Junior Buyer
Join Amrize as a Junior Buyer and help construct what's next. If you're ready to put your skills to work on projects that matter and build a career with a company that's building North America we want to hear from you! The Buyer is responsible for the raw material purchasing activities to successfully support our manufacturing operations.
What You'll Accomplish:
- Builds and maintains excellent relationships between the vendors and Amrize to achieve the mutual goals of sales and profitability
- Work with suppliers to resolve local supply issues, track vendor reliability and performance as well as product/material/service quality
- Evaluate supplier performance data and drive improvement at local level
- Proactively analyze procurement and vendors to identify opportunities to save money and improve quality through consolidation of vendors and leverage of scale
- Prepare purchase orders and review requisitions
- Work with Operations team to plan material deliveries with their production schedule
- Maintain and review computerized requisitions of items purchased, costs, delivery, and product performance
- Track and record status of orders, delivery schedules and discrepancies
- Monitor shipments to ensure that goods arrive on time
- Follow-up on undelivered goods
- Maintain product ordering standards
- Research and evaluate suppliers
- Responsible for maintaining purchasing vendor and material data in MRP system
- Reconcile pending invoices including price discrepancies
- Ensure proper order/transactional execution and follow-up reporting
- Implement master data processes and ensure the data is accurate
What We're Looking For:
- Bachelor's degree in finance, business or equivalent experience
- Two years' working experience in manufacturing setting is preferred
- Ability to build and maintain relationships with suppliers and vendors
- Must be self-motivated and efficient
- Strong organizational skills required
- A willingness to learn and a strong memory are a must
- Computer experience required
- Excellent written, verbal and interpersonal communication skills
- Good with Microsoft office is required
Building Inclusive Workspaces: At Amrize, there is endless opportunity for you to play your part. Whether you're in a technical, managerial, or frontline role, you can shape a career that works for you. We're seeking builders, creative thinkers and innovators. Come put your expertise to work while developing the knowledge and skills to drive your career forward. With us you'll have the chance to build your ambition!
Amrize North America Inc. takes pride in our hiring processes and our commitment that all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, color, ethnicity, religion, creed, national origin, ancestry, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sex, sexual orientation, marital status, pregnancy, parental status, genetic information, citizenship, physical or mental disability, past, current, or prospective service in the uniformed services, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state or local law. Amrize North America Inc. participates in E-Verify and will provide the federal government with your I-9 information to confirm that you are authorized to work in the United States. In compliance with the ADA Amendments Act (ADAAA), if you have a disability and would like to request accommodation in order to apply for a position with us, please email recruiting-accommodations@amrize.com. This email address should only be used for accommodations and not general inquiries or resume submittals.