Position Description: The Buyer is responsible for contract management, program management, operational spend analysis, and contract negotiation.
Requirements:
Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain Management, IT, Economics, Marketing or Finance
Minimum of 3 (three) years relevant industry experience is required.
Advanced Level Skills in MS Power Point such as inserting charts, graphs and tables, animation and multimedia, customizing slide shows with hyperlinks, drawing and working with objects, speaker notes and meeting notes, and advanced presentation features.
Advanced Level Skills in MS Word such as keyboard short cuts, creating macros, merge, merge queries, templates, table techniques, and working with images and text.
Advanced Level Skills in MS Excel such as working with formulas, data tables, pivot Charts, queries, custom functions, data management and analysis.
Basic level skills with MS Access such as identifying database components, starting and examining access, opening a database, planning and creating a database, saving and adding records, finding and replacing values in a table, setting field properties, creating reports, and printing reports. Additional Requirements: - Experience with Procurement and e-sourcing preferred.
- Strong knowledge and understanding of business needs, with the ability to establish and maintain a high level of user trust and confidence.
- Ability to solve problems independently, quickly, and completely and communicate solutions clearly to Senior Management.
- Proven interpersonal, conflict management and communication skills in working with internal customers and external suppliers.
- Familiarity with contract terms.
- Exceptional analytical skills; process thinker and creative problem solver.
- High degree of focus on customer satisfaction, attention to detail and quality orientation.
- Demonstrated project management skills a must with a cross-functional team.
- Ability to work independently with minimal supervision.
Responsibilities: Contract Management-
Develop and manage a contract portfolio which will entail business reviews, supplier performance management and contract renewal activities.
The candidate must be able to understand and assess trends in supplier performance and recommend and drive corrective action.
Responsible for integrating supply value into the business.
Able to interface with stakeholders for supplier performance and contract compliance.
Program Management-The successful candidate will possess the ability to develop internal and external relationships, develop reporting communications to internal customers and communicate program status to Ryder management.
Assure consistent record keeping. Track and report monthly savings and compliance. Assist in the preparation of monthly summary performance reports; savings, spend, compliance and supplier performance.
Perform Quarterly Business Reviews with key suppliers.
Operational Spend Analysis-
Conduct opportunity assessments with stakeholders to identify sourcing projects, which will result in lower operational expenses.Candidate must posses the ability to do quantitative analysis and deductive reasoning based on quantitative facts.
Must be able to conduct market analysis and communicate new opportunities, trends and commodity forecast.
Conduct Sourcing Projects-
Drive results through sourcing projects consisting of cross-functional representation from Ryder teams. Drive timeliness and completion of projects throughout the specified commodity.
Must be able to design RFP's to have the flexibility to handle variation in demand to a high degree of customization in the services provided.
Be able to estimate leverage and organizational tolerance for supplier changes.
Examine opportunities for alternative suppliers.
Contract Negotiation-Support contract negotiations with key suppliers for specific commodity.
Develop new programs and sources based on purchasing strategy and customer needs.
The ability to negotiate pricing and performance measures while discussing options with stakeholders.
Communicator-Proactively communicate and resolve issues with end-users, ensuring customer satisfaction.
Candidate will spend 60% of the time selling an idea or a new process internally or negotiating with suppliers externally.
Ryder is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer and Drug Free workplace.
