Site Buyer

Position Description

Job Summary

Why work for us?

At Saint-Gobain, our employees have pride in belonging to an organization whose culture is made up of these core values: Trust, Empowerment, & Collaboration. Our company encourages diversity and inclusion in all its forms while our products make the world a more beautiful, safer, and sustainable home.

What's the job?

This position is responsible for managing all purchasing and compliance functions for the facility. This position will perform all purchasing activity, negotiate payment terms, and execute contracts for both goods and services. This role will need to focus on cost savings, implementation and adherence to global compliance, and utilization of digital tools while providing timely service to our internal customers.

PLANT PURCHASING DUTIES

• Develops and maintains a Road Map to assess local suppliers. Negotiates local spend and contracts utilizing Saint-Gobain e-tools for bidding (ProSource) for all opex and capex spend over $35k.

• Reports all hard and soft savings at the end of each project using Purchaser Performance Management (PPM) Saint-Gobain e-tool.

• Creates contracts using standard templates and exhibits, monitors validity of all contracts, and ensures that they are uploaded into the appropriate contract management tool.

• Ensures maximum compliance to Corporate Preferred Supplier Programs.

• Drives compliance for the use of Agora at site level.

• Coordinates competitive bidding for all site purchasing categories with various stakeholders.

• Creates purchase orders and manages inbound supply.

• Manages and resolves invoice exceptions in the Medius System and works on resolving root-causes of invoice discrepancies which includes support for Goods Received Invoice Received (GRIR).

• Monitors and updates anticipated delivery dates in ERP.

• Proactively analyzes local practices while suggesting and implementing improvements to drive the optimization of both efficiencies and best-practices.

• Monitors and reports vendor performance using digital tools while addressing deficiencies as needed.

• Serves as a gatekeeper for purchasing policy compliance and adherence to internal control requirements at the site.

• Owns monthly reporting for purchasing KPIs and plant-specific metrics.

• Participates in reoccurring meetings with plant requisitioners, engineers, and department managers to determine purchasing assistance and requirements.

• Provides remote backup and vacation coverage for Site Buyers, MRO Buyers and Senior Raw Material Planner in other manufacturing facilities and AdHoc coverage for other responsibilities as directed

OTHER DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Travels up to 20% as necessary to ensure a physical presence in order to facilitate dialogue and involvement.

• Site audits of vendors and/or vendor facility tours when necessary.

• Completes all the mandatory purchasing training both online and in-person.

• Participates in plant level meetings, purchasing meetings, and specific events as defined in the operations cadence.

• Performs analysis of portfolio of spend by looking for synergies for negotiations across all BUs.

• Monitors and mitigates single sourcing situations.

• Documentation Process Coordinator for files and records for the purpose of ensuring the availability of documentation and compliance with established policies and audit guidelines.

• Works collaboratively with peers to exchange best practices in order to enhance professionalism and purchasing skillset to foster an integrated and high-performing purchasing across the business.

Required Qualifications

What do you bring?

• Requires a bachelor's degree or equivalent experience which will provide a working knowledge of the laws, regulations, practices and procedures concerned with purchasing activities.

• 5+ years' experience in purchasing, inventory management or manufacturing activities.

• Experience in a manufacturing environment is strongly preferred

• Passion for accomplishing preferred quality, service and best value in Purchasing.

• Comfortable working in a team environment.

• Leadership during projects and at the facility.

• Strong interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills

• Experience using continuous improvement tools.

• Excellent computer skills; including Microsoft Office Suite.

• 1 to 2 years of experience in production and/or MRP planning in SAP or similar system. SAP systems knowledge is strongly preferred.

Company Summary

Through the responsible development of innovative and sustainable building products, CertainTeed, headquartered in Malvern, Pennsylvania, has helped shape the building products industry for more than 110 years. Founded in 1904 as General Roofing Manufacturing Company, the firm's slogan "Quality Made Certain, Satisfaction Guaranteed," inspired the name CertainTeed. Today, CertainTeed is a leading North American brand of exterior and interior building products, including roofing, siding, fence, decking, railing, trim, insulation, drywall and ceilings.

A subsidiary of Saint-Gobain, one of the world's largest and oldest building products companies, CertainTeed has more than 6,300 employees and more than 60 manufacturing facilities throughout the United States and Canada. www.certainteed.com

Legal Statement

Saint-Gobain provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, amnesty, or status as a covered veteran in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws. Saint-Gobain is an equal opportunity employer of individuals with disabilities and supports the hiring of veterans.