Indirect Procurement Specialist

Crestron Electronics, a Global manufacturing leader of electronics equipment is seeking a highly skilled and self-motivated Purchasing professional to join our procurement department. The ideal candidate will possess experience in procurement of maintenance, repairs, and operations (MRO), contracts for services, software and facilities and have knowledge of component level purchasing. The selected candidate will be responsible for procuring services, repairs, software and/or items from global partners in support of Crestron’s engineering team, Crestron’s operations department, IT and others. The candidate must be skilled in Microsoft office and be familiar with ERP systems (preferably SAP). Candidate must strive to meet and exceed external and internal customer expectations while committed to continuous improvement across operations and the supply chain. The maintenance, repair, and operations (MRO) buyer is responsible for the preparation and issuance of purchase orders for products and services that are required to support Crestron’s facilities, engineering, operations and production needs. This includes equipment, software or services used by Crestron’s IT department, logistics, engineering, marketing, facilities and others.   To perform this job, the MRO buyer is responsible for requesting quotes, negotiating pricing and delivery, creating and issuing purchase orders, and managing expected delivery days to meet Crestron’s needs. In addition, the MRO buyer maintains recurring blanket orders for monthly spend related to maintenance and contract agreements. Some of the additional types of purchasing that the MRO buyer performs include Preventative Maintenance Agreements, furniture, facility related services/recurring, construction, and repairs for multiple locations. This individual works closely with the receiving department and accounts payable to ensure that lines on the purchase orders are received and ready for accounts payable to process the invoices related to those lines (X-Suite experience is a plus for this role). In addition, The MRO buyer works closely with logistics and internal customers to determine and communicate the best shipping methods. Attention to detail is critical for this role. Periodically, the MRO buyer reconciles and reviews the reports in X-Suite/SAP to clear items blocked for payment which might require adjustments based on discrepancies such as pricing or delivery dates.     The MRO buyer is responsible for reviewing the requisitions sent to the team and ensuring that all approvals and commercial documents have been provided before entering orders in SAP. At times, this might require reviewing and tracking budgets for projects to support the spend. This job requires regular interaction with the supply base as well as internal customers and their teams to understand what supplies/services are required, when they are needed and to provide regular and consistent communication as to the status of their request. When necessary, the MRO buyer works cross functionally to create vendor accounts, negotiates terms, and works closely with the multiple stakeholders to ensure that SAP is updated accordingly. Periodically, the MRO buyer reconciles credit card expenses as needed.  Lastly, MRO buyer communicate effectively across the organizations that they support, foster a team atmosphere, and report on progress.   EDUCATION  Bachelor’s Degree preferable – Supply Chain or Business Management EXPERIENCE(minimum of) 3-5 years of experience in manufacturing environment   APICS certification is a plus, SCMP membership is a plus Experience with ERP systems (SAP preferred) Microsoft Office experience required