Strategic Procurement Specialist

Your Talent Team

Pittsburgh (Allegheny County)

On-site

USD 65,000 - 73,000

Full time

2 days ago

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Benefits offered by this job

401K plan

Job summary

Your Talent Team is seeking a Buyer in the United States to lead day-to-day procurement for plant and regional Operations, ensuring material availability while executing approved category strategies and maintaining cost, quality, and on-time delivery. You will manage procure-to-pay activities, monitor supplier performance, and collaborate with Operations, Planning, Inventory, Finance, and Quality.

An Associate or Bachelor’s in related fields and 2+ years of purchasing experience with Excel and

Qualifications

Analytical skills to assess supplier delivery, open orders, inventory and cost data.
Strong communication and collaboration across Operations, Planning, Inventory, Quality and Finance.
Good ethics and ownership with attention to detail and service mindset.

Responsibilities

Serve as the primary purchasing execution partner for designated facilities and their Operations leadership; understand production schedules, constraints, working capital, and the effect of purchasing decisions on regional results.
Execute sourcing strategies, negotiated contracts, approved supplier lists, pricing, and specifications established by Global / Regional Category leadership. Escalate exceptions and market intelligence rather than altering strategic agreements.
Collaborate daily with Operations, Planning, Inventory, Quality, Finance/AP and Category Management; maintain escalation paths and documented decision rights.
Procure-to-pay discipline: Convert approved demand and requisitions into accurate, timely purchase orders; confirm price, terms, quantities, delivery dates, coding and approvals; monitor open orders through receipt, invoice resolution, and closure.
Contract and policy compliance: Use approved suppliers, negotiated terms, buying channels, and delegated authority; flag maverick spend, off-contract pricing, duplicate orders, and exceptions for resolution.
Supplier execution and escalation: Secure order acknowledgements, maintain realistic promise dates, expedite critical material, resolve shortages and discrepancies, and coordinate escalation and recovery plans before operations are impacted.
Inventory and working capital: Partner with Operations and Planning to review demand, lead times, safety stock, excess/obsolete inventory, open-PO exposure, and opportunities to lower inventory days on hand without jeopardizing service.
Supplier performance: Maintain supplier delivery and defect data, support corrective actions with Quality and Category Management, and implement focused scorecards for the top five suppliers by category as deployed.
Cost and P&L impact: Validate contracted pricing, identify leakage and cost-avoidance opportunities, quantify material cost drivers, and bring recurring issues or savings opportunities to Category leadership and regional management.
Data and systems: Maintain accurate supplier, item, pricing, lead-time and PO information in the ERP (including Microsoft D365 as applicable); support standardized workflows, reporting, and continuous improvement.
Customer service: Provide Operations with clear status, issue ownership, realistic recovery dates, and timely communication; reduce friction through standard processes rather than avoidable one-off transactions.