Strategic Sourcing Buyer

Must be within 4 hours of South Carolina

Occasional onsite required (4-6x per year)

We are hiring a Strategic Sourcing Buyer. This role supports operations through commodity management, procurement of major capital goods and services including source identification and qualification, quoting, and negotiating. Negotiates and/or administers purchase contracts for complex and highly technical items, materials or services. Establishes and maintains a solid working relationship with internal and external customers and vendors.

DUTIES:

• Research Potential Vendors- Interviews and confers with vendors to obtain product or service information, such as price, availability, and delivery schedule. Selects products for purchase by testing, observing, or examining items
• Negotiates Contracts / Pricing- Estimates values according to knowledge of market price. Obtains vendor quotes and negotiates pricing.
• Data Analysis and KPI reporting - utilize Excel and Ariba to create and monitor KPIs for the procurement department to measure effectiveness.
• Customer Service- Monitors vendor performance and recommends necessary action to improve performance.
• Interfacing daily with internal department customers and external vendors, coordinates and provides purchasing data for monthly / daily purchasing reporting. Fully utilize SAP functionality in order to perform and understand analysis and reporting. Identifies cost savings opportunities.

REQUIRED:

• 3+ years of experience in purchasing/procurement or project management
• 3+ years of Strategic Sourcing & Vendor Management
• 1+ year of materials procurement
• 3+ years of SAP Ariba or other ERP experience.
• Proficiency with Excel for data analysis
• 2+ years of vendor management
• 1+ year of contract negotiation experience
• Bachelor s degree or equivalent job experience.