Buyer

Buyer

Salamander Solutions, Inc. is seeking an experienced Buyer to join our growing business. The Sr. Buyer is accountable for delivering end-to-end Purchase-to-Pay services for direct/indirect materials categories and services in a manufacturing and operations environment. High level responsibilities include interacting/coordinating with suppliers, issuing POs, identifying process improvement opportunities, and order tracking and expediting. The ideal candidate will be experienced in Procure-to-Pay processes, policies, systems, and will have experienced creating, communicating, and following through on purchasing activities in a fast-paced environment. This role offers high visibility and impact, providing an opportunity to expand your knowledge of procurement and supply chain management while applying it in a dynamic environment with a diverse set of stakeholders.

This position requires on-site presence.

Essential Job Duties and Responsibilities:

• Accountable for end-to-end Procurement, including PO execution and management, expediting and Invoice remediation and PO close-out.
• Coordinate purchasing demand and delivery priority in close collaboration with business partners ensuring alignment with group best practices.
• Monitor status of open purchase orders to ensure on-time delivery of all materials, including timely resolution, communication, and mitigation of potential issues.
• Expedite or defer orders as required based on schedule requirements.
• Coordinate vendor on-boarding process to ensure all documentation is provided and entered for set-up in MRP and accounting systems, keeping stakeholders updated on progress.
• Setup and maintain vendor catalogues enabling low-touch fast track PO placement for commodity products.
• Compliance with delegation of authorities, signing authorities, as defined for Salamander.
• Facilitate and manage Non-Disclosure Agreements (NDA’s) with supplier and service providers with support from Legal.
• Ensure conformance with the project and department cost codes and financial requirements.
• Accountable for tracking delivery ETAs, ensuring goods receipt in the system and following through with PO close-out upon invoice payment.
• Collaborate with Engineering to create item numbers/descriptions for ERP and build high-level bill of materials for each project.
• Coordinate and support direct negotiations with shortlisted suppliers.
• Collaborate with Finance and Legal team to ensure resulting contract captures commercial intent, while minimizing risk exposure through use of proper terms and conditions.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in supply chain, business, or logistics. Advanced degree is a bonus.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abiliies:

• Experience in Procurement, purchasing across complete Procure-to-Pay cycle.
• Demonstrated experience in industry standard Procure-to-Pay systems such as Ariba, Coupa, D365, or Medius.
• Demonstrated understanding of delegation of authorities and signing authorities.
• Procurement experience across multiple categories including Raw Materials, MRO, Fabrication, Electrical, and Engineered equipment.
• Ability to work proficiently across global teams and multiple jurisdictions is highly desirable.
• Strong stake holder communication, influencing and written skills with attention to detail.
• High level problem solving, coordinating, organizational and time management skills.
• Effectively able to maintain discretion and confidentiality of company, customer, and vendor information as appropriate.
• 2-4+ years related procurement experience, preferably supporting manufacturing and operations in Oil and Gas.
• English language profici
• Supply chain or purchasing certification (ISM or equivalent) is a bonus.
• Experience with ERP Procurement (Dynamics 365 a huge plus).