Job description

As the Plant Buyer your new role will be highly visible in an important market to the company. You will be responsible for working across multiple work teams to include operations, business units, vendors, and suppliers in order to prepare proposals, quotes, and agreements that create savings for the business. Your new position will also apply continuous improvement methods to reduce the overall costs of the commodities you support. You’ll use your ability to prepare and analyze data in order to create a case for savings.
Principal Duties & Responsibilities:

• Manage the day-to-day activities necessary to purchase goods, materials, supplies, and services to meet the organization’s standards of price, quality, deliver, and reliability of supply to support two manufacturing facilities (Manchester & Lincoln)
• Enter orders into DataStream (soon SAP) system for managerial approval and release.
• Support the analysis of supplier bids, tenders, proposals, or quotations with terms that are in the organization’s best interest, negotiation.
• Communicate with vendors to resolve problems with the timeliness or quality of supplies.
• Identify, research, and evaluate suppliers that meet the organization’s standards of price, quality, timing, and reliability of supply.
• Support the Assessment of supplier’s products to ensure they that they comply with specifications and meet the organization’s quality standards.
• Collect purchasing related data and provide management with operational reporting.

Qualifications:

• Two or more years of procurement or sourcing experience in a manufacturing environment is preferred
• Bachelor’s degree in Purchasing, Economics, Supply Chain Management or Business Administration, or another related field (or at least 5 years of related/similar experience in lieu of degree) is a plus
• Energetic, ability to work independently with minimal direction, as well as excellent negotiating skills.
• Strong organizational skills; must be able to perform in a fast paced, multi-task environment.
• Analytical and problem-solving skills a must.
• Strong communication and negotiating skills
• You must be a team player with very good interpersonal and communication skills to be able to build effective client and team relationships.
• You should be highly motivated and able to work pro-actively in a dynamic environment, with flexibility and resilience to adapt to unexpected changes.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office products, specifically Excel - SAP knowledge is a plus

Prysmian Group, as an Equal Opportunity Employer, aims to attract and recruit individuals with diverse backgrounds, skills, and abilities, who will enhance the quality of service and contribute to the Group’s success. Prysmian Group is committed to the development of an organization that prioritizes talent, where people feel respected, appreciated, and free to fully express their human potential. Prysmian Group strongly believes that diversity drives meritocracy and brings significant value at all levels of the organization, increases the possibility of capturing market opportunities and maximizing value for our customers and shareholders. Prysmian Group bases its decisions on principles of equality, with evaluations based on the type of position and with a focus on best practices so individuals succeed based on their efforts and skills and their alignment with applicable job requirements.
Line Managers, Hiring Managers, HR Corporate and HR Local are responsible for ensuring that diversity and inclusion are respected during the recruiting process. Unconscious bias and stereotypes must not influence our selection processes. We look for the best candidates and for the real value they can bring into the organization. We value meritocracy. We value diversity. We turn off our bias. All persons shall have the opportunity to be considered for employment without regard to their race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, alienage or citizenship status, age, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, military service and veteran status, pregnancy, childbirth, and related medical conditions, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws. Prysmian Group will endeavor to make a reasonable accommodation to the known physical or mental limitations of a qualified applicant with a disability unless the accommodation would impose an undue hardship on the operation of our business.
Your application data will be treated according to our Data Protection Policy. If you believe you require assistance to complete this form or to participate in an interview, please let us know.
Prysmian Group, as an Equal Opportunity Employer, aims to attract and recruit individuals with diverse backgrounds, skills and abilities, who will enhance the quality of service and contribute to the Group’s success. Prysmian Group is committed to the development of an organization that prioritizes talent, where people feel respected, appreciated and free to fully express their human potential. Prysmian Group strongly believes that diversity drives meritocracy and brings significant value at all levels of the organization, increases the possibility of capturing market opportunities and maximizing value for our customers and shareholders. Prysmian Group bases its decisions on principles of equality, with evaluations based on the type of position and with a focus on best practices so individuals succeed based on their efforts and skills and their alignment with applicable job requirements.
Line Managers, Hiring Managers, HR Corporate and HR Local are responsible for ensuring that diversity and inclusion are respected during the recruiting process. Unconscious bias and stereotypes must not influence our selection processes. We look for the best candidates and for the real value they can bring into the organization. We value meritocracy. We value diversity. We turn off our bias. All persons shall have the opportunity to be considered for employment without regard to their race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, alienage or citizenship status, age, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, military service and veteran status, pregnancy, childbirth, and related medical conditions, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state or local laws. Prysmian will endeavor to make a reasonable accommodation to the known physical or mental limitations of a qualified applicant with a disability unless the accommodation would impose an undue hardship on the operation of our business.
Your application data will be treated according to our Data Protection Policy. If you believe you require assistance to complete this form or to participate in an interview, please contact us at talent.mobility@prysmiangroup.com
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Job Type: Full-time

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