Buyer (MRO)

This role opened up after a team member moved internally. Reports to the Procurement Manager. The Buyer (MRO) buys materials and services for our plants, managing about $30M in annual spend across 200 suppliers. Remote position. Most of the team is in Idaho Falls, but nobody is required to come in. Normal working hours, Monday to Friday.

Responsibilities:

• Expedite late orders and keep production planning informed.
• Follow purchasing policy and approval limits.
• Identify cost savings and report them monthly.
• Review supplier price increase requests against commodity indexes.
• Track supplier performance on delivery, quality and cost.
• Coordinate returns and supplier corrective actions with quality.
• Maintain supplier records, price agreements and contracts.

Skills and experience:

• 3+ years of purchasing or procurement experience.
• Bachelor's degree in supply chain, business or a related field, or equivalent experience.
• Strong negotiation skills, with examples of savings you delivered.
• Occasional travel to supplier sites.
• Advanced Excel for bid comparisons and spend analysis.
• Experience with SAP, Oracle, NetSuite or another ERP purchasing module.

Compensation and benefits:

• Gym membership reimbursement.
• Paid holidays.
• Employee assistance program.

Company overview:

We take on a handful of clients at a time and stay with them through implementation. Utilization target for consultants is 75 percent.

Interview process: a phone call, a meeting with the hiring manager, and a final conversation with the team.

No agencies or third-party recruiters, please.

Start: Immediately.

Demo job created on 11jobs for testing and demonstrations. It is not an actual opening at Tidefield.