• Procure different commodities of high complexity for various customers.
• Review and recommend revising purchasing practices to ensure their conformance with best industry
practice, established laws, the Supply Chain Manuals, and approved processes.
• Conduct monthly file reviews.
• Identify potential items to be included under purchase agreements.
• Develop and maintain purchase agreements.
• Plan, lead, and monitor purchase agreement.
• Lead/participate development initiatives.
• Lead/participate cross-functional teams.
• Cover a supervisor role.
• Mentor & coach new employees
• Manage the buying process for a given set of goods in line with specified cost, quality and delivery
targets.
• Provide technical / commercial assistance to Tactical Buyers to develop awareness of procurement
processes and improve product knowledge.
• Develop and maintain a strong foundation of function skills and knowledge of relevant purchasing
concepts.
• Balance both tactical executions with strategic initiatives necessary to drive cost reduction projects.
• For select commodities, develop, and execute long-term strategy deployment, supplier cost modeling,
supplier opportunity assessments, supplier financial analysis, negotiations, long-term contract
establishment, continuous supplier performance improvement, and supplier relationship development.
• Coordinates purchasing activities with internal partners to acquire products and services in a cost
effective and timely manner.
• Maintains all procurement KPIs for assigned commodities and agreements including corrective
actions to be taken.
• Ensure the application of the commodity strategy by adhering to purchasing plan with key suppliers
Prepares and issues moderate to high complexity, value and risk purchase orders and complex
agreements, and ensures all procurement actions which commit the company are properly
documented, reviewed, and approved consistent with policy and procedure. Can identify risks and
mitigate them when negotiating terms and conditions.
• Leads supplier issue resolutions (lead time, drawing issues, etc.); work with business users, Supplier
Quality, etc. to resolve supplier quality issues, identify sources for new products, and improve supplier
performance; issue supplier corrective actions, and quality control instructions; and assess supplier
responses to corrective action requests.
• Supports internal, customer, and external compliance audits.
• Ensures communications regarding material status is being generated, presented, and distributed to
appropriate personnel.
• Leads, directs, mentors and trains other supply chain professionals.