What are the responsibilities and job description for the Strategic Buyer position at Heraeus Holding GmbH?
Strategic Buyer
Location Gaithersburg - Maryland
Permanent
Full Time
Imagine a job where you will have the opportunity to do exciting and challenging work while collaborating with extraordinary colleagues. A company that invests in you and your career, providing the training, mentoring, development, and support you need to be successful now and in the future. If you want a career without limits with a broadly diversified and globally leading family-owned technology company where you can make an impact, then imagine an opportunity at Heraeus. Every day, our worldwide team of around 17,200 employees brings forward new ideas and solutions that are impacting and transforming everything from healthcare and renewable energy to e-mobility, high-tech, and telecommunications.
Your role and responsibilities:
- Sources and investigates potential suppliers. Evaluates and assesses risk management for existing key suppliers and develops and selects new suppliers.
- Works with best total cost solutions. May coordinate and negotiate contracts for assigned commodities with the expectation of providing purchase price reductions and establishing purchase pricing.
- Qualifies suppliers through Supplier Quality audits and continuously reviews suppliers’ performance. Performs on-site supplier surveys. Responsible for issuing survey results and team recommendations.
- Develops excellent working relationships with both internal and external customers as well as suppliers.
- Maintains supplier relationships in order to drive cost reductions while continually achieving the highest level of quality material.
- Reviews, analyzes and interprets various reports for spend analysis. Compiles and analyzes trends in prices and supply materials and services.
- Participates in process optimization projects for procurement processes and uses available tools as benchmarks. Evaluates manufacturing methods.
- Issues purchase orders, changes and expedites based on MRP and Misc. requisitions. Maintains consistent and accurate price, stock and consumption records.
- Evaluates and assesses risk management for existing key suppliers and develop and select new suppliers.
- Schedules delivery of materials, selects carrier routes, prepares necessary shipping documents, handles claims for lost or damaged goods and material returned to supplier.
What is required for this role:
- BS/BA in Bus Admin or major in related curriculum (or 6 years work experience); plus 5 years’ experience in purchasing
- Experience in a Procurement department in a commercial or capital equipment environment.
- Experience in SAP business system/MRP environment preferred.
- CPM, APICS or ISM certifications a plus. Project management experience.
- Solid skills in Microsoft Office applications.
- Sound understanding of the theories and application of MRP II, JIT, TQC, and Value Engineering.
- Ability to read engineering blueprints or any relevant technical documents.
- Working understanding of assigned commodities.
- Ability to interface with company and supplier senior management.
- Excellent negotiation, presentation, verbal and written communication skills.
Diversity is at the core of our Vision, Mission, and Values. Heraeus is committed to an inclusive workforce that fully represents many different cultures, backgrounds and viewpoints. We can provide you with the opportunity - and Open Space - where your ideas and career can grow and advance. A career with Heraeus offers attractive compensation, top-notch benefits, and an ideal environment that supports your professional development.
In case of any questions, our HR team is available at hrdirect-americas@heraeus.com. You can also find more information at www.heraeus.com/careersusa.
Salary : $68,500 - $86,700
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