What are the responsibilities and job description for the Procurement Specialist position at Valmont Industries, Inc.?
Job Description:
The Associate Category Buyer will be responsible for managing the procurement process for assigned categories across multiple North American Operations facilities. This includes compiling and summarizing raw material demands, requesting quotes from suppliers, placing purchase orders, and aggregating demand for category items.
Responsibilities Include:
The Associate Category Buyer will be responsible for managing the procurement process for assigned categories across multiple North American Operations facilities. This includes compiling and summarizing raw material demands, requesting quotes from suppliers, placing purchase orders, and aggregating demand for category items.
Responsibilities Include:
- Compiling and summarizing raw material demands across all North American Operations sites.
- Requesting quotes from suppliers for commodities without existing contracts.
- Placing purchase orders in a timely manner to meet demand across all NA Operations sites.
- Aggregating demand for category items and collaborating regularly with the Global Commodity Manager and Materials teams to review.
- Monitoring and resolving system reports related to purchase orders across multiple sites.
- Ensuring adherence to supplier contracts and managing supplier capacity to efficiently meet NA Ops demand.
- Obtaining purchase order confirmations from suppliers and communicating updates across internal teams.
- Ensuring compliance and completing documentation for all purchase orders.
- Leading regular status meetings with suppliers and internal stakeholders, tracking progress and addressing issues.
- Identifying and leading process improvement initiatives to optimize resource utilization for your category.
- Fostering strong internal customer satisfaction and building positive relationships with suppliers and Valmont stakeholders.
- Overseeing open purchase orders, including expediting, quantity adjustments, and date changes.
- Ensuring transactional accuracy in all purchases and supporting Accounts Payable with credit/debit reconciliation.
- Contributing to supplier performance evaluations and lean initiatives.
- Collaborating with Global Commodity Managers to support supplier development and management.
- Reviewing and enhancing purchasing procedures to improve customer satisfaction and reduce costs.
- Providing support to other Category Buyers and acting as a backup for central buying tasks.
