Buyer

Your role and responsibilities

In this role, you will have the opportunity to purchase materials according to required technical specifications, price, delivery schedule, and terms. Each day, you will ensure purchasing activities align with corporate purchasing policies and procedures. You will also showcase your expertise by identifying new suppliers in cooperation with the relevant team.

The work model for the role is: onsite at the Pinetops, NC facility.

• You will be mainly accountable for: Initiating Purchase Orders in the system, according to the purchase requisitions and in alignment with standard procedures, and confirming delivery with suppliers, monitoring, and tracking supplier performance to PO requirements.
• Negotiating agreements with main suppliers, and periodically renews price lists and terms and conditions.
• Recommending frame agreements to management and executing upon approval.
• Analyzing and evaluating bids to determine the optimal value.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree OR 4 years of experience in supply chain management, procurement, coordination of material requirement planning with different stakeholders in a manufacturing/production environment.
• Advanced skills in Excel, Outlook, and purchasing software (SAP preferred).
• Strategic planning, organizational, analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Exceptional communication and coordination skills navigating a dynamic working environment to support the material availability ensuring production needs are met.
• Candidates must already have work authorization that would permit them to work for ABB in the US.