Strategic Buyer

SGL Carbon; Strongsville (OH); On-site; USD 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

SGL Carbon is seeking an experienced procurement professional in Strongsville, OH to manage steel pressure vessel and component purchases. You will partner with internal customers, develop long-term supplier relationships, and implement cost, quality, and delivery strategies for critical projects.

The role requires strong ASME/industry knowledge, 6+ years in procurement, and fluency in English. You will work within Global Procurement and use SAP for transactions and data maintenance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required.
• Proficiency with Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, and Word.
• Experience with SAP preferred.
• Strong communication and customer service skills are essential.
• Excellent analytical and organizational abilities; ability to prioritize multiple tasks.
• Fluency in English is required.

Responsibilities

• Negotiate prices and terms of supplier agreements.
• Manage suppliers and implement category strategies.
• Develop action plans to meet cost, quality, and delivery targets.
• Assess industry trends and ensure continuity of supply.
• Conduct semiannual supplier audits for cost, quality, and delivery.
• Coordinate local, national, or global purchase agreements.
• Process SAP purchasing with third parties and intercompany.
• Create materials in SAP and maintain price/source data.
• Verify invoices against POs and approve for payment.
• Ensure compliance with Group Legal and Global Procurement policies.

Skills

Communication

Analytical skills

Organizational skills

English fluency

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

SAP

Job description

• This position is responsible for managing the effective and efficient purchasing of steel pressure vessels and components according to drawings, commodities, services, and capital equipment for our site in Strongsville.
• Focus on long term vision for company and supplier for pressure vessels and equipment for customer projects.
• Industry knowledge expert incl. ASME skills.
• This position is responsible for the implementation of the initiatives of Global Purchasing.

Key Accountabilities:

• Negotiates prices, terms, and conditions of agreements and executes agreements with suppliers.
• Responsible for the management of suppliers in area of responsibility/categories.
• Formulates strategies for categories and serves as subject-matter expert on key categories of goods and services.
• Develops and executes action plans to meet targets for cost, quality, and delivery.
• Evaluates industry trends to determine potential impacts and initiates actions to ensure continuity of supply chain.
• Conducts semiannual audits of key suppliers to assess cost, quality, and delivery.
• Investigates potential suppliers for optimum alignment of capabilities with requirements.
• Develops domestic and international long-term relationships with suppliers.
• Coordinates agreements for goods and services covered by local, national, or global agreements.
• Manages purchases of goods and services for sites and completes transactions for purchasing in SAP with third parties and intercompany.
• Creates materials in SAP and maintains database of materials with respect to prices, sources, etc.
• Researches discrepancies between invoices and purchase orders and approves invoices for accounts payable.
• Validates local contracts and obtains certificates of liability insurance for projects.
• Ensures compliance with policies and procedures of Group Legal and Global Procurement.
• Performs other duties as required to support objectives of sites and Global Procurement.

Skills:

• Bachelor’s degree from a 4-year college or university.
• Proficiency with Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, and Word.
• Experience with SAP preferred.
• Strong ability to communicate clearly and effectively and to provide world-class customer service.
• Excellent analytical and organizational skills and ability to prioritize and to simultaneously handle multiple tasks.
• Must fluently read and speak English.

Experience:

• Minimum of 6 years of experience in procurement. Experience in manufacturing preferred.