Junior Buyer

Job description

Join Amrize as a Junior Buyer and help construct what's next. If you're ready to put your skills to work on projects that matter — and build a career with a company that’s building North America — we want to hear from you! The Buyer is responsible for the raw material purchasing activities to successfully support our manufacturing operations.

WHAT YOU’LL ACCOMPLISH Builds and maintains excellent relationships between the Vendors and Amrize to achieve the mutual goals of sales and profitability

• Work with suppliers to resolve local supply issues, track vendor reliability and performance as well as product/material/service quality
• Evaluate supplier performance data and drive improvement at local level Proactively analyze procurement and vendors to identify opportunities to save money and improve quality through consolidation of vendors and leverage of scale
• Prepare purchase orders and review requisitions
• Work with Operations team to plan material deliveries with their production schedule
• Maintain and review computerized requisitions of items purchased, costs, delivery, and product performance
• Track and record status of orders, delivery schedules and discrepancies
• Monitor shipments to ensure that goods arrive on time Follow-up on undelivered goods
• Maintain product ordering standards
• Research and evaluate suppliers Responsible for maintaining purchasing vendor and material data in MRP system The Reconcile pending invoices including price discrepancies
• Ensure proper order/transactional execution and follow-up reporting
• Implement master data processes and ensure the data is accurate

WHAT WE’RE LOOKING FOR

• Bachelor’s degree in finance, business or equivalent experience Two years’ working experience in manufacturing setting is preferred
• Ability to build and maintain relationships with suppliers and vendors
• Must be self-motivated and efficient
• Strong organizational skills required A willingness to learn and a strong memory are a must Computer experience required
• Excellent written, verbal and interpersonal communication skills Good with Microsoft office is required