What You Will Do
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Execution of daily purchasing activities on responsible goods and services. Manage Open PO and facilitate missing GR related.
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Lead the procurement process working with the internal stakeholders to meet their business requirements
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Initiate ideas and actions to improve efficiency and effectiveness of purchasing activities
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Acquire and maintain technical understanding of procurement, knowledge of the supplier base and elements of product cost
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Seek opportunities for total cost improvement across supply base including vendor consolidation, volume leveraging and commercial negotiation
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Lead the recruitment, evaluation, and selection of suppliers through market sourcing, identification of supplier capabilities, the creation of RFx documents, proposal review, risk analysis, and complex commercial contract negotiation. Competent to use different sourcing tools such as sealed bidding/Auction
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Interact with Global Category Management for supplier negotiations and contract development.
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Ensures and monitors company compliance with contractual obligations, sourcing policies and preferred supplier arrangements.
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Able to properly handle confidential and/or sensitive information relative to the business requirements
Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)
· Self-motivated with and entrepreneurial attitude
· Good written and verbal communication skills
At Koch companies, we are entrepreneurs. This means we openly challenge the status quo, find new ways to create value and get rewarded for our individual contributions. Any compensation range provided for a role is an estimate determined by available market data. The actual amount may be higher or lower than the range provided considering each candidate's knowledge, skills, abilities, and geographic location. If you have questions, please speak to your recruiter about the flexibility and detail of our compensation philosophy.
Who We Are
At Koch, employees are empowered to do what they do best to make life better. Learn how our business philosophy helps employees unleash their potential while creating value for themselves and the company.
Additionally, everyone has individual work and personal needs. We seek to enable the best work environment that helps you and the business work together to produce superior results.
Based in Wichita, Kansas, Koch is one of the largest private companies in America. A diverse set of businesses and industries across the world, we work together to keep improving and exploring new ways to make life even better.
With a presence in more than 50 countries, Koch companies employ about 120,000 people worldwide, with nearly half of those in the United States. Koch offers abundant opportunities to improve life’s most necessary things – like food, clothing, water, transportation and technology.
