Job Summary:As a Senior Buyer, you will be responsible for taking full and independent ownership over assigned spend and plant responsibilities. This role will provide sourcing, commodity, and supply base management expertise to ensure that all aspects of the sourcing process meet the company's quality, surety of supply, and cost to meet procurement requirements. This role will be responsible to strategically source existing products, onboard new products and brands, control pricing and creatively initiate and execute plant strategies. A Senior Buyer must have an entrepreneurial mind, a keen understanding of industry trends, and ability to coordinate projects across multiple departments.
What you will be doing- Develop annual Procurement Plan for Spanish Fork and assigned spend categories.
- Deliver Procurement support for the Spanish Fork location and departments.
- Work with operations and maintenance teams to manage and drive cost savings initiative based on the Procurement Plan.
- Enter savings projects in Provalido system and maintain project portfolio.
- Evaluate suppliers based on cost, quality, and risk factors. Source alternate suppliers as needed.
- Partner with quality and finance to monitor supplier performance.
- Implement supplier sustainability initiatives.
- Maintain an efficient and reliable storeroom process.
- Execute contracts for identified suppliers.
- Maintain compliance with internal policies and procedures. Proactively identify gaps in compliance and create actions plans to remediate.
- Process purchase orders - including conveying purchase orders to the suppliers.
- Purchase order/order acknowledgment accuracy - Verify pricing, order quantity, requested date, and supplier promised delivery date.
- Reconciling and resolving all issues related to invoices, purchase orders, and receipts.
- Maintain purchasing reports - Open orders, holds report, GRNI, supplier reconciliation, etc.
- Maintain accurate supplier account status including, but not limited to:
- Set up of new suppliers.
- Updating terms, addresses, phone numbers, point of contact, etc.
- Manage and drive cost improvement initiatives by analyzing spend and purchase trends for tracking of all departments.
- Assist in Inventory process as needed.
- Comply with Health, Safety & Environmental requirements.
What will make you successful?Required Education/Experience: - Bachelor's degree required; degree in Business or a related field preferred.
- 5 years of experience in procurement, supply chain, or a technical manufacturing role.
- Less than 10% travel.
Preferred Skills/Qualifications: - Intermediate analytical skills with the ability to interpret data and take action.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, PowerPoint, SharePoint, etc.).
- Proficiency in ERP systems with a preference for Oracle and/or SAP.
- General knowledge of procurement strategies, supplier negotiations, and sourcing processes.
- Excellent communication skills (both verbal and written), with the ability to work collaboratively across teams.
- Strong organizational skills with a keen attention to detail.
- Ability to work under pressure and manage multiple tasks with competing deadline
- Strong desire and ability to work cross functionally and influence decision makers.
- Understand policies and procedures and implement changes where necessary to promote a culture of compliance.
- Develop and lead junior buyer / inventory analyst.
