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About the Role
The Commodity Buyer is responsible for deploying and developing the commodity strategy for its assigned commodities. The role manages supplier relationships and negotiations, pilots supplier utilization in production, and ensures supplier performance.
Responsibilities
- Responsible for subcontract sourcing, proposal evaluation, negotiation, award, execution, and administration of subcontract purchase orders from new part production to production environment.
- Ensures timely procurement and on-time delivery performance for assigned commodities/suppliers with an annual spend of $8 million.
- Leads activities supporting production needs impacted by vendor performance with minimal impact to inventory.
- Leads negotiation of strategic agreements with vendors for stocking and pricing.
- Assesses vendor performance and leads improvement activities to reduce production risks and ensure compliance with Motivair’s Terms and Conditions of Purchase.
- Participates and engages in Rep and Certification activities for new business.
- Identifies strategies and opportunities to reduce cost, improve efficiency, and manage risk through strategic negotiations.
- Cultivates and maintains strong working relationships with suppliers and internal stakeholders, including operations, engineering, and quality.
- Prepares and maintains detailed subcontract files to permit informed decision-making and successful audits.
- Manages the invoice to pay process by ensuring accurate pay terms, release of payments, and resolution of discrepancies.
- Leads Buy American, Conflict Minerals Reporting, and other annual reporting requirements.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
Requirements
- Ability to comprehend and understand Engineering Data and assess required flow downs to vendors.
- Ability to comprehend and understand Customer commercial data and assess required flow downs to vendors.
- Experience working with an Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system.
- Experience understanding technical data.
- Experience managing supplier development activities.
- Demonstrated contract negotiation with savings.
- Experience with ISO 9001 a plus.
- Strong business acumen.
- Knowledge of commodity markets.
- Blueprint reading and familiarity with eDrawing viewer.
- Proficiency in MS Excel, Word, PowerPoint.
- Negotiation Skills.
- Vendor relationship management.
- Understanding of the Procurement lifecycle.
- Understanding of Procurement Compliance activities.
- Attention to detail and project management skills.
- Excellent presentation and communication skills.
- Problem solving, and reporting skills.
- Office environment working primarily at a desk on a computer.
- Ability to sit for long periods of time.
Skills
- Negotiation Skills
- Vendor relationship management
- Understanding of the Procurement lifecycle
- Understanding of Procurement Compliance activities
- Attention to detail
- Project management skills
- Presentation skills
- Communication skills
- Problem solving skills
- Reporting skills
- MS Excel
- MS Word
- MS PowerPoint
- Blueprint reading
- eDrawing viewer familiarity
Location
- Cheektowaga, NY
Work Type
- Onsite
- Full-time
Experience Level
- 5+ years of progressive build to print/subcontracts/procurement experience or total of 10 years of relevant experience
Education Level
- Bachelor’s degree in supply chain or engineering
Salary/Compensations
- USD 86,400 - USD 115,600 per year
Benefits
- Medical (with member reward points)
- Dental
- Vision
- Basic life insurance
- Benefit Bucks
- Flexible work arrangements
- Paid family leaves
- Well-being programs
- 12 holidays per year
- 15 days of paid time off per year
- Competitive pay
- Incentives
- Company share ownership
- 401(k) with match
- Performance discussions
- Global opportunities
- Schneider Career Hub
- Learning platforms like Coursera
- Volunteer leave
- Programs with the Schneider Electric Foundation
- Youth education initiatives
- Military leave benefits
About the Company
- Schneider Electric is a global company with €40 billion in revenue, +9% organic growth, and over 150,000 employees in 100+ countries.
- The company's culture is built on IMPACT values: Inclusion, Mastery, Purpose, Action, Curiosity, Teamwork.
- Schneider Electric aims to be the most inclusive and caring company in the world, providing equitable opportunities and ensuring all employees feel valued and safe.
- The company upholds high standards of ethics and compliance, demonstrated through its Trust Charter, which covers ethics, safety, sustainability, quality, and cybersecurity.
Equal Opportunity
- Schneider Electric is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
- It is our policy to provide equal employment and advancement opportunities in recruiting, hiring, training, transferring, and promoting all qualified individuals regardless of race, religion, color, gender, disability, national origin, ancestry, age, military status, sexual orientation, marital status, or any other legally protected characteristic or conduct.