Outside Buyer

Radius Recycling • Birmingham, AL

1d • Hybrid

About The Position

The Outside Buyer is an outside sales role responsible for generating purchases of scrap metals (both Ferrous and Non-Ferrous) within a defined geographic area. This role involves visiting facilities of current and potential suppliers, developing relationships, and negotiating prices and contracts to grow and retain the supplier base. The Outside Buyer must be knowledgeable about different scrap metal grades, market conditions, pricing strategies, and transportation/processing costs to maximize profit. This position also requires collaboration with internal teams to meet volume and margin requirements.

Requirements

• External sales/account management experience.
• Valid driver's license.
• Superior customer service skills.
• Proficiency in Windows XP, including Outlook.
• Tact and ability to communicate with people at all levels, both orally and in writing, in a professional manner.
• Excellent mathematical and problem-solving skills.
• Strong negotiation skills.
• Attention to detail and accuracy.
• Basic typing and data entry skills.
• Ability to have practical understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagrammatic form.
• Ability to deal with problems involving several specific variables in or from standard situations.
• All U.S. applicants must be 18 years of age or older and all Canada applicants must be 16 years of age or older.
• Radius Recycling participates in e-verify for all U.S. new hires.
• An offer of U.S. employment by Radius Recycling or any of its subsidiaries is contingent on the satisfactory completion of a post-offer drug screen and background check.
• All new hires must review and sign an Arbitration Agreement (applies to all U.S. non-union employees).

Nice To Haves

• Bachelors degree preferred.
• One to four years sales or non-procurement buying experience.
• Experience in the scrap metal industry.
• Knowledgeable of all different types of Ferrous and Non-Ferrous scrap grades.
• Knowledgeable about the transportation, grading, handling, and processing costs for all commodities.
• Thorough understanding of the current pricing strategy.
• Cognizant of customer’s and competitor’s pricing.

Responsibilities

• Generate purchases of scrap metals (Ferrous and Non-Ferrous) within a defined geographic area.
• Visit facilities of current and potential suppliers (e.g., scrap metal dealers, demolition contractors, industrial manufacturers, auto wreckers).
• Develop and build customer/supplier relationships.
• Negotiate prices and long-term contracts.
• Assess the value, quality, and required processing of all grades of metals.
• Work with cross-functional teams to maximize volume and margin requirements.
• Understand current market conditions, customer and competitor pricing.
• Ensure safe work practices and compliance with company safety policies, OSHA, and other regulatory guidelines.
• Communicate daily with current and potential suppliers, both in person and over the phone.
• Educate and train customers on scrap quality and acceptance policy.
• Prepare and submit bids in response to requests for quotes.
• Communicate with the Regional Account Manager or Director of Commercial Operations for significant purchase confirmations or pricing requests.
• Review current market conditions and company inventory position with the Commercial Operations team before making significant or long-term purchases.
• Encourage suppliers to move product to facilities quickly.
• Advance payments to suppliers in accordance with policy.
• Review transactions and purchase activities daily.
• Ensure proper pricing is available for Commercial Operations and Scale Receiving teams.
• Coordinate with the facility’s Office Manager to ensure the scale purchase system is continuously updated with the latest pricing.
• Maintain relationships with key top-tier customers to ensure excellent customer service.
• Develop a written plan of action with the Regional Account Manager.
• Spend approximately 25% of the work week searching for new business.
• Portray a positive image for Schnitzer Metals Recycling Business (MRB).
• Coordinate with office staff for accurate and timely documentation of purchasing transactions.
• Provide weekly reports on customer visits, material purchased, follow-up actions, and expense reports.
• Monitor and maintain exempt and/or hourly staff at cost-effective levels.
• Monitor supervisory practices for compliance with HR policies and union contracts.
• Review performance of direct reports.
• Interview prospective management and/or production employees.
• Work with Human Resources to prepare job descriptions.
• Perform special projects or other duties as needed or assigned.
• Support the Company’s Internal Control process, including understanding, communicating, and complying with defined internal controls, and suggesting modifications.
• Communicate upward problems in operations, noncompliance with the code of conduct, or other policy violations or illegal actions.

Benefits

• E-verify for all U.S. new hires.
• Post-offer drug screen and background check.
• Arbitration Agreement (for U.S. non-union employees).
• Equal Opportunity Employer: Radius Recycling does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, sex, marital status, disability status, national origin or ancestry, veteran status, age, prior industrial injury, sexual orientation, genetic information, or any other protected status under local, state or federal law.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: Associate degree