Senior Buyer - Facilities

Small businesses use our merchant services for card processing, POS terminals and next-day funding. Mortgage brokers in California send us loans to underwrite, close and fund. Licensing exams (SIE, Series 7, Series 66) are paid for, with study time during work hours.

Role overview

Long Beach Planning Group is looking for a Senior Buyer - Facilities to join a small, steady team. We need a buyer who pushes back on price increases with data and keeps the production schedule fed. Fully remote. You can work from anywhere in the US. Normal working hours, Monday to Friday. We use Slack, Notion and Google Meet. Cameras on for team calls.

Duties

• Review supplier price increase requests against commodity indexes.
• Qualify new suppliers with quality and finance.
• Negotiate pricing, lead times and payment terms with suppliers.
• Track supplier performance on delivery, quality and cost.
• Expedite late orders and keep production planning informed.

Minimum qualifications

• 5+ years of purchasing or procurement experience.
• Organized with dozens of open orders at a time.
• Strong negotiation skills, with examples of savings you delivered.
• Bachelor's degree in supply chain, business or a related field, or equivalent experience.
• Experience with SAP, Oracle, NetSuite or another ERP purchasing module.
• Occasional travel to supplier sites.

Preferred qualifications

• CPSM or CPIM certification.
• Coupa or SAP Ariba experience.
• Spend analytics in Power BI.

Why work with us

Salary range: $44.50 to $51.50 per hour

• Flexible schedule.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

Duration: 6 months. Start: Immediately.

Demo job created on 11jobs for testing and demonstrations. It is not an actual opening at Long Beach Planning Group.