Senior Buyer

Description

Palatka (FL) Procurement Operations has an opening for a Senior Buyer at our facility in Palatka, Florida, reporting to the Manager of Purchasing & Stores. Our Palatka mill is in Northeast Florida about an hour South of Jacksonville and just minutes west of the beautiful Atlantic beaches of historic St. Augustine, Florida. The Senior Buyer is responsible for negotiating, purchasing, and contracting for equipment, materials, supplies, support services, and capital project management services from external suppliers. The Senior Buyer works with the mill’s requestors to understand requirements including specifications, service needs, performance expectations, and scheduling. The individual is knowledgeable about national, regional, and local contract agreements and assures compliance with applicable corporate and local policies, guidelines, and legal requirements of contract law. 

What You Will Do

• Uses ERP system to manage backlog of Purchase Requisitions to place orders for goods and services
• Ensures contractual documents accurately reflects terms and conditions of purchases, including payment terms, freight terms, incoterms, and other key commercial terms
• Host competitive bid events and analyze vendor’s bids to ensure compliance to requirements
• Collaborates with internal requestors to understand purchase requirements to determine best total cost of ownership
• Confirms vendor commitment to safety, purchasing, stores, and environmental policies and procedures. Uses only pre-qualified preferred suppliers from Category Execution Strategies
  
• Purchasing liaison to corporate category managers and legal department on major purchase decisions
  
• Actively represents procurement and the facility operations on regional and national sourcing initiatives. Individual leads project teams across disciplines
  
• Responsible for annual spend between $20M to $60M

• Bachelor’s degree in procurement, accounting, engineering, or related fields
• At least 5 years’ procurement, project management, or related work experience
• Proficient skills utilizing Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook, and SharePoint

What Will Put You Ahead

• Pulp & Paper Industry experience
• Negotiating and contract language knowledge
• Working knowledge of SAP S4 eHANA computer programs or similar systems
• Knowledge of SAP p2p (procure-to-pay) process that integrates purchasing and accounts payables
• Experience working in a manufacturing, engineering, or maintenance environment

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Our Benefits
Our goal is for each employee, and their families, to live fulfilling and healthy lives. We provide essential resources and support to build and maintain physical, financial, and emotional strength focusing on overall wellbeing so you can focus on what matters most. Our benefits plan includes medical, dental, vision, flexible spending and health savings accounts, life insurance, ADD, disability, retirement, paid vacation/time off, educational assistance, and may also include infertility assistance, paid parental leave and adoption assistance. Specific eligibility criteria is set by the applicable Summary Plan Description, policy or guideline and benefits may vary by geographic region. If you have questions on what benefits apply to you, please speak to your recruiter.

Equal Opportunities
Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and protected veteran status. Except where prohibited by state law, all offers of employment are conditioned upon successfully passing a drug test. This employer uses E-Verify. Please visit the following website for additional information: http://www.kochcareers.com/doc/Everify.pdf

Salary : $20 - $60