Indirect Buyer

Victaulic•Easton, PA

3d•Onsite

About The Position

Victaulic is seeking an Indirect Buyer to manage procurement activities for Maintenance Repair Operations (MRO), Research & Development (R&D), Corporate Services, and Capital Expenditures (CapEx). This role involves issuing purchase orders, ensuring timely delivery, and managing outside vendor operations to support on-time finished goods delivery. The Indirect Buyer will work autonomously, manage supplier relationships, and serve as the day-to-day owner of these relationships. This position requires a self-starter comfortable working with minimal supervision and confident in engaging suppliers and stakeholders at all organizational levels.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in a technical or business discipline.
Minimum of 3 years of experience in Purchasing, Planning, Sourcing, or a related Supply Chain field.
Proficiency in Microsoft Office, especially Excel.
Comfort interacting with suppliers, including situations that may require assertiveness.
Excellent oral and written communication skills, with the ability to clearly articulate a position at all levels of the organization.
Ability to work with key stakeholders across multiple global locations and organizational levels, and to lead cross-functional teams toward a common goal.
Strong analytical problem-solving abilities using contemporary tools and methods.
Willingness to make infrequent overnight travel as needed.

Nice To Haves

Familiarity with industrial drawings and schematics.
Production planning experience.
Understanding of Kanban replenishment.

Responsibilities

Manage suppliers for indirect materials and services, including CapEx, MRO, R&D, sample parts, and services, establishing and maintaining quality, service, and cost benchmarks.
Work directly with engineers and project management to support ongoing research and development efforts through the purchasing of samples, materials, and outside services.
Support new supplier and parts approval processes by issuing orders for investment tooling and production samples, and coordinating payment approvals with sourcing, quality assurance, and project leads.
Issue purchase orders and track deliveries for materials and services required for engineering lab, manufacturing facility, and office operations.
Manage outside supplier operations and sub-contractors, including the effective issuance of shop orders, purchase orders, and component planning to meet customer demand.
Proactively resolve problems and discrepancies related to quality, delivery, quantity, and invoicing of purchases.
Own the tactical day-to-day supplier relationship.
Analyze requisitions and specifications to determine required quantities and delivery dates, communicating technical and logistical requirements to vendors.
Identify and implement continuous improvements within category responsibilities and work processes.
Support global/regional procurement initiatives and lead site-level initiatives for supplier management, supplier quality, and supplier performance improvement.
Identify and manage cost reduction and avoidance efforts within assigned categories.
Manage the purchasing card (P-card) program, consolidating purchases to fewer suppliers to create leverage, maintaining the transaction log, and reconciling statements to ensure internal control.
Prepare requests for information (RFIs), quotations (RFQs), and proposals (RFPs), analyzing and evaluating multi-supplier responses and preparing award recommendations that incorporate Total Cost of Ownership (TCO).
Build and maintain strong working relationships with internal customers and key vendors.
Participate in special projects and initiatives as appropriate.
Expedite suppliers and logistics, remaining familiar with impact order management, and escalate when necessary.
Support other duties as assigned by the Purchasing Supervisor.