Strategic Buyer, Indirect Materials - Hybrid

Dentsply Sirona • Milford, DE

288d

About The Position

Dentsply Sirona is looking for a Strategic Buyer to work out of one of its North America Site Locations, which include Waltham MA, Milford DE, York PA, Richardson TX, Johnson City TN or Sarasota FL. The Strategic Buyer is responsible to support multiple REGIONAL Indirect categories/projects for specific Sites in a Region cross functionally and collaborating with different functions like MRO, Facilities, Capital Equipment, Manufacturing support, etc. Partners with regional and global category management to ensure a successful implementation of global or regional led strategies and drive compliance to preferred supply base and purchasing channels. The role is responsible to ensure and continuously improve costs, quality and service level / delivery for all local deliverables in multiple categories.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• 5-7 years professional experience in purchasing.
• Ability to understand and red line contracts to protect business continually, identifying written and unwritten risk within terms and conditions of proposals.
• Indirect Material purchasing preferred.

Nice To Haves

• Solutions driven.
• Strong relationship building and leading by influence skills.
• Ability to identify and lead cost improvement initiatives.
• Multi-cultural mind set.
• Strong business partnering skills and business acumen.
• Analytical, business finance capability technical / industry knowledge.
• Independent, structured, target and result-oriented working method.
• Assertiveness and ambition to solve demanding tasks.
• Strong communication and influencing skills.
• Language skills (English fluent in written and spoken). Other languages welcomed.

Responsibilities

• Supports in development and implementing global and regional category strategies, projects, objectives, processes, methods and policies across the Sites.
• Manage North American CapEx spend as it comes to requests up to $250k. Above $250k Strategic Buyer will reach out to Regional Sourcing Leader for guidance.
• Work with operational buyers and stakeholders to drive compliance to preferred supply base (in line with global or regional strategies) and purchasing channels to realize savings targets within the Sites/Region.
• Identify savings potentials and support others to meet the forecasting and savings reporting.
• Responsible for supplier relationships within the regional procurement categories.
• Manage escalations from internal stakeholders.
• All other duties as assigned.

What This Job Offers

• Industry: Miscellaneous Manufacturing
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree