The Buyer manages supplier relationships, negotiates pricing, evaluates delivery models, and improves inventory turnover while ensuring compliance and quality.
AHEAD builds platforms for digital business. By weaving together advances in cloud infrastructure, automation and analytics, and software delivery, we help enterprises deliver on the promise of digital transformation.
At AHEAD, we prioritize creating a culture of belonging, where all perspectives and voices are represented, valued, respected, and heard. We create spaces to empower everyone to speak up, make change, and drive the culture at AHEAD.
We are an equal opportunity employer, and do not discriminate based on an individual's race, national origin, color, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, religion, age, disability, marital status, or any other protected characteristic under applicable law, whether actual or perceived.
We embrace all candidates that will contribute to the diversification and enrichment of ideas and perspectives at AHEAD.
As a Buyer supporting AHEAD's Foundry team, you play a pivotal roll by managing supplier relationships, negotiating pricing, and keeping our purchasing process running smoothly.
Roles & Responsibilities
- Negotiate cash improvement and rebates
- Evaluate cash based on delivery models
- Request quotes and collect data from suppliers
- Run QBRs for your suppliers
- Enter and place purchase orders for commodities assigned
- Add, identify and implement cost savings initiatives
- Qualify/disqualify suppliers based on quality and compliance data
- Enforce Supplier Requirements Document
- Improve inventory turnover by managing delivery timing
- Identify delays that impact on time delivery and put changes in place to improve
- Assist in gathering forecasts to communicate to suppliers
- Load RFQ attributes including pricing as they are received
- Set Strategy for categories where appropriate
- Investigate and communicate tariff impacts
- Manage Partner programs
- Run reports based on category or partner
- Issue SCAR’s to suppliers
- Work in a ticketing environment
Qualifications
- 4 years experience or a combination of a college degree with a minimum of 2 years experience in a similar role
- A keen sense of urgency
- The ability to multitask
- The ability to learn and demonstrate proficiency in ERP and purchasing systems
- Demonstrated experience in developing, implementing and executing sourcing initiatives
- Excellent problem-solving skills
- Strong customer service and communication skills, both verbal and written
- Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail
- Experience with Dell, Supermicro, Lenovo, HPE
- Proficiency in Microsoft Excel and Google application suites
- Excellent attention to detail, accuracy, and follow through
- Demonstrated experience in Purchasing and Quoting systems
- Experience using SQL
- Experience in demand planning and forecasting
- Experience sourcing in ISO 9001:2015 and ISO 13485:2016 environment
Why AHEAD:
Through our daily work and internal groups like Moving Women AHEAD and RISE AHEAD, we value and benefit from diversity of people, ideas, experience, and everything in between.
We fuel growth by stacking our office with top-notch technologies in a multi-million-dollar lab, by encouraging cross department training and development, sponsoring certifications and credentials for continued learning.
USA Employment Benefits include:
- Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
- 401(k)
- Paid company holidays
- Paid time off
- Paid parental and caregiver leave
- Plus more! See benefits https://www.aheadbenefits.com/ for additional details.
The compensation range indicated in this posting reflects the On-Target Earnings (“OTE”) for this role, which includes a base salary and any applicable target bonus amount. This OTE range may vary based on the candidate’s relevant experience, qualifications, and geographic location.
Top Skills
Erp Systems
Google Application Suites
Excel
SQL
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