Senior Buyer
Cleveland-Cliffs
- West Chester, OH
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Develop and lead strategic sourcing activities for assigned categories to include project management, strategy development, RFI/RFP development and analysis, negotiations, supplier selection, contracting, implementation, ongoing commodity management and contractual compliance
- Deliver excellence in procurement activities including spend analytics, strategy development, negotiations, and stakeholder engagement
- Participate in developing detailed sourcing strategies for a broad set of indirect categories to drive cost-saving initiatives which align with company goals
- Conduct research on market dynamics, cost drivers, supply base, and economic indicators for assigned projects and contracts
- Deliver value-added results to the organization by applying financial analysis principles and procurement discipline
- Develop strong relationships with internal business partners to capture business requirements, develop the appropriate sourcing strategy, evaluate responses from supply market and negotiate agreements that deliver best value
- Support commodity events managed at the enterprise level to ensure delivery of business plans and commodity strategies as defined by Purchasing Management
- Assess, manage and mitigate risk, developing formal contingency plans
- Carry out company policies regarding procurement practices, standards and ethical conduct to ensure a fair, effective, and competitive sourcing process throughout the organization
- Travel as business needs dictate
- BS or BA in Business, Finance, Economics, Engineering or other business-related field or a minimum 5 years of procurement, commodity management or other strategic sourcing experience in an industrial or manufacturing environment
- Above average knowledge of Microsoft Office software
- Ability to define problems, collect and analyze data, establish facts and draw conclusions
- Must possess high ethical standards and the ability to work within Company's Code of Ethics and Business Policies
- Ability to build rapport with others in the work environment
- Demonstrated experience developing and implementing sourcing strategies that have yielded measurable business results
- Ability to understand the Legal aspects of Procurement
- Ability to perform in a high-pressure environment
- Specific commodity knowledge and expertise would be a plus such as industrial equipment rentals, industrial cleaning services (Vacuum truck and water jetting)
- Knowledge of steelmaking processes and practices
- Experience with Oracle, Ellipse, or Tabware