Strategic Senior Buyer: Global Sourcing & Suppliers

Screen Innovations; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 80,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Screen Innovations is seeking a Senior Buyer to lead end-to-end procurement across direct materials and indirect spend. You will translate product and operational requirements into sourcing strategies, drive cost reductions, and develop resilient supplier networks to support product launches and ongoing operations.

You will collaborate with Engineering, Product Development, Quality, Operations, Finance, IT, and HR to ensure supply continuity, quality, and margin improvement while enforcing

Qualifications

• 5+ years procurement experience spanning direct materials and/or indirect/MRO categories.
• Experience sourcing engineered components, manufactured goods, contract manufacturing or OEM relationships.
• Experience managing annual spend in the range of $1M–$30M+ across combined direct and indirect categories.

Responsibilities

• Develop multi-year category strategies and should-cost/colicy models for direct and indirect materials.
• Lead supplier audits, capability reviews, and performance scorecards including on-time delivery and quality.
• Drive cost reductions and value engineering initiatives across spend categories.
• Negotiate pricing, LTAs, rebates, MOQs, and stocking agreements.
• Enforce PO discipline, three-way match, and audit-ready documentation across procurement transactions.
• Manage supplier development and risk mitigation to ensure supply continuity.
• Support NPI from design release through SOP and align with product launches.

Skills

Negotiation

Should-cost modeling

Cross-functional influence

Data analysis

KPI tracking

Education

Bachelor’s degree in supply chain, Engineering, Business

Tools

ERP/MRP systems

Job description

Screen Innovations is seeking a Senior Buyer to lead end-to-end procurement across direct materials and indirect spend. You will translate product and operational requirements into sourcing strategies, drive cost reductions, and develop resilient supplier networks to support product launches and ongoing operations.

You will collaborate with Engineering, Product Development, Quality, Operations, Finance, IT, and HR to ensure supply continuity, quality, and margin improvement while enforcing