Buyer - Atlanta - Kingspan Group

    Kingspan Group
    Kingspan Group Atlanta

    3 hours ago

    $52,000 - $85,000 (USD) per year *
    Description

    Buyer

    The Buyer is not just responsible for purchasing materials they are a strategic partner to Sales, Product Management, and Operations. This role ensures that procurement decisions directly support business growth, customer commitments, and product innovation.

    We're looking for a best-in-class purchasing professional someone who is disciplined, collaborative, data-driven, and solutions-focused. This Buyer will take ownership of supplier relationships, ensure operational continuity, and act as a bridge between procurement and the rest of the business.

    This position requires a minimum of seven to ten years experience in a similar role.

    Key Responsibilities

    Collaboration & Stakeholder Partnership

    • Collaborate with Sales, Product Management & Supply Chain to ensure material availability for product launches, custom orders, and growth initiatives.
    • Partner with Sales to understand customer commitments and align supplier capacity accordingly.
    • Act as the procurement voice in cross-functional meetings balancing supplier capability, cost, and lead times with business goals.

    Supplier Management & Sourcing

    • Develop and maintain a world-class supplier network evaluating partners on cost, quality, delivery, responsiveness, and innovation.
    • Assist in negotiating contracts and enforce supplier accountability for price, service, and performance.
    • Proactively identify alternative sources and ensure supply chain resilience.

    Purchasing Execution

    • Manage the full PO lifecycle in SAP with precision and discipline.
    • Respond to MRP exceptions and production shifts with speed and accuracy.
    • Ensure all purchasing data is clean, accurate, and audit-ready.

    Inventory & Production Support

    • Monitor inventory health to support both customer service levels and working capital targets.
    • Understand production lines, BOM dependencies, and raw material criticality anticipating and resolving risks before they impact output.
    • Support Operations by preventing stockouts, line-downs, and excess inventory alike.

    Supplier Performance & Risk Control

    • Develop supplier scorecards with metrics on delivery, quality, responsiveness, and cost competitiveness.
    • Run quarterly business reviews with strategic suppliers.
    • Drive corrective actions (SCAR/8D) and escalate chronic underperformance.

    Continuous Improvement

    • Lead cost savings and value engineering initiatives that improve margin without compromising quality or service.
    • Standardize processes, shorten purchasing cycle times, and enforce data discipline.
    • Benchmark KINA purchasing practices against industry leaders to ensure we operate as "best in class."

    Key Competencies & Skills

    • Attention to detail
    • Results-oriented
    • Strong communication skills
    • Exceptional collaboration and relationship management (internal & external)
    • Strong negotiation and supplier management
    • Analytical, data-driven decision-making
    • Clear and persuasive communicator
    • Organizational discipline with strong follow-through
    • Proficiency in SAP (MM module), Excel, and Microsoft Office Suite
    • Resilience under pressure, ability to manage competing priorities

    Expectations

    • Reasonable knowledge of the production process, i.e. what raw materials are required for what production lines & any intricacies involved
    • Communicate upwards where expectations will not be met
    • Data driven approach to buying, i.e. our actions must match what the data suggests
    • Work with Finance to proactively deal with invoicing variances
    • Thrive on collaboration partnering daily with Sales, Product Management, Finance, and Operations.
    • Understand that procurement is about supporting business growth, not just pushing purchase orders.
    • Are customer-obsessed ensuring suppliers deliver so Sales can keep promises to customers.
    • Are comfortable challenging suppliers and stakeholders when something doesn't add up.
    • Bring initiative and urgency to every task proactively fixing problems, not waiting for direction.
    • Take ownership for supplier accountability, PO accuracy, and clean data

    Performance Metrics

    • PO Accuracy/Cleanliness: Ensuring all purchase orders are updated regularly, closed out etc
    • Inventory Turnover Ratio: Measures how efficiently purchased goods move through inventory
    • Excess/Obsolete Inventory Value: Cost of unused or outdated materials
    * This salary range is an estimation made by beBee
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