About The Role

JOB SUMMARY

The Buyer position is responsible for sourcing and procurement activities supporting Plants Calhoun, Central, Greene County, Lindsay Hill, Sabic and the NCCC. Duties include locating sources of supply, issuing requests for quotes, analyzing bids, negotiating, creating purchase orders (inventory, non-stock materials, and services), expediting, resolving supplier problems, and other supply chain duties as required. The Buyer spends considerable time and effort communicating and engaging with their business unit partners while performing the duties listed above.

JOB QUALIFICATIONS

Behavioral Attributes

Able to build strong relationships and communicate effectively – required
Responsive to the needs of business unit partners – required
Demonstrates initiative and a desire to solve problems – required
Organized – required
Able to manage a demanding workload with competing priorities – required

Experience

Procurement, sourcing or contracting processes – preferred
Performance in a transactionally intensive role – preferred
Maximo use – preferred
Work in utilities or heavy industry – preferred

Functional Knowledge

Purchasing and supply chain practices and standards
Technical Shared Services’ project processes
Business practices such as budgeting, traffic/logistics, contracts, engineering, risk management, accounting and legal
Generation, power delivery or similar industries
Maximo Purchasing system
Business programs such as Word and Excel