Senior Buyer

• Lead sourcing activities for direct and indirect materials, services, MRO, capital equipment, tooling, construction, and assigned categories
• Develop and execute sourcing strategies using spend analysis, market intelligence, supplier capabilities, risk assessment, and total cost of ownership
• Manage RFIs, RFQs, supplier evaluations, and competitive sourcing events
• Negotiate pricing, payment terms, contracts, lead times, freight, warranties, and service levels
• Administer contracts, long-term agreements, statements of work, leases, and confidentiality agreements with Legal and Finance
• Manage supplier performance through scorecards, business reviews, corrective actions, and risk mitigation
• Support new product launches, engineering changes, and supplier readiness activities
• Drive cost reduction and value improvement initiatives
• Analyze supplier cost increase requests using market data and cost-driver analysis
• Maintain procurement records, pricing, contracts, and approvals in SAP and SAP Ariba
• Collaborate with internal stakeholders to standardize specifications, consolidate spend, and implement sourcing strategies
• Mentor Buyers and Assistant Buyers on sourcing practices, negotiations, procurement controls, and system usage
• Lead resolution of escalated supplier issues and support cross-functional business initiatives
• Achieve cost savings, cost avoidance, and total-cost improvement targets
• Improve supplier quality, delivery performance, responsiveness, and corrective action closure
• Increase competitive sourcing, contract coverage, and approved supplier utilization
• Protect supply continuity through supplier risk management and mitigation planning
• Maintain procurement compliance, data accuracy, and audit-ready records
• Support working capital objectives through improved payment terms, inventory management, and lead-time reduction

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