General Role Description Source, evaluate, and negotiate with suppliers to achieve optimal cost, quality, and service and to meet commercial requirements Role Accountabilities · Analyze business unit needs to mitigate assigned products supply and delivery risks, recommend appropriate solutions, and implement as approved · Evaluate new equipment suppliers utilizing the Company’s quality system · Identify and develop new suppliers globally to support business unit needs and lower costs · Negotiate with suppliers to achieve lower material cost and on time delivery · Manage performance evaluation of assigned product’s supplier · Negotiate terms and conditions, payment terms, and other financial terms and agreements directly with suppliers · Recommend and implement risk assessment and abatement plan to meet budgets, targets, and schedules and provide to business unit management · Track non-conformance reports, cost of quality and lead supplier recovery activities · Generate the Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) buyer’s report that identifies the requisitions to be processed and determine order of priority · Evaluate committed dates for order placement and delivery, in collaboration with business unit management · Notify Expeditor of orders which must be expedited in addition to those scheduled in the ERP · Organize supplier meetings to update business unit engineers on the latest technology and products · Obtain competitive quotes for equipment and material requisitions · Reconcile PO and invoice discrepancies with the finance department and suppliers · Initiate new supplier set-up documentation and submit to finance department · Notify finance department of new “ship-to” locations of suppliers · Process completed requisitions, enter data as required, and forward to Purchasing Specialist · Advise project managers and business unit engineers of equipment delivery schedules in a timely manner · Provide timely updates on subcontractor performance, market trends, and supplier relationships to management · Ensure purchase orders are issued with correct terms to minimize cost and liability to the Company General Employee Accountabilities · Bring full effort to bear on tasks assigned by manager · Give manager best advice · Give earliest notice when work cannot be delivered as specified · Cooperate and collaborate with peers and interact cross-organizationally as specified by manager · Exemplify Company Core Values: Integrity, Client Focus, Team Orientation, and Personal Commitment · Comply with all Company policies, practices, and procedures and all regulations and laws · Recommend viable improvements proactively · Ensure effective utilization of business tools and processes Requirements • · Bachelor’s degree in related field or equivalent via education and/or work experience • · 5 years of experience purchasing in an industrial or commercial environment • · 3 years of experience sourcing new suppliers • · 1 year of experience negotiating complex agreements • · Demonstrated successful working relationships with clients, suppliers, and other internal and external contacts • · Demonstrated successful and positive personal leadership, interpersonal, organizational, administrative, and communication skills • · Demonstrated continuous improvement in areas of responsibility • · Proficiency in MS Word, Excel and Outlook, and an ERP • · Availability to travel, domestically and internationally, up to 10%, sometimes with limited notice Preferred Qualifications · Purchasing experience in a multi-entity, multi-currency, international, industrial environment · Advanced Excel skills · Proficiency in Oracle Link to TMEIC Corporation Americas website https://www.tmeic.com/. To be considered an applicant for any available positions, individuals must complete an online job application for each posting. A resume may be attached to the online application but is not considered a substitute for the information in the application. Applications will be considered only for the specific position for which the application is submitted. EEO/AA/M/F/Vet/Disability Employer