Buyer - (PRP26418)

TMEIC Corporation; Brookshire (TX); On-site; USD 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

TMEIC Corporation seeks an experienced sourcing professional to consolidate supplier networks, negotiate favorable terms, and drive cost reductions across projects. You will evaluate supplier performance, coordinate with program teams, and lead supplier onboarding to meet budgets and schedules.

Responsibilities include researching new suppliers, managing deliveries, and ensuring contracts minimize risk. Travel up to 10% may be required, supporting global procurement efforts.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent via education/work experience.
• Demonstrated experience purchasing in an industrial/commercial environment.
• 1 year of experience sourcing new suppliers.
• Proven ability to build client/supplier relationships.
• Strong leadership, interpersonal, organizational and communication skills.
• Proficiency in MS Word, Excel and Outlook, and ERP systems.
• Willingness to travel domestically and internationally up to 10%.

Responsibilities

• Source, evaluate, and negotiate with suppliers to meet cost, quality, and service targets.
• Identify and develop new suppliers to support business needs and cost reductions.
• Negotiate terms, payment terms, and financial terms with suppliers.
• Gather data to evaluate supplier performance and report to management.
• Track and resolve PO/invoice discrepancies with finance and suppliers.
• Provide timely updates on subcontractor performance and market trends.
• Ensure purchase orders reflect correct terms to minimize cost and liability.
• Organize supplier meetings and communicate delivery schedules to project teams.
• Assist in supplier onboarding and set-up documentation.

Skills

Sourcing experience

Negotiation

Vendor management

MS Office

ERP proficiency

Travel availability

Education

Bachelor's degree in related field or equivalent via education and/or work experience

Tools

Oracle ERP

Job description

General Role Description

Source, evaluate, and negotiate with suppliers to achieve optimal cost, quality, and service, and to meet commercial requirements

Role Accountabilities

* Bring Analyze business unit needs to mitigate assigned products supply and delivery risks, recommend appropriate solutions, and implement as approved

* Research new equipment suppliers utilizing the Company's quality system

* Identify and 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 and submit to manager

* Gather data to negotiate terms and conditions, payment terms, and other financial terms and agreements with suppliers, as requested

* Recommend risk assessment and abatement plan to meet budgets, targets, and schedules and provide to Sourcing Manager to present to business units

* Track non-conformance reports, cost of quality and prepare for supplier recovery activities

* Generate the Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) buyer's report that identifies the requisitions to be processed and determine order of priority

* Evaluate committed dates for order placement and delivery, in collaboration with business unit management

* Notify expeditors of orders which must be expedited in 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 and submit to finance department

* Notify finance department of new "ship-to" locations of suppliers

* Process completed requisitions, enter data as required, and forward to Purchasing Specialist

* Advise project managers and business unit engineers of equipment delivery schedules in a timely manner

* Provide timely updates 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

General Role Description

Source, evaluate, and negotiate with suppliers to achieve optimal cost, quality, and service, and to meet commercial requirements

Role Accountabilities

* Bring Analyze business unit needs to mitigate assigned products supply and delivery risks, recommend appropriate solutions, and implement as approved

* Research new equipment suppliers utilizing the Company's quality system

* Identify and 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 and submit to manager

* Gather data to negotiate terms and conditions, payment terms, and other financial terms and agreements with suppliers, as requested

* Recommend risk assessment and abatement plan to meet budgets, targets, and schedules and provide to Sourcing Manager to present to business units

* Track non-conformance reports, cost of quality and prepare for supplier recovery activities

* Generate the Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) buyer's report that identifies the requisitions to be processed and determine order of priority

* Evaluate committed dates for order placement and delivery, in collaboration with business unit management

* Notify expeditors of orders which must be expedited in 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 and submit to finance department

* Notify finance department of new "ship-to" locations of suppliers

* Process completed requisitions, enter data as required, and forward to Purchasing Specialist

* Advise project managers and business unit engineers of equipment delivery schedules in a timely manner

* Provide timely updates 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

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

Preferred Qualifications

• * 2 years of experience purchasing in an industrial or commercial environment
• * 1 year of experience negotiating agreements
• * Purchasing experience in a multi-entity, multi-currency, international, industrial environment
• * Advanced Excel skills
• * Proficiency in Oracle

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