Sr. Buyer (Hybrid: Madison, WI)

TruStage•Madison, WI

9d•Hybrid

About The Position

This position leads sourcing and contracting activities in support of category strategies and business initiatives at TruStage and is responsible for achieving cost-effective procurement outcomes while maintaining and improving product quality and supplier service levels. They partner closely with stakeholders across Procurement, business areas, and internal support functions to deliver cost-effective solutions, support supplier performance, and achieve business outcomes. Adopts best practices that drive simplification, standardization, and operational efficiency.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Business, Marketing, IT, Engineering or related field.
3-5 years related work experience in Purchasing.
Demonstrated expert team facilitation, influencing, and communication skills.
Comprehensive knowledge of purchasing and basic understanding of supply chain management
Ability to manage entire order to payment process.
Ability to translate the identified requirements into clear, comprehensive, consistent, and mutually exclusive requirements.
Highly effective listening, interpersonal, influencing, team work, and collaboration skills.
Ability to comply with existing/quickly adapt to new processes within the organization.
Strong interpersonal skills; Able to forge internal customer/ external supplier relationships.
Service oriented.
Demonstrated ability to establish priorities and manage deadlines.

Nice To Haves

Experience sourcing and negotiating software, SaaS, cloud, cybersecurity or other technology solutions.
Experience negotiating software licenses, subscription, and technology services agreements
Experience reviewing and negotiating contracts involving artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities and AI-related commercial terms
Experience in highly regulated industries

Responsibilities

Conduct RFx, guides supplier selection process, and executes contracting process
Work to minimize the total cost of transactions and helps to identify ways to transition more spend to the strategic categories over time
Leverage existing sourcing strategies for spend categories as appropriate
Ensure that all purchases made adhere to policies and procedures
Uphold internal and external policies, regulations and laws
Drive best practices across processes and procedures. Identifies ideas to improve process.
Leading cross-functional teams to develop and implement category strategies
Uphold internal and external policies, regulations and laws