Indirect Buyer

Indirect Buyer

The Indirect Buyer is primarily responsible for issuing purchase orders for Maintenance Repair Operations (MRO), Research & Development (R&D), Corporate Services and Capital Expenditures (CapEx) and ensuring timely delivery of Purchase Orders. Managing outside vendor operations to ensure finished good on-time delivery. The individual should be a self-starter that works autonomously with little supervision to carry out Victaulic procurement activities and manage supplier relationships.

Responsibilities :

• Manage suppliers for indirect materials and services, including but not limited to CapEx, MRO, R&D, sample parts and services, establishing & maintaining quality, service, and cost benchmarks.
• Work directly with engineers and project management to support ongoing research and development efforts with purchasing of samples, materials, and outside services.
• Support the new supplier and parts approval processes by issuing orders for investment tooling and production samples, and coordinating payment approvals with the appropriate sourcing, quality assurance, and project leads.
• Issue purchase orders and tracking deliveries for material and services required for engineering lab, manufacturing facilities and office operations.
• Manage outside supplier operations and sub-contractors. The effective issuance of shop orders, purchase orders and component planning to meet customer demand.
• Proactively resolve problems and discrepancies with quality, delivery, quantity and invoicing of purchases.
• Owns the tactical day-to-day supplier relationship.
• Analyze requisitions and specifications to determine required quantities and delivery dates, communicating technical and logistical requirements to vendors.
• Identify and implement continuous improvements, both within category responsibilities and within the job description and work processes.
• Supports global / regional procurement initiatives as well as leads site-level initiatives for supplier management, supplier quality & supplier performance improvement
• Identify and manage cost reduction and avoidance efforts within assignments.
• Manage purchasing card (p-card). Consolidate purchases on P-card to fewer suppliers and create leverage. Maintain transaction log and reconcile statements, ensuring internal control.
• Prepares requests for information (RFIs), quotations (RFQs) and proposals (RFPs), analyzing and evaluating multi-supplier responses. Prepares award recommendations for these that incorporate the Total Cost of Ownership (TCO).
• Builds and maintains strong working relationships with internal customers and key vendors.
• Participate on special projects and initiatives as appropriate.
• Is proficient in expediting suppliers and logistics and is familiar with impact order management. Escalates when necessary.
• Other duties as assigned by Purchasing Supervisor.

Requirements (Education, Experience and Personal Attributes) :

Preferred (Education, Experience and Personal Attributes) :