Buyer

Move Forward with Volt!

Volt is immediately hiring a Buyer in San Diego, CA.

As a Buyer, you will:

• Response for day-to-day and strategic supplier management including, but not limited to: purchase order placement, followup, issue resolution; communication of demand and forecasts; preparing contracts; negotiating contract terms; managing supplier relationships and performance metrics; facilitating communications; and mitigating risk that could company’s ability to meet the business plan
• Manage spend  of $5M - $40M
• Develops and maintains relationships with internal clients and lower-level suppliers
• Monitors and manages ownership of risk from financial, business continuation, and compliance perspectives.
• Ensures procurement processes meet audit, regulatory, and legal standards.
• Maintains all detailed documentation for performing the role.
• Contract Management; Develops agreements that align with sourcing strategies.
• Integral in tracking contract execution, leading contract teams, closing contracts, and enforcing any applicable rights beyond contract completion.
• Works closely with users defining supplier performance measurements and reporting frameworks.
• Manages the transition process when changing contracted suppliers.
• Negotiation – Able to collect and synthesize a complete data package as well as assist in developing the strategy in preparation of negotiation.
• Able to ethically execute negotiation strategies for low criticality/low complexity items displaying varied negotiation techniques to achieve best results.
• Identifies and resolves areas of risk.
• Supplier Selection & Management – Integral part of supplier selection process and managing the relationships of existing suppliers.Manages performance of low to moderately complex suppliers.
• Cost Management – Applies business strategies to daily activities, contributes to make-buy decisions, identifies market opportunities, gaps and trends.
• Understands, applies and coaches others in building and analyzing Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) models.
• Purchasing Execution – Resolves high complexity purchasing related grief issues with minimal assistance.
• Develops, recommends, and provides training/mentorship around purchasing processes, process changes, and procurement tools.
• Executes risk mitigation strategies to avoid Supply Chain disruption.
• Validates data integrity, identifies data gaps, and updates & corrects system data.

This is a full-time temp to hire opportunity with growth potential.

Schedule: Monday – Friday 8am - 5pm plus overtime as needed.

The ideal candidate will have:

• A completed Bachelors degree
• 3 – 5 years of purchasing experience preferably within the aerospace, mechanical or machining type industry
• Be able to pass a pre-employment criminal background check and drug test
• Must be local to the San Diego area 

Pay Rate: $64,114 - $96,216 per year annually

*Pay range offered to a successful candidate will be based on several factors, including the candidate's education, work experience, work location, specific job duties, certifications, etc.

Qualified candidates should APPLY NOW for immediate consideration! Please hit APPLY to provide the required information, and we will be back in touch as soon as possible.

Benefits: Volt offers benefits (based on eligibility) that include the following: health, dental, vision, term life, short term disability, AD&D, 401(k), Sick time, and other types of paid leaves (as required by law), Employee Assistance Program (EAP).

Volt is an Equal Opportunity Employer and prohibits any kind of unlawful discrimination and harassment. Volt is committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all employees and to providing employees with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment on the basis of race, color, religion or belief, national origin, citizenship, social or ethnic origin, sex, age, physical or mental disability, veteran status, marital status, domestic partner status, sexual orientation, or any other status protected by the statutes, rules, and regulations in the locations where it operates. If you are an individual with a disability and need a reasonable accommodation to assist with your job search or application for employment, please email hr_dept@volt.com or call (866) -898-0005. Please indicate the specifics of the assistance needed.

Volt does not discriminate against applicants based on citizenship status, immigration status, or national origin, in accordance with 8 U.S.C. § 1324b.  The company will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records in a manner that complies with the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, and other applicable laws.

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