steel pressure vessels and components according to drawings, commodities, services, and capital equipment for our site in Strongsville.
• Focus on long term vision for company and supplier for pressure vessels and equipment for customer projects.
• Industry knowledge expert incl. ASME skills.
• This position is responsible for the implementation of the initiatives of Global Purchasing.

Key Accountabilities:

• Negotiates prices, terms, and conditions of agreements and executes agreements with suppliers.
• Responsible for the management of suppliers in area of responsibility/categories.
• Formulates strategies for categories and serves as subject-matter expert on key categories of goods and services.
• Develops and executes action plans to meet targets for cost, quality, and delivery.
• Evaluates industry trends to determine potential impacts and initiates actions to ensure continuity of supply chain.
• Conducts semiannual audits of key suppliers to assess cost, quality, and delivery.
• Investigates potential suppliers for optimum alignment of capabilities with requirements.
• Develops domestic and international long-term relationships with suppliers.
• Coordinates agreements for goods and services covered by local, national, or global agreements.
• Manages purchases of goods and services for sites and completes transactions for purchasing in SAP with third parties and intercompany.
• Creates materials in SAP and maintains database of materials with respect to prices, sources, etc.
• Researches discrepancies between invoices and purchase orders and approves invoices for accounts payable.
• Validates local contracts and obtains certificates of liability insurance for projects.
• Ensures compliance with policies and procedures of Group Legal and Global Procurement.
• Performs other duties as required to support objectives of sites and Global Procurement.

Skills:

1. Bachelor’s degree from a 4-year college or university.
2. Proficiency with Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, and Word.

• Experience with SAP preferred.

1. Strong ability to communicate clearly and effectively and to provide world-class customer service.
2. Excellent analytical and organizational skills and ability to prioritize and to simultaneously handle multiple tasks.

• Must fluently read and speak English.

Experience:

• Minimum of 6 years of experience in procurement. Experience in manufacturing preferred.
• Commodity management
• Contract negotiations