Buyer (PRP26407)

Socket.dev; Brookshire (TX); On-site; USD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Socket.dev in Brookshire, TX is seeking a procurement professional to source, evaluate, and negotiate with suppliers to meet cost, quality, and delivery targets. You will work with internal teams to mitigate supplier risks and drive performance across the supply base.

The role requires 2 years of purchasing experience in an industrial or commercial environment, strong data and Excel skills, and the ability to travel up to 10% domestically and internationally. On-site role in Texas.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent via education and/or work experience.
• 2 years of purchasing experience in an industrial or commercial environment.
• 1 year of experience sourcing new suppliers.
• Proven continuous improvement in responsibilities.
• Proven relationships with clients, suppliers, and internal/external contacts.
• Strong leadership, interpersonal, organizational, administrative, and communication skills.
• Proficiency in MS Word, Excel and Outlook, and ERP.
• Willingness to travel up to 10% domestically and internationally.

Responsibilities

• Source, evaluate, and negotiate with suppliers to achieve optimal cost, quality, and service.
• Research new equipment suppliers using the company’s quality system.
• Identify and develop new suppliers to support global needs and lower costs.
• Negotiate with suppliers for lower material costs and on-time delivery.
• Gather data to manage supplier performance and report to manager.
• Coordinate term negotiations including payment terms and other financial terms.
• Provide risk assessments and abatement plans to meet budgets and schedules.
• Track non-conformance, cost of quality, and supplier recovery activities.
• Generate ERP buyer’s reports identifying requisitions and priorities.
• Coordinate with management to update engineers on delivery schedules.
• Organize supplier meetings to discuss technology and products.
• Obtain competitive quotes for equipment and material requisitions.
• Resolve PO and invoice discrepancies with finance and suppliers.
• Initiate new supplier setup documentation.
• Notify finance of new ship-to locations.
• Assist in processing requisitions and routing to Purchasing Specialist.
• Provide timely updates on subcontractor performance and market trends.
• Ensure POs issued with correct terms to minimize cost and liability.

Skills

Negotiation

Supplier relationship management

Data analysis

Communication

Team collaboration

MS Excel

ERP system usage

Education

Bachelor’s degree in related field

Tools

Oracle

ERP

Job description

General Role Description

Source, evaluate, and negate with suppliers to achieveoptimalcost, quality, and service and to meet commercial

requirements

Role Accountabilities

• Bring Analyze business unit needs to mitigate assigned products supply and delivery risks, recommendappropriate solutions,and implement as approved
• Research new equipment suppliersutilizingthe Company’s quality system
• Identifyand recommend new suppliers to develop globally to support business unit needs and lower costs
• Negotiate with assigned suppliers to achieve lower material costs and on time delivery
• Gather data to manage performance evaluation of assigned product’s supplier andsubmitto manager
• Gather data to negotiate terms and conditions, payment terms, and other financial terms and agreements withsuppliers,asrequested
• Recommend risk assessment and abatement plan to meet budgets, targets, and schedules and provide to SourcingManager to present to business units
• Track non-conformance reports, cost ofqualityand prepare for supplier recovery activities
• Generate the Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) buyer’s report thatidentifiesthe requisitions to be processed anddetermineorder of priority
• Evaluate committed dates for order placement and delivery, in collaboration with business unit management
• Notify expeditors of orders which must beexpeditedin addition to those scheduled in the ERP
• Organize supplier meetings to update business unit engineers on the latest technology and products
• Obtain competitive quotes for equipment and material requisitions
• Reconcile PO and invoice discrepancies with the finance department and suppliers
• Initiate new supplier set-up documentation andsubmitto finance department
• Notify finance department of new “ship-to” locations of suppliers
• Process completed requisitions, enter data as required, and forward to Purchasing Specialist
• Adviseproject managers and business unit engineers of equipment delivery schedulesin a timely manner
• Providetimelyupdates on subcontractor performance, market trends, and supplier relationships to management
• Ensure purchase orders are issued with correct terms to minimize cost and liability to the Company

General Employee Accountabilities

• Bring full effort to bear on tasks assigned by manager
• Give manager best advice
• Give earliest notice when work cannot be delivered as specified
• Cooperate and collaborate with peers and interact cross-organizationally as specified by manager
• Exemplify Company Core Values: Integrity, Client Focus, Team Orientation, and Personal Commitment
• Comply with all Company policies, practices, and procedures and all regulations and laws
• Recommend viable improvements proactively
• Ensure effective utilization of business tools and processes

Requirements

• - Bachelor’s degree in related field or equivalent via education and/or work experience
• - 2 years of experiencepurchasingin an industrial or commercial environment
• - 1 year of experience sourcing new suppliers
• - Demonstrated continuous improvement in areas of responsibility
• - Demonstrated successful working relationships with clients, suppliers, and other internal and external contacts
• - Demonstrated successful and positive personal leadership, interpersonal, organizational, administrative, andcommunication skills
• - Proficiencyin MS Word, Excel and Outlook, and ERP
• - Availability to travel, domestically and internationally, up to 10%, sometimes with limited notice

Preferred Qualifications

• 1 year of experience negotiating agreements
• Purchasing experience in a multi-entity, multi-currency, international, industrial environment
• Advanced Excel skills
• Proficiencyin Oracle

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