Senior Buyer

ITS has a client in the Toledo, OH area seeking a Senior Buyer. This is a direct hire position with full benefits including 401k. About the Role The Senior Buyer is responsible to ensure that the Customer, People, and Investor goals are balanced and met.
Responsibilities • Work directly with the Purchasing Manager to strategically manage the purchasing needs for the division.
• Work directly with the Purchasing Manager and Purchasing team to help develop strategic relationships with national and international vendors/suppliers to ensure customer requirements are met or exceeded, where possible.
• Ensure all purchasing objectives are met and escalate all purchasing issues vital to production in a timely manner to the Purchasing Manager and Senior Leadership team.
• Identify and continuously implement cost savings initiatives.
• Assure that customer goals, specifications and requirements for new projects are met.
• Document, control, and support all IATF 16949 audit activities relative to the Purchasing function.
Qualifications • Bachelor's Degree (4-year degree), Purchasing Certification Certificate of C.P.M. and/or CPSM as issued by the Institute of Supply Management (ISM).
• 5-8 years of purchasing experience and/or displayed knowledge & positive performance in Automotive Industry based commodities, products and or services.
• Intermediate proficiency in all Microsoft Office packages.
• Read, analyze and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, and or governmental regulations.
• Proficient understanding of mathematical concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios, and proportions.
• Standard Costing Techniques.
• Specification and Problem definition, data collection, fact determination, drawing valid conclusions, and formulating clear recommendations.
• Quick interpretation and formulation of argument, counter opinion, and factual statement for negotiation conclusion.