Senior Buyer

Job Description

Job Description

Job Title : Senior Buyer

Reports To : Corporate Purchasing Director

Location : On-site at our office in Antigo, WI or Wausau, WI

Job Summary

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.

Supervisory Responsibilities

N / A

Essential Duties

• 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.

Required Skills and Abilities

Education and Experience

Physical Requirements

Company Culture & Values

Travel Requirements

This position requires occasional overnight travel and occasional travel within the workday. Overnight travel is expected approximately once-twice per month. The duration of each trip will vary based on the travel location.

Driver Qualification

The ability to drive a company owned / leased vehicle or personal vehicle on behalf of the company is required. Inclusion in the company’s driver qualification program is required to drive a company owned / leased vehicle or personal vehicle.

Becoming a qualified driver includes :

This job description is intended as a general outline of the primary responsibilities of the position. It is not intended to be an exhaustive or comprehensive list of all duties, responsibilities, or activities that may be required. The employer reserves the right to modify, add, or remove any responsibilities, duties, or activities as deemed necessary with or without notice.

Volm Companies is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to providing reasonable accommodation to qualified individuals with disabilities and other protected characteristics. If you require reasonable accommodation to perform the essential functions of the job, please inform us and we will work with you to address your needs.