AdvanSix plays a critical role in global supply chains, innovating and delivering essential products for our customers in a wide variety of end markets and applications that touch people’s lives, such as building and construction, fertilizers, plastics, solvents, packaging, paints, coatings, adhesives, and electronics. Our reliable and sustainable supply of quality products emerges from the vertically integrated value chain of our three U.S. based manufacturing facilities. AdvanSix strives to deliver best-in-class customer experiences and differentiated products in the industries of nylon solutions, chemical intermediates, and plant nutrients, guided by our core values of Safety, Integrity, Accountability and Respect.
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Why work at AdvanSix?
• We provide benefits that are industry competitive and focused on employee well-being
• Total Rewards program includes a competitive compensation, health, dental, vision & wellness programs, paid vacation, 401K with company matching, health savings programs, disability & life insurance, employee assistance program
• Tuition reimbursement for continued education, certifications, training, and development
• Work within a fast paced and innovative company, meeting passionate colleagues and partners with diverse backgrounds and experiences
SUMMARY:
The Buyer-MRO is responsible for the sourcing and procuring of items associated with MRO categories such as Industrial Supplies, Power Transmission, Hoses, Gaskets, and Electrical Supplies while supporting the maintenance organization. The role involves locating and qualifying suppliers and negotiating contracts that provide these items while supporting the transactional workload associated with this spend. This position will place purchase orders, create and maintain outline agreements and catalogs, and minimize the life cycle cost (total cost of ownership) of purchased items using preferred suppliers, e-auctions, RFPs, negotiations, market tests, and by understanding stakeholder needs. The Buyer will ensure supplier compliance for “fit, form and function” of technical specifications. This position will work closely with plant maintenance to support 5 primary production facilities and their storerooms and will direct annual purchases of between $9 and $12 million.
Category Management
The Buyer-MRO will be accountable for mitigating supply risk, maximizing value of indirect spend, and driving innovation and supplier productivity with suppliers via the spend managed in their area. The Buyer-MRO will:
- Develop short-term and long-term category strategies that align with AdvanSix goals for reducing costs and meeting financial expectation, while managing vendor relationships.
- Drive consolidation of spend and seek out synergies across the plants where applicable. Consults with key stakeholders, and other subject matter experts to develop alternative solutions; advises on options, risks, total cost of ownership, and business impacts.
- Interact with stakeholders to develop, engage and lead supplier relationships for extracting the greatest value in supplier quality, total cost effectiveness, enhanced service levels, risk management, sustainability, and innovation.
- Manage the ongoing performance of our suppliers including objective setting and supplier evaluations where warranted.
- Support the MRO Manager in developing and executing strategies to consolidate and leverage supply base while reducing magnitude of tail-spend.
- Actively seek ways to streamline MRO Procurement processes
- Negotiate multi-site supply agreements with MRO Suppliers.
Procurement Execution
- Minimize purchase price and maximize value of supplies using budgetary quotes, Market Basket RFQs, RFQs for single items, e- auctions, negotiations, and an understanding of the industrial supply base.
- Generate Purchase Orders.
- Manage SAP automation in areas such as catalog and Outline Agreement (OA) price changes. Create new and maintain OAs and catalogs. Send OA-RFQs, set up and maintain stores material coded items, and other duties as required.
- Leverage and improve the compliance of spend with preferred suppliers through effective communication with internal customers.
- Contribute to working capital improvements through extending contractor/ supplier payment terms or other options
- Professionally resolve problems (both internal and external) including accounts payable differences in a fair and ethical manner.
Basic Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in business, supply chain or related field.
- Minimum 5 years’ procurement experience across industrial supplies area, with a preference for expertise with negotiating, managing contracts, and driving supplier performance.
- Strong stakeholder engagement orientation to build effective relationships; ability to influence stakeholders to achieve results
- Demonstrated experience in developing category strategies
- Proven experience extracting relevant spend and market data, performing analytics, deriving insights into trends, identifying savings opportunities, and presenting options and recommendations.
- Proficiency with computers in the use of spreadsheets, word processing, presentation, and email communication software.
- Ability to communicate effectively at multiple levels of the organization.
- Creative problem solving.
- Mindset of professional growth, teamwork, and continuous improvement.
- Highly organized and effective manager of both time and resources
Preferred Qualifications:
- Minimum 7 years’ procurement experience.
- SAP experience strongly preferred.
- Ability to drive to meet goals without direct supervision.
- Ability to balance strategic goals with urgent tactical activity.
- Demonstrates personal commitment to meeting the needs of the business.