Sr. Buyer

Hallmark Cards, Inc.; Easton (Northampton County); On-site; USD 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual Bonus Potential

Company Matched 401k & Employee Value

Comprehensive Healthcare Benefits

Education Assistance Program

Wellness Programs

Employee Discounts Onsite & Online

Generous Product Discounts

Job summary

Crayola LLC in Easton, PA is seeking a Senior Buyer to develop and lead sourcing strategies for direct and indirect goods. You will negotiate contracts, manage supplier relationships, and drive cost savings while ensuring quality and compliance across global product management.

The role requires strong analytical and negotiation skills, experience in sourcing or supply chain, and an ability to collaborate with cross-functional teams. Travel up to 10–15% is expected.

Qualifications

• Minimum six years’ experience in a Sourcing, Contract Negotiation, or Supply Chain role, or bachelor’s degree in business management with four years' related experience.
• Strong analytical, project management, and superb negotiation skills to interface with suppliers and internal management.
• Excellent oral and written communication; bilingual in Spanish/Chinese/Vietnamese preferred.
• Strong interpersonal skills to work effectively with cross-functional teams.
• Experience in Low-Cost Global sourcing and procurement preferred.
• Knowledge of ERP systems preferred.
• 10–15% travel.

Responsibilities

• Determines sourcing, selection, and procurement of products and services within the incumbent’s duties.
• Negotiates contracts and commercial terms with suppliers; develops terms and agreements with legal liaison.
• Identifies alternate sourcing options to improve quality and reduce cost; provides alternate sources as needed.
• Leads and negotiates with suppliers on timelines, samples, regulatory, safety, and specs for launches.
• Maintains supplier relationships to ensure performance and continuous improvement.
• Evaluates supplier performance on on-time delivery, quality, safety, and cost; recommends corrective actions.
• Collaborates with partners on new product introductions and line extensions; manages standard costs and gross profit.
• Establishes standard costs; analyzes purchase price variances to deliver financial results.
• Partners with Hallmark Global Procurement to maximize cost and supplier opportunities.
• Ensures compliance with purchasing policies; supports supplier diversity program.

Skills

Sourcing

Contract Negotiation

Supply Chain

Analytical Skills

Communication Skills

Travel willingness

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business

Tools

ERP systems

Job description

Crayola has inspired children to express their creativity since 1903. Crayolians take pride in fulfilling our mission of helping parents and educators raise creatively alive children around the world. Join our team and be part of an iconic brand that develops quality art products and experiences that are loved by families and preferred by teachers. Our company culture is mission focused, and encourages fun, collaboration, transparency, and helping others. Crayola believes our workforce benefits from a broad spectrum of diverse ideas and perspectives which enables us to understand our consumers better.

Sr. Buyer, Easton, PA

GENERAL SUMMARY:

Develops, negotiates, and leads sourcing strategies that drive measurable improvements in the area of consumer satisfaction, compliance/supplier diversity and cost benefits in the procurement of direct and indirect goods and services. Identify opportunities and innovation by leveraging suppliers’ ideas and product capabilities for global product management assessment.

PRINCIPAL DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Determines the sourcing, selection, and procurement of products and services that are within the incumbent’s procurement responsibilities.
• Negotiates financial contractual agreements for those products and services that are within the assigned procurement category. Develops commercial terms and conditions, contracts and agreements for the purchase of goods and services while coordinating with legal counsel assigned.
• Investigates, identifies and implements alternative sourcing options for products and services that may improve quality while reducing overall cost; provide alternate source vendors where required to meet surge demands; work with end users to resolve critical sourcing issues.
• Leads and negotiates with suppliers and team the timelines, samples, regulatory, safety, quality and specifications for effective product launch.
• Develops and maintains supplier relationships to ensure performance expectations and service level requirements while ensuring continuous improvement and the encouragement of innovative ideas.
• Evaluates suppliers performance by tracking how well they work with departments based on response to: on-time shipment, quality and safety programs, product technology development programs and cost, and recommends a corrective action plan if necessary.
• Analyzes economic market trends and changes in business practices that would affect product quality, pricing and product availability, and recommends alternative solutions.
• Collaborates with business partners on new product introductions and line extensions by managing standard cost, gross profit, quality and safety requirements along with on-time delivery.
• Establishes standard costs; analyzes and problem solves purchase price variances against financial corporate standards to deliver exceptional business and financial results.
• Partners with Hallmark Global Procurement to maximize the cost and supplier relationship opportunities associated with common supply needs.
• Maintains and ensures compliance of purchasing policies and practices to control procurement function.
• Participates and adheres to Hallmark’s Supplier Diversity Program.
• Commercial contract management review with in depth business knowledge; and liaison between Legal, Information Security and Business Unit.
• Customer driven sustainability surveys and goals. Collect and provide sustainability data/report to key customers
• Supports natural gas & electricity hedging reviews and authorizations.
• Overall responsibility for Crayola indirect spend.
• Member Hallmark Sustainability Strategy Team, and leading Crayola sustainable projects

JOB SPECIFICATIONS:

• Minimum six years’ experience in a Sourcing, Contract Negotiation, or Supply Chain role or bachelor’s degree in business management (Logistics/Supply Chain/Sourcing)/ Engineering/Project Management with minimum four years' experience in a Sourcing, Contract Negotiation, or Supply Chain role
• Strong analytical skills and project management skills and superb negotiation skills to interface with suppliers and internal management.
• Demonstrated excellent oral and written communication skills. Bilingual in Spanish/Chinese/Vietnamese preferred.
• Demonstrated strong interpersonal skills to work effectively with cross-functional teams.
• Experience in Low-Cost Global sourcing and procurement is preferred
• Knowledge of Engineering is beneficial
• Knowledge of ERP systems preferred.
• Demonstrated PC skills, Microsoft Office.
• 10 – 15% travel

PHYSICAL CONDITIONS:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to sit, talk and hear. The employee is occasionally required to walk; use hands and fingers to operate, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls; and reach with hands and arms. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision and the ability to adjust focus.

DISCLAIMER: The preceding job description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this classification. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job.

We recognize that candidates may use AI tools to assist with formatting, proofreading, and organizing application materials. However, all materials submitted must accurately reflect your qualifications and experience. Candidates are expected to generate their own substantive responses to application questions/prompts, interview questions, and other assessments without the use of generative AI tools or other external assistance unless they have received permission from the company.

WHY CRAYOLA?

• Kid Inspired Culture
• Free Admission to Crayola Experience for Employees
• Community Volunteerism Opportunities
• Annual Bonus Potential for all Full-Time Employees
• Company Matched 401k & Employee Value Sharing Plan
• Comprehensive Healthcare Benefits for Eligible Employees
• Education Assistance Program
• Wellness Programs
• Employee Resource Groups
• Generous Product Discounts Onsite & Online
• Company Sponsored Employee Events
• Discounts on a wide variety of products and services – automotive, electronics, fitness, travel and entertainment

Crayola is committed to providing competitive market compensation. Our pay ranges are established using reliable market data and consider factors such as job responsibilities, industry benchmarks, and geographic location.

Individual starting pay is determined by a candidate’s skills, experience and qualifications. This role is eligible to participate in an annual incentive plan as per plan guidelines. For a full list of Crayola benefits, please visit https://www.crayola.com/company/employee-benefits .

No phone calls please.

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