Purpose of Position
The Strategic Buyer is a member of the Commodity Team, who reports to the Commodity Manager, in the development and management of suppliers in a specific commodity segment. Through the Commodity Manager, the Strategic Buyer helps to implement the creation of the vision for the supply base to support existing products I services, as well as new products I technology.
Key Responsibilities
• Act as primary interface for Gilbarco and its customers to communicate to suppliers the needs and expectations of product quality, delivery performance and overall company goals.
• Manage suppliers by using processes to coordinate selection of the best source to provide continuous quality, delivery, and cost improvements.
• Collaborate with Engineering to execute change notices and manage the required transitions with the suppliers to minimize the working capital impact.
• Benchmark and interpret market conditions to identify and forecast the impact on cost drivers for the commodity.
• Implement savings projects to drive year-over-year material productivity cost improvements through PPV and VAVE initiatives.
• Negotiate agreements with suppliers to provide continuous year-over-year improvements in performance, including quality, delivery, cost, and collaboration, through the implementation of programs such as Vendor-Managed Inventory.
• Support Focused Factories and Material Planners as required ensuring a continuous flow of material to support production requirements.
• Participate and support corporate commodity teams in the development and consolidation of the supply base in order to bring the most cost effective solutions to all Danaher/Fortive companies.