Project Buyer

KNAPP; Kennesaw (GA); On-site; USD 75,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

2 remote days per week

Half day Fridays

Office in Kennesaw, GA

Competitive compensation

Health, dental, vision, life insurance

401k with match

Paid vacation & holidays

Profit sharing

Paid parental leave

Daycare subsidy

Tuition reimbursement

Pet insurance

Food delivery subsidy

Monthly celebrations

Quarterly employee events

CSR initiatives

Job summary

KNAPP in Kennesaw, GA is seeking a Senior Project Buyer to manage procurement for projects and vendors, ensuring timely purchases and alignment with budgets. You will collaborate with Sales, Project Engineering, and vendors, driving supplier selection, negotiation, and compliance to deliver on project milestones.

The role emphasizes analytical supplier evaluation, cost optimization, and proactive problem-solving to maintain material flow and project success.

Qualifications

• Acts as a point of contact between Knapp Inc. and its strategic suppliers.
• Using analytical skills, identifies, screens and onboards potential suppliers.
• Negotiates price, payment terms, quality levels, and delivery terms for MHE products and services within budget and schedule requirements.
• Perform all necessary duties to support corporate goals as they relate to established supplier quality, total landed cost, and inventory objectives.
• Take proactive role in identifying and resolving material availability, quality problems and service issues to deliver.
• Execute purchases and manage orders to support project activity.
• Performs sourcing administrative functions such as requesting appropriate signatures for Non-Disclosure Agreements, contracts etc.
• Performs purchasing related clerical tasks as assigned
• Interface with Project Managers on purchasing items during project roll out
• Development and implementation of future instruments, methods, processes, systems and/or tools in procurement
• Development of improvement ideas and innovation followed by coordination and implementation of corresponding measures
• Ensures the Senior Project Buyer is well informed, at all times of changes and news-worthy events within the area of responsibility
• Effectively communicates relevant related information within the organization

Responsibilities

• Act as a point of contact between Knapp Inc. and its strategic suppliers.
• Identify, screen and onboard potential suppliers using analytical skills.
• Negotiate price, payment terms, quality levels, and delivery terms for MHE products within budget.
• Support corporate goals related to supplier quality, landed cost, and inventory objectives.
• Identify and resolve material availability, quality problems and service issues to deliver.
• Execute purchases and manage orders to support project activity.
• Handle NDA and contract signatures.
• Perform purchasing-related clerical tasks.
• Interface with Project Managers on purchasing items during project roll-out.
• Develop and implement future procurement instruments and tools.
• Develop improvement ideas and coordinate their implementation.
• Keep the Senior Project Buyer informed of changes and news.
• Communicate relevant information within the organization

Skills

Supplier management

Negotiation

Purchasing

Vendor management

Analytical skills

Communication

Job description

Who We Are

KNAPP brings new technology to warehouse automation.

The KNAPP Group is a global provider of intelligent automation solutions for intralogistics and manufacturing, specializing in the sectors healthcare, fashion/apparel, general retail, food retail, industry and service. We live and breathe automation. We, more than 8,000 employees of the KNAPP Group across over 60 locations worldwide, shaping the future-oriented intralogistics industry, are dedicated to making complexity simple.

One of KNAPP’s primary goals is to use continuous innovation to drive warehouse automation forward, always with the specific needs of the customers in mind. KNAPP Group’s unrelenting development activity is evident in everything from automated order picking systems and continuing refinement of container handling technology to its state-of-the-art, industry leading software solutions.

What You Get To Do

Job Summary

• Responsible for the purchase of materials, supplies, equipment and services needed for the completion of various projects.
• Support the sales process by working closely with Sales & Project Engineering and by managing the vendors.

Essential Functions and Responsibilities

• Acts as a point of contact between Knapp Inc. and its strategic suppliers
• Using analytical skills, identifies, screens and onboards potential suppliers
• Negotiates price, payment terms, quality levels, and delivery terms for MHE products and services within budget and schedule requirements
• Perform all necessary duties to support corporate goals as they relate to established supplier quality, total landed cost, and inventory objectives
• Take proactive role in identifying and resolving material availability, quality problems and service issues to deliver
• Execute purchases and manage orders to support project activity.
• Performs sourcing administrative functions such as requesting appropriate signatures for Non-Disclosure Agreements, contracts etc.
• Performs purchasing related clerical tasks as assigned
• Interface with Project Managers on purchasing items during project roll out
• Development and implementation of future instruments, methods, processes, systems and/or tools in procurement
• Development of improvement ideas and innovation followed by coordination and implementation of corresponding measures
• Ensures the Senior Project Buyer is well informed, at all times of changes and news-worthy events within the area of responsibility
• Effectively communicates relevant related information within the organization

What You Have

Working Conditions and Environment

• Occasional Overtime, if required by work
• Occasional domestic and international travel
• Professional office etiquette is required at all times
• Physical requirements: sitting for long periods of time, standing, walking, speaking, visual acuity, finger dexterity, listening, reaching at arm’s length, and lifting up to 50-100 pounds

What You Will Get

• 2 remote days per week
• Half day Fridays
• A beautiful new, state-of-the-art, office complex in Kennesaw, GA
• Industry competitive compensation
• Great benefits with better than average employer contributions, including health, dental, vision, life insurance, Flexible Spending Accounts, Short & Long Term Disability and more!
• 401k with a very generous employer match and no vesting!
• Paid Vacation & Holidays
• Profit Sharing
• Paid Parental Leave
• Subsidized Daycare
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Pet Insurance
• Subsidized food delivery
• Monthly celebrations
• Quarterly employee events
• Corporate Social Responsibility including recycling, sustainability and volunteering

KNAPP is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to a work environment that supports, inspires, and respects all individuals without discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, veteran, disability status or any other basis protected by law.

Due to the safety-sensitive nature of this position, strict adherence to KNAPP’s drug-free workplace policy is required. All candidates will be subject to drug-screening in accordance with the policy and will be expected to remain drug-free during their employment. There will be no exception if recreational or medical use of marijuana is permitted in the location of employment and/or residence or if use of marijuana is only during “off-hours.”