We are seeking a detail-oriented and proactive Buyer to join our Americas Procurement Center team. In this role, you will support our field, operations, and engineering internal customers by handling competitive bidding, proposal analysis, contract negotiations, and order placement for a wide range of goods and services. The ideal candidate will focus on maximizing our purchasing power, driving cost efficiencies, reducing the total cost of ownership, and p[ " - Ensuring that all requests have clearly defined mechanical and performance specifications and/or scope of work to\neffectively communicate company requirements to potential suppliers\n - Maximizing the purchasing power of the company, to reduce our total cost of ownership and\nincrease efficiencies and measure these savings\n - Ensuring timely and accurate placement of purchase orders/contracts in accordance with the requirements of\ninternal customers and the approved supplier list maximizing the savings achieved in each transaction\n - Enters purchase orders into the ERP system\n - Protecting the company through sound commercial and legal terms incorporated in the purchase order or contract\n - Effectively issuing requests for proposals, analyzing technical and commercial responses from suppliers on\nrequired products and services, negotiating the requirements and sourcing the requirement through accepted\nsuppliers.\n - Identifying and implementing pricing agreements with preferred suppliers for continuous improvement and cost\nsavings\n - Managing all blanket orders to ensure expiration dates do not lapse before renewal.\n - Establishing additional blanket orders and or contracts where beneficial\n - Displays proficient knowledge and use of SAP and Oracle R 2 procurement and reporting modules\n - Proficient in the use of Google products, including Slides, Calendar, Drive, Sheets, and Docs\n - Proficient use of Google for e-mail\n" ][ "Experience. Experienced 2 years. Education. Bachelors (required)" ]

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