Strategic Direct Materials Buyer & Supplier Leader

Investigo; Boston (MA); On-site; USD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Senior Buyer is sought in Marlborough, MA to join a global engineering and technology manufacturer’s US procurement team.

In a low-volume, high-complexity manufacturing environment you will source and manage a broad portfolio of direct materials and technical components for highly engineered products, drive supplier negotiations, identify savings opportunities, and balance cost, quality and delivery to support production schedules.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of procurement or purchasing experience in manufacturing.
• Experience sourcing direct materials and technical components.
• Strong negotiation and supplier management skills.
• Experience with SAP and MRP systems.
• Ability to work across engineering, operations and supply chain functions.
• Proven track record delivering savings and supplier improvements.

Responsibilities

• Manage a portfolio of direct material suppliers.
• Drive supplier negotiations and cost-saving initiatives.
• Review MRP demand signals and take appropriate action.
• Identify and qualify new suppliers.
• Improve supplier performance across cost, quality and delivery.
• Ensure material availability to support production schedules.
• Work closely with Engineering, Manufacturing and Operations teams.
• Support product changes, component transitions and supply risk mitigation.

Skills

Procurement experience

Direct materials sourcing

Negotiation & supplier management

Cross-functional collaboration

Cost savings initiatives

Engineering/Operations collaboration

Tools

SAP

MRP

Job description

Senior Buyer is sought in Marlborough, MA to join a global engineering and technology manufacturer’s US procurement team.

In a low-volume, high-complexity manufacturing environment you will source and manage a broad portfolio of direct materials and technical components for highly engineered products, drive supplier negotiations, identify savings opportunities, and balance cost, quality and delivery to support production schedules.