Strategic Procurement Buyer: P2P & Supplier Management

Coperion Corporate; Sabetha (KS); On-site; USD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Coperion is seeking a procurement professional to optimize the Procure to Pay process in the United States. You will drive supplier relationships, implement category strategies, and oversee KPI metrics such as claim management, PO execution, and invoice reconciliation.

Responsibilities include achieving year-over-year savings, ensuring policy compliance, and maintaining master data while leveraging analytics and tools provided by the COE & Excellence teams.

Qualifications

• Stakeholder management with internal and external partners.
• Customer service mentality and client focus.
• Strong problem solving and hands-on approach.
• Commercial mindset and pricing awareness.
• Organized, autonomous work style.
• Negotiation skills for supplier deals.
• Confident use of MS Office tools (Excel, Word, etc).
• Fluent in German and English, written and spoken.

Responsibilities

• Deliver operational KPIs such as claim management, PO execution, and invoice reconciliation.
• Manage supplier relationships for tactical, day-to-day execution and on-time delivery within budget and quality standards.
• Implement and operationalize category strategies and framework contracts; provide feedback to Global Category Management.
• Deliver year-over-year savings and negotiations for selected categories and suppliers.
• Fulfill the complete Procure to Pay process (P2P).
• Collaborate with Opscos and suppliers to resolve delivery, quality, warranty, and payment issues.
• Ensure compliance with PO policies and standardize procurement processes.
• Manage master data and contribute to MRP settings based on GMM guidance.

Job description

Coperion is seeking a procurement professional to optimize the Procure to Pay process in the United States. You will drive supplier relationships, implement category strategies, and oversee KPI metrics such as claim management, PO execution, and invoice reconciliation.

Responsibilities include achieving year-over-year savings, ensuring policy compliance, and maintaining master data while leveraging analytics and tools provided by the COE & Excellence teams.