Senior Buyer: Data-Driven Procurement Leader (Hybrid)

Eaton; Pinehurst (NC); Hybrid; USD 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Golf Pride, a leading brand in golf grips, seeks a Senior Buyer to manage day-to-day procurement and supplier relationships. You’ll support cross-functional projects, lead PO activities, and drive cost savings while ensuring continuity of supply.

The role requires strong analytical skills, experience with ERP systems, and the ability to balance transactional work with supplier management and strategic initiatives in a hybrid work environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Business, Finance, or related field OR 3+ years of procurement, purchasing, or sourcing experience in a manufacturing or global environment
• Strong experience with ERP and procurement systems (e.g., SAP Ariba, Oracle, MFG Pro)
• Proven ability to manage supplier relationships and resolve complex transactional issues
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with attention to detail
• Effective communication skills with the ability to work across cross-functional and global teams

Responsibilities

• Manage purchase order creation, maintenance, and execution across procurement and ERP systems.
• Lead supplier onboarding, qualification, compliance, and supplier master data activities.
• Resolve purchase order, receiving, invoice, and payment discrepancies with suppliers and internal stakeholders.
• Ensure compliance with procurement policies, procedures, audit requirements, and internal controls.
• Support continuity of supply through proactive issue resolution and supplier coordination.
• Serve as a key procurement resource for purchasing support, supplier inquiries, and operational issue resolution.
• Support cross-functional projects from concept through execution by identifying sourcing, purchasing, and supplier solutions.
• Assist with product launches, marketing initiatives, capital projects, operational improvements, and other strategic business priorities.
• Execute sourcing activities across a broad range of spend categories and business requirements.
• Evaluate supplier capabilities, proposals, quotations, and commercial offerings to support business decisions.
• Support competitive bidding, supplier negotiations, cost reduction initiatives, and risk mitigation efforts.
• Build and maintain supplier relationships while monitoring performance related to quality, delivery, service, and cost.
• Identify opportunities for cost savings, cost avoidance, and value creation through supplier engagement and spend analysis
• Support the drafting, review, negotiation, routing, and administration of supplier agreements, including NDAs, SOWs, service agreements, and other commercial contracts.
• Partner with Legal and stakeholders to facilitate contract reviews and approvals.
• Maintain contract records and procurement documentation in accordance with company requirements
• Analyze procurement, supplier, and financial data to identify savings opportunities, risks, trends, and process improvements.
• Develop and maintain procurement reports, dashboards, and KPI metrics.
• Monitor purchasing, invoice, and payment activity to improve operational performance and stakeholder experience.
• Support process improvement, automation, and system enhancement initiatives.
• Apply data-driven decision making and problem-solving skills to improve procurement effectiveness

Skills

Cross-Functional Collaboration

Supplier Relationship Management

Procurement & Contracting

Data Analysis

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Business, Finance, or related field

Tools

SAP Ariba

Oracle

MFG Pro

Job description

Golf Pride, a leading brand in golf grips, seeks a Senior Buyer to manage day-to-day procurement and supplier relationships. You’ll support cross-functional projects, lead PO activities, and drive cost savings while ensuring continuity of supply.

The role requires strong analytical skills, experience with ERP systems, and the ability to balance transactional work with supplier management and strategic initiatives in a hybrid work environment.