Senior Category Buyer

At Greene, Tweed, you'll find the cutting-edge technology, world-class polymer expertise and endless advancement opportunities you'd expect from a multi-national industry leader. You'll find them all in an environment that embraces diversity in people and opinions, moves decision making to the point of impact, and celebrates your success.

If you enjoy continuous learning and are excited about working with and creating technological solutions, explore career opportunities with Greene, Tweed.

Job summary:

Working with the Global Procurement Manager, the role will be responsible for defining & executing the sourcing strategy for a given category. This role will also collaborate cross functionally to develop global supply chain solutions for new product development projects, make vs. buy decisions, global external capacity additions, risk mitigation assessments, and support of business growth objectives. This individual must develop and nurture relationships at all levels and across all functions internally & externally.

Essential Duties/Responsibilities:

• Lead supplier identification, development, negotiations, cost analysis and selection in support of long-term business needs.
• Assist in the development and implementation of category strategies that enhance competitive advantage for both Greene Tweed and its customers.
• Interface with key internal functions (product management, project management, manufacturing, advanced technology, engineering, sales, quality & finance) to ensure functional alignment with new product development & business growth needs.
• Implement the placement of purchase orders in support new product development projects as required to support the overall development and growth strategies.
• Lead the assessment of risk in the supply chain, ensuring business continuity though the development of appropriate mitigation plans
• Collects market intelligence and develops profiles for key suppliers, in support of material market trend analysis
• Identify opportunities for continuous improvement (CI) on procurement processes.
  
  

Required Minimum Qualifications

Education/Certifications: Bachelor’s degree, preferably in supply chain, technical or business

• CPM / CPSM or APICS (US); CIPS or IOM (UK) or regional equivalent
  
  

Skills and Experience:

• Bachelors Degree preferred in Procurement, technical or business
• Minimum 5 years experience in a Strategic Procurement role with a proven track record of managing category spend, negotiations, supplier prospecting and supplier performance management.
• Requires high degree of problem solving and decision-making ability
• Ability to think strategically
• Ability to interpret technical needs into supply chain solutions
• Able to interface internally & externally across all levels & disciplines.
• Global Supply Chain experience preferred
  
  

Note: This Job Description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by the employee occupying this position. Employees will be required to follow any other job-related instructions and to perform any other job-related duties requested by the Supervisor. All requirements are subject to change and updates.