Job DescriptionTitle: Sr. Buyer Key Accountabilities:
- Process purchasing award summaries and purchasing documents
- Assist in the development of Commodity Team strategies that align with Global Purchasing and Logistics Objectives
- Develop sourcing lists and monitor supplier performance
- Aggressively resolve all pricing, invoicing and contract related issues with the suppliers
- Negotiate pricing, terms and annual contracts with suppliers
- Analyze supplier cost / pricing information and benchmark the competition
- Maintain open communication between internal departments, management, and suppliers
- Support cost savings initiatives
- Support the implementation of a standardized process approach utilizing digitalization, common forms, measurements, and structure
- Forecast annual material, purchasing volumes, annual savings, tooling costs and repair budget
- Maintain good housekeeping practices
- Adhere to company/professional ethics governing the handling of confidential information and the observation of confidentiality
- Promote a compliance culture in area of responsibility, and live the letter and the spirit of the Rolls Royce Code of Conduct
- Perform special projects as required
Basic Requirements: - Applicants must be authorized to work for any employer in the U.S without sponsorship. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment Visa at this time
- Bachelor's Degree in Business Management, Materials Management, or Business Finance, and 5 years of procurement, materials management, supplier cost analysis, or supply chain management experience; or 9 years of experience in procurement, materials management, supplier cost analysis, or supply chain management
- Ability to travel - domestic and international on a limited basis and learn commodity processes at supplier locations
Preferred Qualifications: - Experience handling confidential sensitive matters with discretion
- Excellent negotiation skills
- Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to work effectively with others
- Excellent working knowledge of purchasing practices and procedures
- Excellent financial/cost analysis and problem-solving skills when issues are very complex
- Strong organizational, planning, and follow-up skills
- Strong oral, written and presentation communication skills, and the ability to understand the needs of the internal customer
- Excellent ability to interpret blueprints and engineering documents
- Self-starter with the ability to work independently with little direction
- Knowledge of production planning, supply chain and/or materials management processes
- Proficient with PC and MS Office Suite
- Specific knowledge of Off-Highway Diesel Engine commodities, materials and products
- SAP experience
- Engineering or technical degree
- German language skills
Job CategoryProcurement
Job Posting Date11 Jun 2026; 00:06
Pay Range$81,520 - $132,470-Annually
Location:Mankato, MN
BenefitsRolls-Royce provides a comprehensive and competitive Total Rewards package that includes base pay and a discretionary bonus plan. Eligible employees may have the opportunity to enroll in other benefits, including health, dental, vision, disability, life and accidental death & dismemberment insurance; a flexible spending account; a health savings account; a 401(k) retirement savings plan with a company match; Employee Assistance Program; Paid Time Off; certain paid holidays; paid parental and family care leave; tuition reimbursement; and a long-term incentive plan. The options available to an employee may vary depending on eligibility factors such as date of hire, employment type, and the applicability of collective bargaining agreements.
