Senior Buyer

Volm Companies • Wausau, WI

1d • Onsite

About The Position

The Senior Buyer is responsible to mentor other buyers and facilitates the procurement of materials and services from both domestic and international sources in accordance with policies and procedures and has a broad range of experience in supply chain, contract review, negotiations, volume contract bidding across all company locations, and supplier onboarding and risk mitigation strategies.  The Senior Buyer will conduct themselves with a high degree of professionalism, ethics, and personal integrity.

Requirements

• Ability to communicate in both the written and spoken language of English to a level that will allow the safe and effective performance of the job.
• Ability to work from and understand verbal instructions.
• Ability to handle stress in a fast-paced environment.
• Ability to successfully manage multiple projects and deadlines.
• Ability to effectively work with resource planning system, spreadsheets, word processing documents, and other applicable computer systems and software, especially Microsoft Excel.
• Excellent interpersonal, listening, and negotiation skills.
• Strong critical thinking, troubleshooting, and analytical skills.
• Capacity to calculate, analyze, and track figures and make competent decisions based on those figures.
• Communication, teamwork, and customer service skills are critically important as the employee is expected to work directly and indirectly with all levels of employees, customers, and outside vendors.
• Consistently demonstrate a high level of responsibility and accountability in assigned tasks.
• Knowledge of business principles and supply chain practices, normally acquired by the completion of a Bachelor’s degree in a business-related field and/or equivalent work experience.
• Minimum of 5 to 7 years of relevant experience in purchasing, with a focus on domestic and international sourcing, supplier negotiations, and strategic procurement processes.
• Ability to stand, walk, and move around for extended periods of time.
• Capability to lift and carry objects of various weights up to 50 pounds occasionally.
• Proficiency in using hands, fingers, and arms for tasks such as typing and writing.
• Sufficient visual acuity to read documents and recognize details at close and distant ranges.
• Ability to hear and understand verbal communication.
• Flexibility to bend, stoop, and reach low or high objects.
• Ability to perform physically demanding tasks, such as lifting, pushing, pulling, or carrying heavy objects.
• Adaptability to work in varying environmental conditions, such as temperature extremes, noise, dust, or fumes, depending on the nature of the job.
• Willingness to adhere to safety protocols and wear protective gear, including helmets, goggles, gloves, and safety shoes, as required by the job.

Responsibilities

• Mentors senior buyers, buyers, and buyer/planners to support continuous improvement within the procurement team and strengthen organizational depth.
• Reviews and analyzes MRP data, adjusts planning parameters, processes purchase orders, manages acknowledgments and follow-ups, and ensures inventory control. Maintains supplier contracts and promotes optimal system setup to support efficient ordering practices.
• Captures and reports cost savings through bid processes and negotiations, utilizing volume contract bidding tools where appropriate to ensure measurable savings are achieved.
• Leads new product development sourcing initiatives, obtaining quotes, setting up items in the database in accordance with standardized naming conventions.  Follows through with adding costs and supplier contracts and updating planning parameters.
• Source products, research, develop, audit, review capacity of new suppliers working toward building relationships, and obtain appropriate documentation such as COI-certificates of insurance and indemnification requirements based on supplier risk level.
• Resolves quality issues through root cause analysis, securing replacement goods or credits as necessary.
• Collaborates with management and internal/external stakeholders to review customer, planning, and scheduling requirements and ensure accurate product codes and general ledger account assignments.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level