Senior Buyer

Job Description:

At GAF, we cover more than just buildings. We cover each other. Under this roof, you will have the tools and resources you need to grow and develop in your career. You will experience our incredible culture and will be empowered to support your teammates, your customers and especially your community. Under this roof, we define the future while leading the present through our deep well of experience and our responsibility to the future to drive improvements and innovation in our products. We are GAF. And under this roof, we protect what matters most.

Team or Function Overview

We are looking for a Senior Buyer, a team-oriented individual who has a strong understanding of standard purchasing and supply chain concepts, practices and procedures to lead the Indirect Purchasing division of our company.

Summary

The Senior Buyer is responsible for purchasing activities to mitigate supply risk and to achieve optimal/lowest total cost of ownership of raw materials or outsourced products to meet the needs of GAF.

Essential Duties

• Negotiate with suppliers for execution of Supply Agreements that achieve lowest total system cost and which are in accordance with company policies and procedures.
• Manage contractual commitments and supplier assessments, ensuring all purchases are consistent with quality and delivery requirements.
• Coordinate with internal customers to implement supplier changes, as required; assist plant buyers and internal customers on sourcing related issues.
• Analyze, develop and deliver timely cost information.
• Assess suppliers and potential suppliers.
• Manage vendor relationships and build effective partnerships.
• Develop and implement sourcing strategies that are aligned with GAF business objectives.
• Track supplier metrics, communicate supplier performance, and forecast requirements, as needed, ensuring all purchases consistent with quality and delivery requirements.
• Update price models, as required.
• Maintain sourcing database and metrics for reporting and communicating Procurement activities
• Identify suppliers and prepare RFIs, RFQs, and RFPs for product categories.
• Complete bid evaluations.
• Other tasks as assigned.

Under This Roof, We Require

• A Bachelor’s Degree in the field of supply chain, business, science or engineering
• Minimum of five years procurement experience within industrial manufacturing and/or Business Management
• Experience in use of ERP system (PeopleSoft, SAP, or equivalent) and AMMS system (Maximo).

Under This Roof, We Also Value

• Master’s Degree preferred.
• Industrial manufacturing and/or Business Management experience preferred.
• Required business travel up to 10%

How We Protect What Matters Most

• We offer a wide range of health insurance options that include medical, dental and vision for you and your family.
• Our Family-Building benefits support the many different journeys to fertility and parenthood.
• Our robust 401K plan includes an employer match contribution with your pre-tax and/or Roth contributions.
• Other exciting programs and perks are available to help employees achieve work-life balance, including (but not limited to) a wellness program, free financial coaching, referral program, and product rebates when purchased for an employee’s primary residence.
• Professional growth and development are very important to us! We offer internal training programs and courses, as well as a generous tuition reimbursement program.
• We put diversity and inclusion into action with our Employee Resource Groups, which unite employees based on common perspectives, identities, demographic factors, or out of a desire to be an ally.

We believe our employees are our greatest resource. We offer competitive salary, benefits, 401k, and vacation packages for all full time permanent positions. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and GAF, Standard Logistics, SGI, and Siplast are proud to be affirmative action employers. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity, or Veteran status. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know. If applying for positions in the U.S., must be eligible to work in the U.S. without need for employer sponsored visa (work permit).