AAK isseeking a highly skilled and experienced Sr. Buyer to join the AAK-USAProcurement team. Reporting directly tothe Procurement Manager, this position partners with Engineering, Manufacturing,Supply Chain, and Finance to capture the business requirements, goals, andobjectives to successfully source, negotiate, and meet expectations related to directand indirect spend that will achieve company objectives. The ideal candidate will possess in-depthknowledge of Supplier Management, Category Management, Spend Analysis, PurchasePrice Variance, Contract Management, and Procurement Policies.

The Senior Buyer will perform both tactical and strategic purchasing functions required to support the needs of the organization. 
Strategic sourcing: 
•Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to determine procurement needs and specifications.
•Demonstrate procurement excellence by negotiating contracts, improve prices, terms of business with suppliers and review opportunities to deliver savings, utilizing procurement best practice tools and methods.
•Monitor market trends and stay up to date on new developments and innovations in procurement processes and technology.
•Evaluate supplier capabilities, identify areas for improvement to continually drive performance and business results. 
•Develop policies, checklists, or other documents that describe AAK’s technical, quality, service, or reliability standards.
•Provide input into the S&OP process. 
Supplier Management: 
•Identify areas of risk in the supply base and makes recommendations to mitigate. 
•Monitor supplier and subcontractors’ performance by ensuring that product is delivered as scheduled and meets specifications, maintaining appropriate files and records of meetings with suppliers to ensure company requirements are met and that the supplier is aware of their performance.
•Assist in the development and maintenance of supplier scorecards. 
•Develop and maintain performance metrics to measure the effectiveness of procurement processes.
•Partner with Accounts Payable to resolve invoice discrepancies.
•Support our Compliance Dept by providing supplier information to be updated in our Supplier Information Management System.
•Participate in Supplier assessments & Audits supporting our Quality Assurance team. 
•Ensure compliance with AAK’s ethical principles and adherence to relevant laws and regulations.
Tactical sourcing:
•Review and analyze purchase requisitions, prepare bid specifications, issue bid requests and review quotations. 
•Examine and analyze departmental purchase requisitions for completeness and accuracy of information.
•Prepare purchase orders and communicates them to relevant parties.
•Interpret purchasing procedures to departments and vendors, as a specialist in assigned material categories, which require a degree of technical knowledge.
•Purchase miscellaneous supplies, such as production, sanitation, PPE, and office supplies. 
•Contact vendors to obtain product or service information such as price, availability, and delivery schedule.
•Maintain procurement records and update supplier specifications, artwork files, spec, supplier files, etc.