Senior Buyer

Job Description

Title: Senior Buyer - Indirect

Position Summary:

This position is recognized as a strategic buyer responsible for procurement of indirect materials and services for certain commodities in support of all business sectors in the Americas. This position will collaborate with multiple site facility leaders and work within the global procedures for Strategic Purchasing.

Key Accountabilities:

• Process purchasing award summaries and purchasing documents for suppliers directly related to maintenance, repair and operational goods and services within RRPS global compliance policies.
• Develop sourcing lists and monitor supplier performance.
• Aggressively resolve all pricing, invoicing, and contract related issues with the suppliers
• Negotiate pricing, terms and annual contracts with suppliers, especially for goods and services utilized at RRSA operational facilities in Aiken, SC and Mankato, MN.
• Analyze supplier cost/pricing information and benchmark the competition.
• Manage purchase requisition queue, vendor invoice management queue.
• Maintain open communication between internal departments, management, and suppliers.
• Actively identify, drive, and support cost savings initiatives
• Support the implementation of a standardized process approach utilizing common forms, measurements, and structure.
• Maintain good housekeeping practices.
• Promote a compliance culture in area of responsibility, and live the letter and the spirit of the Rolls-Royce Code of Conduct
• Perform special projects as required.

Basic Requirements:

• Bachelor's Degree in Business, Materials Management, Finance or Packaging Engineering, and 5 years of procurement, materials management, supplier cost analysis, or supply chain management experience; or 7 years of experience in procurement, materials management, supplier cost analysis, or supply chain management.
• In order to be considered for this role, you must be a U.S. Citizen or a U.S, Permanent Resident.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Specific knowledge of site professional services and facilities management procurement processes
• Experience developing and executing contracts and service level agreements.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to work effectively with others.
• Excellent negotiation skills
• Excellent working knowledge of purchasing practices and procedures.
• Strong financial/cost analysis skills and problem-solving ability when issues are complex.
• Excellent organizational, planning, and follow-up skills
• Excellent oral, written and presentation communication skills, and the ability to understand the needs of the internal customer.
• Strong ability to interpret blueprints and engineering documents.
• Self-starter with the ability to work independently with little direction.
• Ability to learn commodity processes at supplier locations.
• Ability to travel on a limited basis.
• Proficient with PC and MS Office Suite
• Minimum 5 years of experience handling confidential, sensitive matters with discretion.

Working Conditions:

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable an individual with disabilities to perform essential job functions. Daily work is performed in a general manufacturing, office, and test cell environment. This position has a compressed work schedule (Monday through Thursday).

While performing tasks for this position, the employee is regularly requested to perform work on a computer inside and occasionally outside of the work environment. Also, the employee will occasionally be required to work in environmental conditions where there are fumes and dust. Finally, the employee will be frequently requested to perform tasks in environmental conditions where there are unpleasant odors and gases. Please note, the conditions can be hazardous.

While performing physical demands of the position, occasionally the employee will be occasionally requested to stand, climb, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, reach, and squat. Also, the employee will be regularly requested to sit within a particular work environment. Next, the employee will frequently be requested to walk inside and outside the work environment. Finally, an employee will be regularly requested to grasp and manipulate items in a manoeuvrable manner to perform daily tasks.

There are no special vision requirements for this position.

Pioneer the next generation of innovation. Join us and you’ll develop your skills and expertise to the very highest levels, working in an international environment for a company known the world over for its brilliance.

Rolls-Royce is a Military Friendly Employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic. You can learn more here.

We are an equal opportunities employer. We’re committed to developing a diverse workforce and an inclusive working environment. We believe that people from different backgrounds and cultures give us different perspectives. And the more perspectives we have, the more successful we’ll be. By building a culture of respect and appreciation, we give everyone who works here the opportunity to realize their full potential. You can learn more about our global Inclusion strategy here.

Pay Range

$78,778 - $118,168-Annually

Benefits

Rolls-Royce provides a comprehensive and competitive Total Rewards package that includes base pay and a discretionary bonus plan. Eligible employees may have the opportunity to enroll in other benefits, including health, dental, vision, disability, life and accidental death & dismemberment insurance; a flexible spending account; a health savings account; a 401(k) retirement savings plan with a company match; Employee Assistance Program; Paid Time Off; certain paid holidays; paid parental and family care leave; tuition reimbursement; and a long-term incentive plan. The options available to an employee may vary depending on eligibility factors such as date of hire, and employment type.

The Business Unit Power Systems of Rolls-Royce provides world-class power solutions and complete life-cycle support under our product and solution brand mtu. Through digitalization and electrification, we strive to develop drive and power generation solutions that are even cleaner and smarter and thus provide answers to the challenges posed by the rapidly growing societal demands for energy and mobility.

We deliver and service comprehensive, powerful and reliable systems, based on both gas and diesel engines, as well as electrified hybrid systems. These clean and technologically-advanced solutions serve our customers in the marine and infrastructure sectors worldwide.