Strategic Buyer

Job Description

Job Description

Summary of Job Content:

• This position is responsible for managing the effective and efficient purchasing of steel pressure vessels and components according to drawings, commodities, services, and capital equipment for our site in Strongsville.

• Focus on long term vision for company and supplier for pressure vessels and equipment for customer projects.

• Industry knowledge expert incl. ASME skills.

• This position is responsible for the implementation of the initiatives of Global Purchasing.

Key Accountabilities:

• Negotiates prices, terms, and conditions of agreements and executes agreements with suppliers.

• 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.

• 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.

• Coordinates agreements for goods and services covered by local, national, or global agreements.

• Manages purchases of goods and services for sites and completes transactions for purchasing in SAP with third parties and intercompany.

• Creates materials in SAP and maintains database of materials with respect to prices, sources, etc.

• Research 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 Procurement.

• Performs other duties as required to support objectives of sites and Global Procurement.

Summary of Job Content:

• This position is responsible for managing the effective and efficient purchasing of steel pressure vessels and components according to drawings, commodities, services, and capital equipment for our site in Strongsville.

• Focus on long term vision for company and supplier for pressure vessels and equipment for customer projects.

• Industry knowledge expert incl. ASME skills.

• This position is responsible for the implementation of the initiatives of Global Purchasing. Skills:

• Bachelor’s 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.

Key Accountabilities Experience:

• Minimum of 6 years of experience in procurement. Experience in manufacturing preferred.

• Commodity management

• Contract negotiations

\nCompany Description

We are a technology-based and a global leader in the development and manufacture of carbon-based solutions. Our materials and products made from specialty graphite, carbon fibers and composites serve many industries that are shaping the trends of the future: climate friendly mobility, semiconductor technology, LED, solar and wind energy. We also develop solutions for the chemical sector and numerous industrial applications that are both forward-looking and reliable. We are driven to grow with products and technologies that benefit society and reduce environmental impact.

With around 4,700 employees at 29 sites in Europe, North America and Asia, we generated sales of 1,0 billion euros in fiscal 2024.

Company Description

We are a technology-based and a global leader in the development and manufacture of carbon-based solutions. Our materials and products made from specialty graphite, carbon fibers and composites serve many industries that are shaping the trends of the future: climate friendly mobility, semiconductor technology, LED, solar and wind energy. We also develop solutions for the chemical sector and numerous industrial applications that are both forward-looking and reliable. We are driven to grow with products and technologies that benefit society and reduce environmental impact.\r\n\r\nWith around 4,700 employees at 29 sites in Europe, North America and Asia, we generated sales of 1,0 billion euros in fiscal 2024.