Buyer

Fives Group is seeking a Buyer.
About Fives Group:
Fives Group, headquartered in Paris, France, is an industrial engineering group founded in 1812 that designs and supplies machines, process equipment and production lines for the world's largest industrial groups including the aluminum, steel, tube and pipe, glass, automotive, aerospace, logistics, cement and energy sectors. In 2018, Fives achieved sales of $2 billion with a team of close to 8,500 employees and a network of over 100 operational units in over 25 countries.
Accountability:
This position is responsible for procuring, negotiating, and maintaining of various commodities, inventory and expense, to support market sales of Fives MSI products.
Scope and Responsibilities:

• Essential duties include, but are not limited to the following:
• Proactively attains a safe and healthy work environment for all employees.
• Generate and adjust purchase orders for assigned commodities requirements.
• Input, maintain and adjust records or transactions to ensure system validity.
• Evaluate material requirements for assigned commodities.
• Negotiate lead time and stocking levels for assigned commodities.
• Generate request for quotation, negotiates with and selects suppliers.
• Compiles, summarizes and communicates supplier performance.
• Work with suppliers (and potentially cross-functional internal teams) to address lead time reduction, want date integrity, quality performance, cost reduction efforts and technical improvements.
• Consolidate suppliers to reduce supplier base, while still maintaining at least two sources allowing competitive conditions for commodities.
• Investigate and evaluates new supplier sources in cooperation with Quality & Engineering personnel.
• Audit suppliers with Quality and Engineering personnel making sure quality processes and procedures are in place to provide the best quality and value.
• Handle supplier credit problems and invoice errors.
• Compile data and prepare reports as requested and required.
• Communicate and interfaces with departments, personnel and suppliers on a routine basis.
• Provide cost estimates based on experience, "similar to products, and budgetary quotation inquiries.
• Ability to work and interact with other people on a routine basis.
• Carry out under general supervision broad and complex assignments requiring comprehensive knowledge in the field of specialization and of the organization in order to interpret and apply policies, as well as develop recommendations for change.

Skills:
Effective Negotiating
Good communication - written and verbal
Working knowledge of SAP
Good understanding of Lean Manufacturing concepts
Education and Experiences
Associate's degree (AA) or equivalent from two-year college or technical school; or three to five years related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
Experience:
Three to 15 years' experience purchasing commodities for highly technical products.
Machine tool experience including large machining, weldments, and fabrications preferred.
Benefits:
Hired employees will receive great benefits along with an extremely competitive compensation package. Benefits include Health, Dental, Vision, Life, Disability, Holidays, Personal Time Off and 401K & IRA and more.