Position Summary
The Buyer III is responsible for sourcing, analyzing and negotiating goods and services for an area in which they specialize such as such as food, beverage, technical, IT, etc. They require comprehensive knowledge of specialized commodities in order to influence customers and suppliers in procurement decision of complex/critical goods and services.
Essential Duties & Responsibilities
- Researches suppliers from a variety of usual and unusual sources.
- Develops a procurement and negotiation strategy based on few variables.
- Performs moderately complex price analysis based on few variables and confers with suppliers to obtain product or service information such as price, availability and delivery schedule.
- Negotiates price, availability, and works with Logistics to define transportation and delivery schedule. (i.e. ordering and storing schedule)
- Manages supplier performance to ensure consistent service, high quality and low costs of goods/services.
- Works independently with minimum supervision and freedom of decision within guidelines. Seeks guidance from management on unusual situations.
- May provide guidance to Purchasing Clerk and/or Buyer I
- May travel to attend trade shows, audit suppliers, visit ships for loadings, repositioning etc.
Financial Responsibilities
- $50,000 expenditure limit
- Between $3-5M spend management for goods/services
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent required.
- 5+ years related procurement experience or specialized technical experience.
