Senior Buyer

JCB North America•Pooler, GA

2d•Onsite

About The Position

Reporting directly to Purchasing Manager, the role is primarily responsible for ensuring Supplier Performance is in line with the business expectations and when necessary, assisting stakeholders in establishing and managing resolution issues relating to part availability. Also responsible for supporting the manufacturing location operations team in achieving their KPI’s and business objectives in particular relation to supplier capacity, incoming quality and supplier-related warranty issues. The role will be required to have an in-depth understanding of the supply base and be able to influence it accordingly to consistently receive the required level of service. The role will provide the link between the category management team and the business and will therefore be able to support any given change management programme that is being implemented.

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/andor 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
Strong problem-solving and analytical skills.
Ability to work in a high-stress environment.
Detail-oriented and able to work independently.
Collaborative approach to resolving issues impacting various groups across the enterprise.
Ability to understand processes (system and non-system), troubleshoot, develop, and recommend solutions.
Enjoy working in a dynamic environment and be a self-motivated team player.
Working knowledge of Microsoft Office products, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Teams, and Microsoft Project.

Responsibilities

Providing local input into the creation of category strategies.
Assists category teams with developing a category execution plan and drive a system to monitor and manage supplier performance through KPI’s.
Deliver robust implementation plans in line with the sourcing strategy. These plans should support, but not be limited to: Effective early supplier engagement, Cost Saving projects, Tendering, Contracting, Capacity management, Supplier performance targets.
Monitors progress of strategies and modifies in line with the changing business environment.
Works with the team to develop commercial contracts to deliver the needs of the business.
Liaises with the business functions to ensure implementation of the strategy.
Works with stakeholders to ensure implementation of supply contracts.
Works with the category team and SDE’s to monitor supplier performance against agreed framework.
In extreme scenarios will co-ordinate and manage group allocation decisions and priorities.
Ensure that the supply base supports the manufacturing site and / or category are communicated appropriately with regards to forward planning and significant volume fluctuations.
Manage supplier performance escalations from the Materials Team and have responsibility for closing Supplier Delivery 8D’s for relevant categories.
Deals with suppliers and customers on rectification of performance issues in relation to quality issues.
Support the launch activities required within the category and /or manufacturing location to ensure the supply base meets the timing, quality and cost expectations of a relevant programme.
Represent Purchasing in the Top 10 Warranty reviews and close out supplier related issues within the required KPI’s.
To act on alerts created from the continuous risk assessment process and to ensure Business Continuity plans are in place with appropriate suppliers.
Other duties as assigned