Senior Buyer

Sr. Buyer

The Sr. Buyer is responsible for the timely and efficient procurement of equipment, materials, supplies and services in accordance with established category strategies. Demonstrating a broad-based knowledge of the sourcing and procurement process, the position is expected to facilitate the RFP process, develop and use supplier evaluation criteria, conduct negotiations, manage the life cycle of contracts and purchase orders. The position will also manage supplier performance including issue resolution, and interact cross-functionally with internal clients and stakeholders.

Preference is for successful candidate to be based at Liberty Plant - Eddystone, PA, Garrison Plant - Dover, DE, or Manchester Street Station - Providence, RI. However, position may be based at any Vistra Corp location.

Key roles and responsibilities include leading and supporting sourcing activities across all spend categories, conducting market analysis to select suppliers based upon business value and need, supporting and promoting Vistra's Supplier Diversity program through outreach and supplier development activities, collaborating with key stakeholders as primary site contact for category teams, conducting supplier negotiations, drafting and authoring contracts and MSA's to support the purchase of goods and services, managing contract documents on an on-going basis including expirations, renewals, statement of work (SOW) revisions, change orders, and amendments, processing purchase requests and issue purchase orders within Vistra's procure-to-pay platform, communicating effectively with suppliers using expediting skills as needed to ensure timely delivery of goods and services, ensuring contractors performing high risk services are pre-qualified and compliant with safety and insurance requirements, resolving or escalating any vendor disputes or issues as necessary, covering emergency after hours and weekend on-call support on a rotating basis.

Education, experience and skill requirements include three years of relevant procurement/contracting experience or other related experience, understanding and awareness of sourcing, contract management, and the importance of managing suppliers to drive compliance and performance, basic awareness of financial concepts and terminology, category management principles and the associated benefits of category strategies, solid understanding of the sourcing process; ability to lead a lower complexity sourcing event from identifying potential suppliers, through bid, negotiation and award, recognizing diverse supplier opportunities where possible, ability to effectively understand and conduct basic negotiations and recognize when escalation is necessary for resolution, practitioner with demonstrated ability process and manage purchase orders, support eCommerce transactions, and effectively manage issues and stakeholders to guarantee policy, process and contract compliance, understanding of legal risks and practical effects of contract terms and conditions; ability to negotiate red lines of common commercial terms, and recognize when incremental contract language is necessary to manage risk, demonstrated awareness of the importance of project management process, ability to effectively interact with internal and external stakeholders, providing a high level of customer service while supporting departmental goals and the corporate vision, mission and strategy, aptitude to mentor buyers, peers or other personnel on procurement processes, policies and practices, high school diploma or equivalent, occasional travel will be required, experience gained through college degree programs and/or certifications is applicable to above skills and experience.