Buyer - Fort Atkinson, United States - Connect Search, LLC

Description

Summary:

Connect Search is recruiting a Buyer for a client in Fort Atkinson. This is a hybrid work from home position.

Responsibilities

• Research, identify, develop and implement tools, processes, or infrastructures to negotiate "best" - price, quality, service and achieve best practices and lowest global cost sources of assigned commodity.
• Prepare Requests for Information (RFI), Requests for Quote (RFQ), analyze supplier responses and quotes, lead or facilitate supplier selection, negotiations and facilitate contract blanket orders.
• Track commodity spending and monitor process compliance to document savings and process improvements. Communicate progress, barriers, risks and benefits to appropriate management levels.
• Ensure that detailed documentation is developed, approved and retained on implementation of continuous improvement initiatives and process improvements by suppliers in assigned commodities.
• Manage the tracking of market trends such as cost drivers, levers and competitive situations.
• Develop methods to systematically gather and report metrics on vendor performance using vendor scorecards and monitoring supplier continuous improvement objectives.
• Serve as an expert on the characteristics, capabilities, and applicability of specialized and highly technical items being procured. Develop economic projections on key products/commodities and services affecting our business.
• Establish/locate substitutes for emergency situations and second sources for production continuity and outsourcing capabilities.
• Provide oral and written interpretation of polices and procedures, rules and regulations, revised statutes and internal guideline to personnel and suppliers including ISO requirements.
• Investigate complaints on behalf of both Manufacturing personnel and suppliers; appraise the situations objectively and issue recommendations for solution or take corrective action.
• Confer with and resolve problems that may arise among suppliers and departmental personnel requiring technical assistance to ensure compliance of all terms and conditions of the agreement or purchase order.
• Implement cost reduction and supplier analysis program.