Buyer

Position Title: Buyer

Location: Green River, WY

Key Responsibilities:

• Perform daily procurement activities and ordering as assigned by Manager.
• Supports Procurement Team to create and manage purchasing agreements (contracts) for MRO materials purchases with new and established suppliers.
• Inputs new vendor requests, vendor updates, and any other changes in accordance with the vendor master data policy.
• Ensures and tracks compliance with the local/regional/global supply agreements and schedules meetings with suppliers not performing to expectations to discuss KPI scorecard and resolve performance issues.
• Works with suppliers to resolve local supply issues, tracks vendor reliability & performance as well as product/material/service quality.
• Evaluates supplier performance data and drives performance improvement at local level supporting Procurement KPI programs.
• Works with Purchasing Specialists and Leaders to optimize use of appropriate ERP system (SAP, Oracle, WMS) automation tools, including alliance vendor e-catalogs.
• Work with other functional areas to streamline and improve processes.
• Responsible for maintaining purchasing vendor and material data in system including master material data setup and non-stock material data setup.
• Work with VMI and vending machine suppliers to rationalize warehouse stock for entry into or removal from warehouse stocks.
• Works with Procurement and Legal to upload contract documents in database to support contract management compliance.

Activities:

• Creates purchase orders and supports other functional areas in procuring goods and services.
• Responds to new vendor requests; assures supplier prequalification is performed and evaluated prior to adding new vendors with responsible procurement party where applicable.
• Collects, analyzes, and maintains supplier data metrics
• Reconciles pending invoices including price discrepancies (notifying Manager where appropriate).
• Identifies cost and avoidance savings opportunities and either executes where appropriate or escalates to Procurement Supervisor or Procurement Manager, or Warehouse Manager.
• Tracks, analyzes, maintains, and monitors data in relation to supplier information and other data that assists in improving supplier performance.
• Provide site training on procurement processes where appropriate including providing training on how to order from the warehouse or via requisition
• Support relevant site quality systems, Safety Systems, or other such management systems where applicable.
• KPI discrepancy data tracking and scorecard development for selected suppliers.
• Assist warehouse staff with finding missing POs, shipments, materials
• Participate in RCAs to support material and procurement functions.
• Participate in special projects to support procurement and procurement process improvement goals (e.g., eProcure platform; internal benchmarking for best practices etc.), as needed.
• Runs expediting reports to keep material flow to the site on track with supplier follow-up.
• Assist in follow up and provide information to requesters regarding ordering.
• Assist with Procurement and Stores buying activities as needed.

Skill, Capability, and Educational Requirements:

Required Skills and Experience:

• High School diploma or equivalent (such as the GED) with relevant functional procurement experience
• Generally, also requires 2 years of experience in procurement or comparable experience from marketing, sales, or customer service in a heavy industrial environment.

Preferred Skills and Experience:

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited 4-year college or university or equivalent experience
• General experience in chemical, mining, or manufacturing industry
• Procure to Pay and/or MRP experience
• Effective negotiation and influencing skills
• CPM or CPSM Certification desired
• Integrated use of ERP systems such as SAP, Oracle, and strong working knowledge of MS office
• Execution of detailed PO/contracts relating to services, materials, timeliness, cost savings and profitability

A relevant mix of education and other experiences will be considered.

Final determination on pay grade will be made by HR and company leadership considering the candidate's education, experience, past performance, demonstrated leadership and influence.