Junior Buyer

Amrize•Rockland, MA

10d

About The Position

Join Amrize as a Junior Buyer and help construct what's next. If you're ready to put your skills to work on projects that matter — and build a career with a company that’s building North America — we want to hear from you! The Buyer is responsible for the raw material purchasing activities to successfully support our manufacturing operations.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in finance, business or equivalent experience
Ability to build and maintain relationships with suppliers and vendors
Must be self-motivated and efficient
Strong organizational skills required
A willingness to learn and a strong memory are a must
Computer experience required
Excellent written, verbal and interpersonal communication skills
Good with Microsoft office is required

Nice To Haves

Two years’ working experience in manufacturing setting is preferred

Responsibilities

Builds and maintains excellent relationships between the Vendors and Amrize to achieve the mutual goals of sales and profitability
Work with suppliers to resolve local supply issues, track vendor reliability and performance as well as product/material/service quality
Evaluate supplier performance data and drive improvement at local level
Proactively analyze procurement and vendors to identify opportunities to save money and improve quality through consolidation of vendors and leverage of scale
Prepare purchase orders and review requisitions
Work with Operations team to plan material deliveries with their production schedule
Maintain and review computerized requisitions of items purchased, costs, delivery, and product performance
Track and record status of orders, delivery schedules and discrepancies
Monitor shipments to ensure that goods arrive on time
Follow-up on undelivered goods
Maintain product ordering standards
Research and evaluate suppliers
Responsible for maintaining purchasing vendor and material data in MRP system
Reconcile pending invoices including price discrepancies
Ensure proper order/transactional execution and follow-up reporting
Implement master data processes and ensure the data is accurate