Buyer

General Role Description Source, evaluate, and negotiate with suppliers to achieve optimal cost, quality, and service and to meet commercial requirements Role Accountabilities

• Bring Analyze business unit needs to mitigate assigned products supply and delivery risks, recommend appropriate solutions, and implement as approved
• Research new equipment suppliers utilizing the Company’s quality system
• Identify and recommend new suppliers to develop globally to support business unit needs and lower costs
• Negotiate with assigned suppliers to achieve lower material costs and on time delivery
• Gather data to manage performance evaluation of assigned product’s supplier and submit to manager
• Gather data to negotiate terms and conditions, payment terms, and other financial terms and agreements with suppliers, as requested
• Recommend risk assessment and abatement plan to meet budgets, targets, and schedules and provide to Sourcing Manager to present to business units
• Track non-conformance reports, cost of quality and prepare for supplier recovery activities
• Generate the Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) buyer’s report that identifies the requisitions to be processed and determine order of priority
• Evaluate committed dates for order placement and delivery, in collaboration with business unit management
• Notify expeditors of orders which must be expedited in addition to those scheduled in the ERP
• Organize supplier meetings to update business unit engineers on the latest technology and products
• Obtain competitive quotes for equipment and material requisitions
• Reconcile PO and invoice discrepancies with the finance department and suppliers
• Initiate new supplier set-up documentation and submit to finance department
• Notify finance department of new “ship-to” locations of suppliers
• Process completed requisitions, enter data as required, and forward to Purchasing Specialist
• Advise project managers and business unit engineers of equipment delivery schedules in a timely manner
• Provide timely updates on subcontractor performance, market trends, and supplier relationships to management
• Ensure purchase orders are issued with correct terms to minimize cost and liability to the Company General Employee Accountabilities
• Bring full effort to bear on tasks assigned by manager
• Give manager best advice
• Give earliest notice when work cannot be delivered as specified
• Cooperate and collaborate with peers and interact cross-organizationally as specified by manager
• Exemplify Company Core Values: Integrity, Client Focus, Team Orientation, and Personal Commitment
• Comply with all Company policies, practices, and procedures and all regulations and laws
• Recommend viable improvements proactively
• Ensure effective utilization of business tools and processes Requirements
• Bachelor’s degree in related field or equivalent via education and/or work experience - 2 years of experience purchasing in an industrial or commercial environment - 1 year of experience sourcing new suppliers
• Demonstrated continuous improvement in areas of responsibility
• Demonstrated successful working relationships with clients, suppliers, and other internal and external contacts
• Demonstrated successful and positive personal leadership, interpersonal, organizational, administrative, and communication skills
• Proficiency in MS Word, Excel and Outlook, and ERP
• Availability to travel, domestically and internationally, up to 10%, sometimes with limited notice Preferred Qualifications - 1 year of experience negotiating agreements
• Purchasing experience in a multi-entity, multi-currency, international, industrial environment
• Advanced Excel skills
• Proficiency in Oracle Link to TMEIC Corporation Americas website : https://www.tmeic.com/ . To be considered an applicant for any available positions, individuals must complete an online job application for each posting. A resume may be attached to the online application but is not considered a substitute for the information in the application. Applications will be considered only for the specific position for which the application is submitted. EEO/AA/M/F/Vet/Disability Employer