Sr. Buyer Jobs

Location: Remote with the requirement to travel for business needs.

Basic Purpose:

Under minimal supervision, the Sr. Buyer collaborates with the Category Managers to contract, secure, and assist in supporting the delivery of ingredients and or Packaging materials to meet scheduled production dates. The incumbent conducts bid analysis, comparative cost control, possible order placement and expediting, vendor management, and validation of demand forecasts to assist with acquiring all ingredients and or Packaging at the lowest possible cost.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Establish standard pricing Support Category Managers in annual budgets while pursuing lower costs on key commodities. Leverages combined purchasing within Hain
• Address vendor issues to ensure the highest level of service delivery.
• Assists and identifies productivity projects (cost savings initiatives) and works with team to complete.
• Manage Strategic and Non-Strategic categories as assigned. Create sourcing strategies for assigned categories where appropriate. Optimizes sourcing procedures/strategies to attain maximum efficiency and minimize risk spending, partnered with trustworthy vendors and suppliers
• Assists with other projects, as needed
• Support Category Managers with invoice issues, price changes and other tactical tasks as assigned. Resolve discrepancies and/or issues as they occur during the purchase order cycle
• Negotiates best prices, delivery dates, and commercial terms for assigned categories. Researches and anticipates shifts in the negotiating power of suppliers.
• Responsible for managing and reporting purchasing metrics (forecasts, price tracking, PPV, etc); ensure budgeted PPV numbers are achieved, and variances explained.
• Interface with cross-functional stakeholders in a collaborative manner to improve cost of quality and resolve any quality issues with Suppliers.
• Execute RFI’s, RFP’s and RFQ’s as needed
• Develop new supplier relationships, cultivate existing ones, and identify qualified second sources for assigned categories. Initiate and evaluate supplier bids and contracts, manage the qualification of new suppliers, and negotiate supplier agreements and install contracts as needed.

Skills/Knowledge/Abilities:

• Preferred knowledge of the Consumer Product Goods Industry, ideally in Flexible and Paper/Corrugate Packaging
• Proficient with figures and in collecting, analyzing, and interpreting data, with the ability to think critically and perform multi-scenario and complex analysis
• Self-motivated and strong analytical / problem solving skills.
• Prior experience with ERP systems
• Ability to collaborate at all levels of the organization and across other functional areas.
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience
• Investigates problems, finds root causes, and develops solutions.
• Excellent organizational skills, ability to prioritize multiple priorities and strong attention to detail.
• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to communicate (verbal/writing) effectively.
• Highly competent with MS Office programs such as Outlook, Word, Excel PowerPoint.

Compensation and Benefits:

• Medical, Prescription, Dental, Vision Coverage
• Commuter benefits
• Tuition assistance
• Adoption assistance
• Disability coverage
• Pet insurance
• PTO
• Life insurance
• $65,000-$90,000 (commensurate with experience and location)
• Legal and identity protection insurance
• Flexible spending accounts
• 401(k)
• Parental Leave
• Critical illness and accident insurance
• Employee assistance program

Hain Celestial is an equal employment opportunity/affirmative action employer. The Company does not discriminate based on race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, expression, genetic information, protected veteran status or any other characteristics protected by applicable federal, state or local law.

If you need accommodations for any part of the employment process because of a disability, please send an e-mail to [email protected] or call 516-587-5000 to let us know the nature of your request.

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