Strategic Buyer

Strongsville located in a suburb of Cleveland Ohio is part of the Process Technology Business Unit providing customer Process Equipment in chemical applications located in North Central and South America. The Strongsville team designs and machines fabricates and assembles the Process Equipment which includes: Shell and Tube Heat Exchangers Block Heat Exchangers Plate Heat Exchangers Pumps Columns Quenches and Systems. It is our only Process Technology production site in the Americas.

Summary of Job Content:

This position is responsible for managing the effective and efficient purchasing of components commodities services and capital equipment for the sites in North America.
Focus on long term vision for company and knowledge expert.
This position is responsible for the implementation of the initiatives of Global Purchasing.

Key Accountabilities:

Responsible for the management of suppliers in area of responsibility/categories.
Formulates strategies for categories and serves as subject-matter expert on key categories of goods and services.
Develops and executes action plans to meet targets for cost quality and delivery.
Negotiates prices terms and conditions of agreements and executes agreements with suppliers.
Interfaces with Group Legal on agreements and approves executive contract summaries for Group Legal.
Evaluates industry trends to determine potential impacts and initiates actions to ensure continuity of supply chain.
Conducts semiannual audits of key suppliers to assess cost quality and delivery.
Investigates potential suppliers for optimum alignment of capabilities with requirements.
Develops domestic and international long-term relationships with suppliers.
Mentors and coaches operational buyers on key accountabilities.
Manages purchases of goods and services for sites and completes transactions for purchasing in SAP.
Coordinates agreements for goods and services covered by local national or global agreements.
Serves as interface between sites and suppliers to ensure prompt resolution of issues (delivery quality etc.).
Creates materials in SAP and maintains database of materials with respect to prices sources etc.
Organizes documentation to create or to update vendors and coordinates documentation with corporate office.
Researches discrepancies between invoices and purchase orders and approves invoices for accounts payable.
Validates local contracts and obtains certificates of liability insurance for projects.
Ensures compliance with policies and procedures of Group Legal and Global Purchasing.
Performs other duties as required to support objectives of sites and Global Purchasing.

Skills:

Bachelors degree from a 4-year college or university.
Proficiency with Excel Outlook PowerPoint and Word.
Experience with SAP preferred.
Strong ability to communicate clearly and effectively and to provide world-class customer service.
Excellent analytical and organizational skills and ability to prioritize and to simultaneously handle multiple tasks.
Must fluently read and speak English.

Experience:

Minimum of 6 years of experience in procurement. Experience in manufacturing preferred.
Commodity management
Contract negotiations

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What we offer:

SGL offers a competitive benefits package including:

• Medical and Prescription Drug coverage
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
• Health Savings Account (HSA)
• Basic Life and AD&D (Accidental Death & Dismemberment) insurance
• Short Term and Long Term Disability insurance
• Voluntary Spouse Life insurance
• Voluntary Child Life insurance
• 401k Savings Retirement Plan with employer match
• Vacation days
• Paid Holidays