Buyer

Posted 8 Days Ago
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Chennai, Tamil Nadu
5-7 Years Experience
Hardware • Software
The Role
Buyer coordinates purchasing activities with manufacturing, engineering, and project teams to acquire inventory in a cost-effective manner. Responsibilities include PO management, supplier management, continuous improvements, and adherence to company procedures. Requires a Bachelor's degree in an Engineering field, 5 years of procurement experience, lean knowledge, and data analysis expertise.
Summary Generated by Built In

Rockwell Automation is a global technology leader focused on helping the world’s manufacturers be more productive, sustainable, and agile. With more than 28,000 employees who make the world better every day, we know we have something special. Behind our customers - amazing companies that help feed the world, provide life-saving medicine on a global scale, and focus on clean water and green mobility - our people are energized problem solvers that take pride in how the work we do changes the world for the better.

We welcome all makers, forward thinkers, and problem solvers who are looking for a place to do their best work. And if that’s you we would love to have you join us!

Job Description

SUMMARY/SCOPE OF POSITION

Buyer coordinates purchasing activities with manufacturing, engineering, and project teams to acquire inventory in a cost effective. Perform cost analysis and volume planning. Monitor the cost, schedule, and scope of assigned purchase requisitions to assure quality and on-time delivery at the best value. May gather quotations and evaluate them to determine supplier. Provide solutions for supply interruptions, including finding appropriate alternate suppliers. Create appropriate Supplier contact and correspondence. Analyse information, systems, and personnel to arrive at sound conclusions and directives. Collaborate with sourcing team to implement commodity strategy.

Your Responsibilities:

  • PO Management
    • Responsible for parts setup in SAP including pricing update, source list update, lot size, lead time.
    • Coordinate purchasing activities with manufacturing and sourcing departments to acquire supply in a cost effective and timely manner.
    • Procure materials, components, equipment and services following our needs.
    • Monitor the cost, delivery schedule and scope of assigned subcontracts to assure highest quality at best value.
    • Collaborate with suppliers and team members (Manufacturing, Quality, Sourcing, Planning, Delivery etc.) to deal with PO related issues.
    • Maintain Accounts Payable PO price exception report and resolve invoicing discrepancies following company policy and system requirements.
    • Monitor and process PO cancellations and holds.

    Supplier Management

    • Trouble shooting with suppliers on-time delivery on priority.
    • Work with suppliers and several departments regarding procurement Policy & Procedures
    • Monitor suppliers overall performance and facilitate supplier review (Not limited to Quarterly Business Review) to guide supplier performance improvement.

    Continuous Improvements.

    • Support improvement tasks/projects to make breakthrough in supply management.
    • Identify purchasing best practices and lead these best practices into the Rockwell strategic sourcing toolkit.
    • Implement Lean Supply Chain (Consignment/VMI etc.)

    Familiarity with Company Procedures.

    • Appropriately applies company procedures in compliance with government laws.ies))

The Essentials - You Will Have:

  • Bachelor's degree, Engineering degree.
  • Minimum of 5 years of procurement responsibilities having manufacturing plant working experience.
  • Proven track record in productivity contribution and process optimization. Lean knowledge.
  • Data analysis experience
  • Proven procurement experience within India is required have sourcing exposure.
  • Travel : up to 20% (domestic India)
  • Will report to - Team Lead, Sr. Sourcing
  • The ability to collaborate with, learn from colleagues in a complex, global organization.
  • We provide a working environment with a creative company, paired with a great compensation package, great benefits, and a supportive atmosphere where you can sharpen with new challenges and development opportunities.
  • Corporate Social Responsibility opportunities,
  • Support from our 24/7 employee assistance program.
  • We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, colour, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender, gender identity or expression, or veteran status. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace.At Rockwell Automation we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace, so if you're excited about this role but your experience doesn't align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right person for this or other roles.

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SAP
The Company
Bellevue, WA
22,000 Employees
On-site Workplace
Year Founded: 1903

What We Do

At Rockwell Automation, we connect the imaginations of people with the potential of technology to expand what is humanly possible, making the world more intelligent, more connected and more productive.

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