Corporate Senior Buyer

We are looking for a highly motivated and experienced Corporate Senior Buyer to join our team. The successful candidate will be responsible for the effective implementation and management of several procurement programs, ensuring compliance with all policies and regulations.

Responsibilities

• Work with the Procurement Manager to develop and maintain reporting tools
• Create and maintain multiple KPI tracking sheets to report compliance to program
• Perform ad hoc tasks to help support the development of new and existing procurement programs
• Manages the vendor creation process and database
• Create and manage vendor contract database
• Challenge processes and develop recommendations for improvements
• Provide functional support for internal D365 users
• Analyze information – Able to extract, consolidate, structure, and analyze large amounts of data from disparate data sources to draw conclusions and insights.
• Collaborative Working– Has the ability to establish assured partnerships with fellow professionals. Strong desire for establishing relationships and inter-departmental working. Possesses the ability to work closely with outside departments that can prove to be helpful at a later stage.
• Communicate value – Uses data and logic to clearly communicate value and trade-offs associated with your category strategy / case for change to inform, facilitate decision-making, and obtain buy-in from internal stakeholders.
• Providing Precise Work Product – Double-checks the accuracy of information and work product to provide accurate and consistent work. Provides information on a timely basis and in a usable form to others who need to act on it. Carefully monitors the details and quality of own and others’ work.
• Resourcefulness – Finding interesting and useful ways to solve problems or overcoming obstacles using whatever resources are available to you at that time. Demonstrates the ability to take challenges head on using the resources available to you and when you can use the information available to you to find new styles of working.
• Maintain a growth mindset – Believes talents can be developed through hard work, good strategies, and input from others. Takes action to learn and improve self and others.
• Develop and implement procurement programs that meet the needs of the organization.
• Establish and maintain relationships with vendors and suppliers.
• Conduct market research and analysis to identify potential suppliers and products.
• Ensure compliance with all policies and regulations related to procurement activities.
• Develop and maintain procurement records, reports, and documentation.
• Work closely with other departments and stakeholders to ensure that procurement activities meet their needs.
• Continuously evaluate and improve procurement processes and procedures.

Qualifications 

• Undergraduate degree in business administration, accounting, finance, or supply chain management
• 3 - 5 years prior work experience
  • Prior experience in program management, procurement, corporate finance, accounting, or administration

Preferred Qualifications - What Will Set You Apart

• Experience with program administration or project management
• Experience building large databases within an ERP system
• Expert-level in Microsoft Excel (i.e., you use keyboard shortcuts instead of a mouse)
• High level of understanding of Microsoft Dynamics 365

Travel requirements

10% - as needed travel to Enviva manufacturing sites / offices, vendor sites

Working Conditions

• 90% - Indoor, Enviva and/or vendor office
• 10% - Mixed indoor/outdoor industrial manufacturing environment at Enviva manufacturing sites and / or vendor sites

Physical Requirements

• N/A

Last updated on Aug 13, 2024