Senior Buyer

JCB•Pooler, GA

13d•Onsite

About The Position

Reporting directly to the Purchasing Manager, this role is primarily responsible for ensuring supplier performance aligns with business expectations. It involves assisting stakeholders in establishing and managing resolutions for part availability issues. The role also supports manufacturing location operations teams in achieving their KPIs and business objectives, particularly concerning supplier capacity, incoming quality, and supplier-related warranty issues. A deep understanding of the supply base and the ability to influence it to consistently receive the required level of service are essential. This position acts as a crucial link between the category management team and the business, supporting any implemented change management programs.

Requirements

Category & Supplier Management in a Global organization
Cost and pricing management
Performance & Change management
Contract management
Financial awareness
Purchasing in an Engineering and production environment
Holding and building relationships within a global matrix organization
Engineering, Materials and/or Programme Management understanding
Graduate or Apprenticeship qualifications
Must pass any drug screens, background checks, and any pre-employment tests, which will be conducted in accordance with applicable law.

Nice To Haves

Strong interpersonal and communication skills
Proven change management skills
Preferably CIPS qualified
Demonstrate effective multi-functional team working
Ability to manage changing business requirements
Influential dexterity
Conflict resolution ability
Practical Problem Solving

Responsibilities

Providing local input into the creation of category strategies.
Assisting category teams with developing a category execution plan and driving a system to monitor and manage supplier performance through KPIs.
Delivering robust implementation plans in line with the sourcing strategy, supporting early supplier engagement, cost-saving projects, tendering, contracting, capacity management, and supplier performance targets.
Monitoring strategy progress and modifying in line with the changing business environment.
Working with the team to develop commercial contracts to meet business needs.
Liaising with business functions to ensure strategy implementation.
Working with stakeholders to ensure implementation of supply contracts.
Working with the category team and SDEs to monitor supplier performance against agreed frameworks.
Coordinating and managing group allocation decisions and priorities in extreme scenarios.
Ensuring the supply base supports the manufacturing site and/or category, communicating appropriately regarding forward planning and significant volume fluctuations.
Managing supplier performance escalations from the Materials Team and closing Supplier Delivery 8Ds for relevant categories.
Dealing with suppliers and customers on the rectification of performance issues related to quality.
Supporting launch activities within the category and/or manufacturing location to ensure the supply base meets timing, quality, and cost expectations of relevant programs.
Representing Purchasing in Top 10 Warranty reviews and closing out supplier-related issues within required KPIs.
Acting on alerts from the continuous risk assessment process and ensuring Business Continuity plans are in place with appropriate suppliers.
Performing other duties as assigned.