Buyer

Commonwealth Rolled Products, Inc. is a leading manufacturer of Aluminum rolled products for the Automotive, Commercial, and Industrial markets. The Company operates its production facility in Lewisport, KY with the support of an Automotive Innovation Center for R&D, Sales and Field Service in Madison Heights (DET), and Inside Sales in the Cleveland, OH area.

Our production facility is seeking to add a talented Buyer to its Non-Metals Procurement (Indirect) team. The purpose of this role is to be responsible for executing the purchase of goods and services from a pool of requisitions created from the Commonwealth Lewisport & Madison Heights locations. The buying team receives a high volume of requests on a daily basis, and is expected to transact purchases efficiently and with a high level of accuracy and quality. The person filling this role will execute against category strategies, support sourcing projects, and negotiate procurement agreements for selected segments of the Commonwealth procurement spend. The procurement team has a broad scope of responsibility; therefore, a Buyer will be responsible for purchasing from multiple categories, e.g. MRO, chemicals, paints, oils/lubricants, contract services, etc.

Responsibilities Include:

• Adhere to all Health and Safety programs, including taking personal ownership over daily actions that drive to a zero (0) incident culture; while participating in the safety initiative and volunteer a safety contact on the onset of any meeting.
• Live and champion the Commonwealth core values; Safety, Integrity, Customer Focus, Ownership, Excellence, and Teamwork
• Evaluate internal customer's request for purchases, solicit bids from external suppliers, compare and analyze based on customer's request, develop and propose solution to customer, initiate necessary changes and process by creating a Purchase Order.
• Perform day to day purchase activities including but not limited to processing requisitions, issuing purchase orders, obtaining vendor confirmations, verifying promise dates, and confirming product delivery for various Aleris manufacturing plants throughout the country
• Research the specifications and competitively bid goods/services to obtain best pricing, quality and delivery; across complex SKUs in a wide range of non-metal (indirect) commodities
• Review Open Order and Past Due Reports to ensure product arrives in a timely manner
• Review requisitions and obtain required information to make successful and efficient purchases
• Issue purchase orders and expedite all required orders
• Support Procurement Managers as needed included but not limited to special projects, supplier performance tracking, supplier conflict resolution
• Negotiate with suppliers, vendors and contractors to ensure best pricing and delivery, and support resolution of quality, performance and delivery issues
• Create, evaluate and report out on procurement metrics.
• Work with Accounts Payable and Vendors to resolve invoice disputes. Drive disputes to full resolution.
• Provide guidance to stakeholders regarding new supplier, vendor or contractor set up in Oracle including training and conducting a needs assessment with stakeholder
• Execute against category strategies set by the Procurement Management
• Promote transactions to preferred supply base
• May be responsible for validating suppliers, vendors, contractors and category spend within the Procurement Systems (Oracle, OBIEE & custom systems)
• Participate in importing, transforming, validating and/or modeling data to help drive key Procurement decisions and activities
• In conjunction with Procurement Managers, lead strategic sourcing projects involving cross-functional team members
• Drive process improvements to improve overall efficiencies within the procure-to-pay process
• Conduct training for Commonwealth personnel within Oracle I-Procurement, and actively participate in the training of new Buyer
• May assist with Plant Storeroom Management including the management of internal parts tracking
• Work with new Supplier to onboard obtaining necessary financial information.
• Pursue cost savings / cost avoidance by soliciting pricing bids/quotes and negotiating pricing with suppliers, vendors and contractors in conjunction with Procurement Managers
• Have the flexibility to support off-hour emergency’s and availability for rotating emergency weekend call schedule

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Supply Chain, Purchasing, Operations, Business or related field.
• 3 Years of Purchasing in a manufacturing environment or related work.
• Oracle experience or other ERP platforms
• Proficient in MS Excel and MS-Office Suite
• Communicative: must courteous, & clear communicator written and orally. Must be willing to pick up the phone to resolve disputes and/or ask questions with plant personnel, internal staff, and vendors
• Collaborative: have the ability to work closely and understand the needs of business partners in AP, IT, Internal Audit, Legal, Operations, and Maintenance, etc.
• Autonomous: function independently without the need for micro-management
• Willingness to drive change and foster accountability throughout an organization
• Strong analytical skills; ability to quickly and effective analyze data and make sound decisions
• High energy with the ability to thrive in a fast paced, transformational work environment
• Travel 0-25% of the time to perform company business activities (I.e. supplier, vendor and/or contractor locations)
• Ethical and professional behavior of a purchasing professional

Preferred Qualifications:

• 5 or more years of procurement, sourcing, negotiations or contract implementation. Specific experience with MRO, chemicals, paints, building and construction, refractory, and various other categories and services is a plus
• Oracle purchase experience and a Oracle background
• Proven Experience in Lean Manufacturing Concepts and Techniques
• Proven risk management skills in determining supplier selection
• Negotiation skills along with strong relationship management capability
• Conflict management skills with the ability to effectively collaborate with and constructively challenge purchase stakeholders
• Willingness to help drive change throughout the organization

Commonwealth Rolled Products is an equal opportunity employer and supports diversity in the workplace. Qualified applications will receive consideration for employment without regard to their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran. Our HR teams will reach out to the applicants who met the qualifications and most closely aligned with requirements of the positions.