Buyer

Hillenbrand•Sabetha, KS

About The Position

The Buyer is responsible for achieving operational procurement KPIs, including claim management, purchase order execution, exception-message management, parts escalation and availability, invoice reconciliation, and buyer productivity. The role manages day-to-day supplier relationships and ensures suppliers deliver on time, within budget, and to agreed quality standards, escalating issues when needed. The Buyer implements category strategies and framework contracts, contributes feedback to global category and sourcing management, and delivers year-over-year savings through negotiations for assigned categories and suppliers. The position oversees the complete Procure to Pay process, collaborates with operating companies and suppliers to resolve delivery, quality, warranty, and payment issues, and ensures compliance with purchase order policies and standardized procurement processes. The role also maintains master data, contributes to procurement-part settings for MRP where applicable based on guidance from the Global Materials Management team, and uses analytics, tools, capabilities, and standard operating procedures provided by the COE and Excellence management team to continuously improve procurement operations. Coperion is a global process-technology company and a business unit of Hillenbrand.

Requirements

Completed commercial or technical degree or apprenticeship, with more than 2 years of working experience.
Stakeholder management skills for internal and external stakeholders.
Customer-service mentality.
Problem-solving skills and a hands-on mentality.
Commercial mindset.
Ability to work autonomously and in an organized manner.
Negotiation skills.
Confident use of common MS Office tools.
Fluent written and spoken German and English.

Nice To Haves

ERP knowledge.
Relevant experience in procurement or purchasing.
Knowledge of the Procure-to-Pay process.
In-plant procurement experience.

Responsibilities

Deliver operational KPIs, including claim management, purchase order execution, exception-message management, parts escalation and availability, invoice reconciliation, and buyer productivity.
Manage day-to-day supplier relationships and tactical execution.
Oversee and expedite suppliers to ensure timely delivery within budget and to agreed quality standards, escalating issues when necessary.
Implement and operationalize category strategies and framework contracts, and provide feedback and contributions to Global Category Management and/or Global Sourcing Management.
Deliver year-over-year savings and negotiate for selected categories and assigned suppliers.
Fulfill the complete Procure to Pay process.
Collaborate with operating companies and suppliers to resolve delivery, quality, warranty, and payment issues.
Ensure compliance with purchase order policies and standardize procurement processes.
Maintain master data and contribute to MRP settings for procured parts, where applicable, in accordance with guidance from the Global Materials Management team.
Use analytics, tools, capabilities, and standard operating procedures provided by the COE and Excellence management team.