Senior Buyer Lead

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

1. Adhere to purchasing policies and practices to ensure highest quality, appropriate inventory levels, timely delivery, and competitive cost from suppliers.

2. Develop and lead in the execution of strategic sourcing plans to support company objectives.

3. Identify risks to SEL's supply chain and report to manager with plan(s) to mitigate risks; including overall market trends, capacity constraints, commodity risks, and business conditions for manufacturers and suppliers.

4. Develop supplier partnerships by identifying areas for improvement, escalating issues to manager along with corrective action plans, and executing corrective action plans in accordance with World Class Manufacturing principles.

5. Role model for business professionalism, purchasing fundamentals, time management, data analysis, supply chain management, supplier development, cost reduction strategy development and negotiation techniqu...