Principal Buyer

Job description

Job Description

Principal Buyer

Job Description

The Principal Buyer supports the business through proactive management of the day-to-day Supply Chain Management activities to ensure business continuity. The role is responsible for sourcing, supplier selection, supplier management, purchase order placement and continuous support of the business goals. It requires close cooperation with external and internal suppliers, as well as with an internal functional areas-primarily engineering, marketing, quality and order management. The Principal Buyer provides specialized guidance and training to support the procurement team. This position includes driving improvements in SCM activities related to the service of our Steam Turbine fleet. It contains strategic initiatives, but also tactical tasks:

Position Qualifications:

·  A minimum of a Bachelor's degree (B.S.) in business or technical curriculum
·  A minimum of 8 years of buying experience within manufacturing industry (12 years preferred)
·  Experience with machined parts and/or outsourcing and subcontracting services
·  Strong customer service, written and oral communication in English language
·  Advanced Microsoft office capabilities (PowerPoint, Word, and Excel)
·  Strong knowledge of purchasing fundamentals including solicitation of bids and negotiation
·  Effective teamwork and collaboration
·  Ability to read and understand technical drawings, specifications and blueprints
·  Ability to assess priorities, demonstrate flexibility and understand sense of urgency
·  Self-motivated, demonstrate problem solving abilities, continuous improvement and decision making skills
·  Position is located in Wellsville, NY. Occasional travel of 10-15% may be required domestically

Preferred:

·  CPM or APICS certification is highly desirable
·  SAP and Oracle Experience
·  Engineering degree in Mechanical/Materials Management or its equivalent of experience in engineering environment
·  Lean and/or Six Sigma continuous improvement experience

Position Responsibilities:

·  Process the purchase order requisitions in assigned queue for pricing or purchase order issuance in accordance with required strategies
·  Generate purchase order in ERP system based on requisitions and obtain order acknowledgments
·  Prepares and conducts negotiations required for issuing purchase orders while establishing a working partnership and good relationships with suppliers
·  Maintains the integrity of purchasing data on the computer based on planning system with error free transactions
·  Collaborates with order management team reviewing inventory plans to ensure inventory levels are adequate, but not excessive
·  Leads cost improvement, savings program and on time delivery efforts for purchased materials and services
·  Evaluates supplier performance using the company supplier rating model, and participates in continuous improvement efforts with suppliers
·  Supports project management efforts during the proposal and order processing stages
·  Manages suppliers on time delivery (OTD)
·  Interacts with order management and project management to understand the contract/project deliverables and enact plans for delivering them
·  Supports the resolution of supplier non-conformance reports (NCRs) in alignment with the supplier quality manager
·  Adhere to SIEMENS buying guidelines with respect to purchasing in terms of pricing, process and payments
·  Act as back up to other buyers that are out of the office

Organization: United States

Company: Siemens Government Technologies, Inc.

Experience Level: Mid-level Professional

Job Type: Full-time

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