Strategic Indirect Procurement Buyer for Services

DRiV; Southfield (MI); On-site; USD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

DRiV is seeking an Indirect Procurement Commodity Buyer to support regional Global Purchasing for Services, Facilities, and Energy. You will perform sourcing, supplier evaluation, contract negotiations, and P2P execution, ensuring cost competitiveness and service reliability.

The role requires collaboration with Facilities, Operations, Legal, and Finance to define business requirements, manage supplier performance, and drive continuous improvement across indirect categories.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Purchasing, Business, Finance, Engineering, Facilities Management, Energy Management, or related field.
• Three or more years of experience in procurement, purchasing, sourcing, supply chain, contract administration, or related field.
• Experience supporting indirect categories or purchasing services in a corporate, industrial, manufacturing, or multi-site environment.
• Experience with supplier evaluation, competitive sourcing, contract administration, and invoice issue resolution.

Responsibilities

• Regional category and sourcing support aligning with Global Purchasing direction.
• Analyze requirements, spend, supplier capabilities, market information, and total-cost considerations for sourcing.
• Coordinate RFIs/RFPs and bid packages, supplier communications, evaluations and awards.
• Identify opportunities for supplier consolidation, demand management, cost reduction, and risk mitigation.
• Maintain category trackers, savings documentation, contract status, and implementation actions for assigned areas.
• Purchase assigned indirect services and energy in line with category strategies and approvals.
• Support supplier management, renewals, and contract negotiations within delegated authority.
• Coordinate with Legal and stakeholders to develop and implement contracts and SLAs.
• Monitor supplier performance against cost, quality, delivery, and service expectations.
• Prepare spend, savings, and supplier-performance reporting using approved data templates.

Skills

Sourcing

Supplier management

Contract administration

Purchase-to-pay

Total-cost analysis

Excel

ERP systems (SAP)

Education

Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain or related field

Tools

SAP or similar ERP system

Job description

DRiV is seeking an Indirect Procurement Commodity Buyer to support regional Global Purchasing for Services, Facilities, and Energy. You will perform sourcing, supplier evaluation, contract negotiations, and P2P execution, ensuring cost competitiveness and service reliability.

The role requires collaboration with Facilities, Operations, Legal, and Finance to define business requirements, manage supplier performance, and drive continuous improvement across indirect categories.