Procurement Operations Buyer

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Come explore opportunities within Brunswick, a global marine leader committed to challenging conventions and innovating next-generation technologies that transform experiences on the water and beyond. Brunswick believes “Next Never Rests™,” and we offer a variety of exciting careers and growth opportunities within united teams defining the future of marine recreation. 

The Procurement Operations Buyer is responsible for coordinating the flow of purchased material within Mercury’s global manufacturing and distribution facilities. The Procurement Operations Buyer partners internally within the operations team and externally with our global supply base to plan direct purchased materials, optimize inventory levels and drive continuous improvement within the supply base and Mercury operations and distribution.

Roles and Responsibilities

Operational

• Utilize system tools to analyze and mitigate risk to ensure proper supply chain execution to support factory and distribution needs
• Manage the coordination of the inbound supply chain and proactively communicate any possible obstacles to ideal efficiency
• Effectively manage supplier relationships to understand and work through constraints within a complex supply chain
• Proactively communicate delivery requirement changes to the supply base
• Analyze and improve supplier delivery performance, inventory cost and freight cost trade-offs
• Manage and drive improvement to procurement operational support metrics
• Maintain appropriate inventory levels throughout the product lifecycle
• Identify areas of improvement to capitalize on cost reduction using inventory management best practices (i.e. VMI, Pull, POC, etc.)

Collaboration

• Develop and maintain effective business relationships with internal and external stakeholders
• Lead and support continuous improvement activities for Mercury processes and systems

Strategic

• Drive execution of supplier management strategies to improve supply, cost, and risk management
• Identify and execute cost reduction projects within the supply chain

Required Qualifications

• BS/BA in Engineering, Operations Management, Supply Chain or closely related field

• 2+ years of experience in supply chain and/or procurement
• Experience with supply chain management and planning
• Excellent data analysis abilities and software skills, including Microsoft Excel, Power BI; proficient with Word, PowerPoint, Project
• Excellent time management and organization skills, able to comfortably manage multiple ongoing projects, prioritize and adapt in response to changing business needs
• Positive attitude, ethics, and international values to promote a healthy, diverse, high performance culture

Preferred Qualifications

• CPM and/or CPIM certification

• Lean and Six Sigma certification and application experience

Next is Now!

We value growth and development, recognizing that people come with a wealth of experience and talent beyond just the technical requirements of a job. If your experience is close to what you see listed here, please still consider applying.

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