Senior Buyer - (MAP26415)

TMEIC; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

TMEIC in Houston is seeking a Purchasing professional to source, evaluate, and negotiate with suppliers to meet cost, quality, and service targets across assigned categories.

Responsibilities include supplier risk assessment, competitive quoting, managing ERP-based purchase orders, and coordinating with project managers to ensure on-time delivery while optimizing total cost of ownership.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in related field or equivalent via education and/or work experience.
• 5 years of experience purchasing in an industrial or commercial environment.
• 3 years of experience sourcing new suppliers.
• 1 year of experience negotiating complex agreements.
• 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.
• Proficiency in MS Word, Excel and Outlook, and an ERP.
• Availability to travel, domestically and internationally, up to 10%, sometimes with limited notice.

Responsibilities

• Analyze business unit needs to mitigate assigned products supply and delivery risks, recommend appropriate solutions, and implement as approved.
• Evaluate new equipment suppliers utilizing the Company's quality system.
• Identify and develop new suppliers globally to support business unit needs and lower costs.
• Negotiate with suppliers to achieve lower material cost and on time delivery.
• Manage performance evaluation of assigned product's supplier.
• Negotiate terms and conditions, payment terms, and other financial terms and agreements directly with suppliers.
• Recommend and implement risk assessment and abatement plan to meet budgets, targets, and schedules and provide to business unit management.
• Track non-conformance reports, cost of quality and lead supplier recovery activities.
• Generate the 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 Expeditor 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.

Skills

Negotiation

Supplier relationship management

Analytical skills

MS Word

MS Excel

MS Outlook

ERP systems

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Oracle

ERP system

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

• Analyze business unit needs to mitigate assigned products supply and delivery risks, recommend appropriate solutions, and implement as approved
• Evaluate new equipment suppliers utilizing the Company's quality system
• Identify and develop new suppliers globally to support business unit needs and lower costs
• Negotiate with suppliers to achieve lower material cost and on time delivery
• Manage performance evaluation of assigned product's supplier
• Negotiate terms and conditions, payment terms, and other financial terms and agreements directly with suppliers
• Recommend and implement risk assessment and abatement plan to meet budgets, targets, and schedules and provide to business unit management
• Track non-conformance reports, cost of quality and lead 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 Expeditor 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

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in related field or equivalent via education and/or work experience
• 5 years of experience purchasing in an industrial or commercial environment
• 3 years of experience sourcing new suppliers
• 1 year of experience negotiating complex agreements
• 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 an ERP
• Availability to travel, domestically and internationally, up to 10%, sometimes with limited notice

Preferred Qualifications

• Purchasing experience in a multi-entity, multi-currency, international, industrial environment
• Advanced Excel skills
• Proficiency in Oracle

Link to TMEIC Corporation Americas website

https://www.tmeic.com/. To be considered an applicant for any available positions, individuals must complete an online job application for each posting. A resume may be attached to the online application but is not considered a substitute for the information in the application. Applications will be considered only for the specific position for which the application is submitted.

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