Buyer

VOLT • SAN DIEGO, CA

35d • Onsite

About The Position

Volt is immediately hiring a Buyer in San Diego, CA. As a Buyer, you will be responsible for day-to-day and strategic supplier management including, but not limited to: purchase order placement, follow-up, issue resolution; communication of demand and forecasts; preparing contracts; negotiating contract terms; managing supplier relationships and performance metrics; facilitating communications; and mitigating risk that could impact the company’s ability to meet the business plan. You will manage spend of $5M - $40M. You will develop and maintain relationships with internal clients and lower-level suppliers. You will monitor and manage ownership of risk from financial, business continuation, and compliance perspectives. You will ensure procurement processes meet audit, regulatory, and legal standards. You will maintain all detailed documentation for performing the role. You will be integral in contract management, developing agreements that align with sourcing strategies, tracking contract execution, leading contract teams, closing contracts, and enforcing any applicable rights beyond contract completion. You will work closely with users defining supplier performance measurements and reporting frameworks. You will manage the transition process when changing contracted suppliers. You will be able to collect and synthesize a complete data package as well as assist in developing the strategy in preparation of negotiation. You will be able to ethically execute negotiation strategies for low criticality/low complexity items displaying varied negotiation techniques to achieve best results. You will identify and resolve areas of risk. You will be an integral part of the supplier selection process and managing the relationships of existing suppliers. You will manage the performance of low to moderately complex suppliers. You will apply business strategies to daily activities, contribute to make-buy decisions, identify market opportunities, gaps and trends. You will understand, apply and coach others in building and analyzing Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) models. You will resolve high complexity purchasing related grief issues with minimal assistance. You will develop, recommend, and provide training/mentorship around purchasing processes, process changes, and procurement tools. You will execute risk mitigation strategies to avoid Supply Chain disruption. You will validate data integrity, identify data gaps, and update & correct system data.

Requirements

• A completed Bachelors degree
• 3 – 5 years of purchasing experience preferably within the aerospace, mechanical or machining type industry
• Be able to pass a pre-employment criminal background check and drug test
• Must be local to the San Diego area

Responsibilities

• Day-to-day and strategic supplier management
• Purchase order placement, follow-up, issue resolution
• Communication of demand and forecasts
• Preparing contracts
• Negotiating contract terms
• Managing supplier relationships and performance metrics
• Facilitating communications
• Mitigating risk
• Manage spend of $5M - $40M
• Develops and maintains relationships with internal clients and lower-level suppliers
• Monitors and manages ownership of risk from financial, business continuation, and compliance perspectives
• Ensures procurement processes meet audit, regulatory, and legal standards
• Maintains all detailed documentation for performing the role
• Develops agreements that align with sourcing strategies
• Tracking contract execution, leading contract teams, closing contracts, and enforcing any applicable rights beyond contract completion
• Works closely with users defining supplier performance measurements and reporting frameworks
• Manages the transition process when changing contracted suppliers
• Collect and synthesize a complete data package
• Assist in developing the strategy in preparation of negotiation
• Ethically execute negotiation strategies for low criticality/low complexity items displaying varied negotiation techniques to achieve best results
• Identifies and resolves areas of risk
• Integral part of supplier selection process and managing the relationships of existing suppliers
• Manages performance of low to moderately complex suppliers
• Applies business strategies to daily activities
• Contributes to make-buy decisions
• Identifies market opportunities, gaps and trends
• Understands, applies and coaches others in building and analyzing Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) models
• Resolves high complexity purchasing related grief issues with minimal assistance
• Develops, recommends, and provides training/mentorship around purchasing processes, process changes, and procurement tools
• Executes risk mitigation strategies to avoid Supply Chain disruption
• Validates data integrity, identifies data gaps, and updates & corrects system data

Benefits

• health
• dental
• vision
• term life
• short term disability
• AD&D
• 401(k)
• Sick time
• other types of paid leaves (as required by law)
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level