Strategic Global Buyer - Sourcing, Negotiation & ERP

TMEIC Corporation; Brookshire (TX); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

TMEIC Corporation seeks an experienced Purchasing professional to source, evaluate, and negotiate with suppliers to optimize cost, quality, and service for industrial needs. You will assess risks, expand supplier base globally, and manage contractual terms and delivery schedules.

Responsibilities include maintaining supplier performance, expediting when needed, and coordinating with project teams to meet budgets and timelines. Travel up to 10% may be required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent via education 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 internal/external contacts.
• MS Word, Excel and Outlook proficiency; ERP experience.
• Willingness to travel domestically and internationally up to 10%.

Responsibilities

• Source, evaluate, and negotiate with suppliers to achieve optimal cost, quality, and service and meet commercial requirements.
• Analyze business unit needs to mitigate assigned products supply and delivery risks; recommend 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, payment terms, and other financial terms and agreements with suppliers.
• Recommend and implement risk assessment and abatement plan to meet budgets, targets, and schedules.
• Track non-conformance reports, cost of quality and lead supplier recovery activities.
• Generate the ERP buyer’s report that identifies requisitions to be processed and determines order priority.
• Evaluate committed dates for order placement and delivery with management.
• Notify Expeditor of orders that must be expedited in addition to ERP schedules.
• Organize supplier meetings to update engineers on latest technology and products.
• Obtain competitive quotes for equipment and material requisitions.
• Reconcile PO and invoice discrepancies with finance and suppliers.
• Initiate new supplier setup documentation and submit to finance; notify ship-to locations.
• Provide timely updates on subcontractor performance, market trends, and supplier relationships to management.
• Ensure POs issued with correct terms to minimize cost and liability to the Company.

Skills

Purchasing experience

Sourcing new suppliers

Negotiating complex agreements

ERP proficiency

MS Word

MS Excel

MS Outlook

Travel availability

Supplier relationship management

Education

Bachelor's degree in related field

Equivalent via education/work experience

Tools

Oracle

Job description

TMEIC Corporation seeks an experienced Purchasing professional to source, evaluate, and negotiate with suppliers to optimize cost, quality, and service for industrial needs. You will assess risks, expand supplier base globally, and manage contractual terms and delivery schedules.

Responsibilities include maintaining supplier performance, expediting when needed, and coordinating with project teams to meet budgets and timelines. Travel up to 10% may be required.