Buyer

Buyer Position

Commonwealth Rolled Products is a leading manufacturer of Aluminum rolled products for the Automotive, Commercial, and Industrial markets. The Company operates its production facility in Lewisport, KY with the support of an Automotive Innovation Center for R&D, Sales and Field Service in Madison Heights (DET), and Inside Sales in the Cleveland, OH area.

Our Company is seeking to add a Buyer to its Non-Metals Procurement team. The purpose of this role is to execute the purchase of goods and services from a pool of requisitions created from the Commonwealth Lewisport & Madison Heights locations.

Responsibilities Include:

• Adhere to all Health and Safety programs, including taking personal ownership over daily actions that drive to a zero (0) incident culture, while participating in safety initiatives
• Live and champion the Commonwealth core values; Safety Matters, One Team, Customer Focus, and Own Excellence.
• Comply to established procurement protocol and organizational processes and procedures.
• Evaluate internal customer's request for purchases, solicit bids from external suppliers, compare and analyze based on customer's request, develop and propose solution to internal customer, initiate necessary changes and process by creating a Purchase Order.
• Perform day to day purchase activities such as processing requisitions, issuing purchase orders, expediting orders, obtaining vendor confirmations, verifying promise dates, and confirming product delivery.
• Research the specifications and competitively bid goods/services to obtain best pricing, quality and delivery across complex SKUs in a wide range of non-metal (indirect) commodities.
• Review Open Order and Past Due Reports to ensure product arrives in a timely manner.
• Review requisitions and obtain required information to make successful and efficient purchases.
• Support senior procurement personnel in special projects, supplier performance tracking, supplier conflict resolution.
• Negotiate with suppliers, vendors and contractors to ensure best pricing and delivery, and support resolution of quality, performance and delivery issues.
• Create, evaluate, and report out on procurement metrics.
• Work with Accounts Payable and Vendors to resolve invoice disputes. Drive disputes to full resolution.
• Provide guidance to stakeholders regarding new supplier, vendor or contractor set up in Oracle.
• Execute against category strategies set by the senior procurement personnel.
• Promote transactions to preferred supply base.
• May be responsible for validating suppliers, vendors, contractors, and category spend within the Procurement Systems.
• Drive process improvements to improve overall efficiencies within the procure-to-pay process.
• Conduct training for Commonwealth personnel within Oracle I-Procurement.
• May assist with Plant Storeroom Management including the management of internal parts tracking.
• Pursue cost savings / cost avoidance by soliciting pricing bids/quotes and negotiating pricing with suppliers, vendors, and contractors in conjunction with Procurement Managers.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Supply Chain Management, Purchasing, Operations, Business Administration, or other relevant field of study is required. In exceptional circumstances, a combination of experience and some postsecondary study might be acceptable.
• Proficient in MS Excel and MS-Office suite.
• Communicative: be a polished, courteous, & clear communicator written and orally.
• Collaborative: can work closely and understand the needs of business partners in AP, IT, Internal Audit, Legal, Operations, and Maintenance, and utilize conflict management skills.
• Autonomous: function independently without the need for micro-management
• Organized: keep copious records and effective file management
• Good analytical skills, ability to analyze data and make sound decisions quickly and effectively.
• High energy with the ability to thrive in a fast paced, transformational work environment.
• Ability to travel up to 10% of the time to perform company business activities (i.e., supplier, vendor and/or contractor locations)
• Ethical and professional behavior of a purchasing professional.

Preferred Qualifications:

• 1-2 years of procurement, sourcing, negotiations, or contract implementation is preferred Specific experience with MRO, chemicals, paints, building and construction, refractory, and within the automotive or metals industry is a plus.
• Oracle purchasing experience and a strong Oracle background.
• Familiarity with lean manufacturing and Six Sigma concepts and methodology is preferred.

EEO Statement

Commonwealth Rolled Products is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applications will receive consideration for employment without regard to their race, religion, color, sex, pregnancy or pregnancy-related conditions, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age (forty and over), national origin, disability (as defined by applicable law), veteran's status, genetic information, marital status, height, weight or any other status or characteristic protected by applicable law. Our HR team will reach out to applicants who meet the qualifications and most closely align with requirements of the position.

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