The Sr. Buyer exercises full buying responsibility and supports all Purchasing Department functions. This position acts as a department-wide resource and may represent the department in inter-departmental activities.
Maintain a work bench that may include strategic and/or technical suppliers Maintain appropriate department documentation and correspondence including purchase orders, acknowledgements, request(s) for quotes, project status’ and metrics as assigned Participation in development of commodity strategies including vendor negotiations and drafting blanket PO’s Project management as required including leadership and assistance for other buyers Projects may include key Policy Deployment initiatives such as customer satisfaction, vendor performance, cost savings, and inventory reduction Be a help chain resource for the rest of the department Assist the DMR process for assigned commodities Ad...