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Senior Buyer

Spartanburg, SC
onsite
Permanent / Full Time
85000.00 - 90000.00 USD / Yearly
Our client is looking for an experienced Senior Buyer to lead purchasing strategy and supplier partnerships for a manufacturing operation in Spartanburg, South Carolina. This role combines strategic sourcing with day-to-day team guidance (not management), ensuring material availability, cost control, and strong supplier performance across assigned categories. The ideal candidate brings sound commercial judgment, confidence in cross-functional collaboration, and the ability to support both operational execution and long-term procurement goals. Responsibilities:• Direct sourcing plans for assigned commodities, making informed decisions on supplier selection, consolidation opportunities, and make-versus-buy approaches.• Manage competitive bid activities for new and existing components, assess supplier proposals, and present well-supported award recommendations.• Negotiate commercial agreements with vendors, including pricing, delivery expectations, payment terms, and other supply conditions.• Monitor supplier results through scorecards and performance metrics, and lead improvement discussions or corrective actions when service or quality issues arise.• Partner with production, planning, engineering, and quality teams to address material shortages, schedule risks, design updates, and cost-saving initiatives.• Support the development of category strategies and longer-term procurement plans in collaboration with procurement leadership.• Provide visibility into market changes, cost movement, and supply risk factors that may affect purchasing decisions within assigned categories.• Serve as the primary escalation resource for complex supplier concerns, high-risk purchases, and issues requiring advanced purchasing judgment.• Review purchasing activity completed by team members, offer coaching and training, and help strengthen departmental procedures and onboarding practices.• Step in as an approval resource for operational purchasing decisions and assist with purchase order oversight, follow-up, and expediting when needed.
2026-08-18T17:58:45Z