Senior Buyer

At a Glance

Legrand has an exciting opportunity for a Senior Buyer to join the Data  Power & Control Division in Canonsburg, PA. The Senior Buyer will be responsible for all purchasing necessary to keep the plant equipped with materials to service our customers.  Responsibility will include ordering and expediting raw materials while balancing stock out and over-ordering to support production and New Product launches. 

What Will You Do?

• Plans, schedules, and manages purchase orders for production and NPD.
• Monitors supplier prices and maintains cost control in collaboration with the sourcing teams.
• Maintain a positive business relationship with suppliers, which includes communication with key contacts, pricing and supply discussions, identifying and disseminating new product opportunities to the appropriate people, and handling the resolution of quality and supply issues.
• Resolve situations related to material shortages, supplier quality, and delivery delays.  Collaborate with Operation, Sourcing, Engineers, and Supplier to ensure suppliers perform.
• Collaborate with Accounts Payable/Receivables to resolve purchase price variations.
• Use category expertise and vendor-specific knowledge to manage inventory levels for all assigned items, suppliers, and categories while maintaining service level targets for our customers across multiple distribution centers.
• Deliver on KPIs for task-specific goals such as OTD, Days-Inventory-On-Hand, Excess and Obsolete Inventory (E&O), and Spoilage.
• Responsible for daily purchasing, including negotiating prices with suppliers and creating efficient purchase orders with our suppliers by analyzing economic order quantities, forecasts, lead times, vendor set-up, safety stock, etc. Receive confirmation, track orders, send invoices, arrange transportation, and resolve any issues promptly.
• Review projected out-of-stock reports proactively daily to ensure we deliver on customer order fulfillment.
• Establish sharp communication with internal partners about supplier production delays or order shortages while urgently pursuing recovery options.
• Collaborate with internal and external business partners to reduce overstock, slow-moving and obsolete inventory.

Required Skills

Education:           

• Bachelor’s Degree in Supply Chain Management or Business Management or equivalent experience.
• CPM/PMP/APICS (CPIM or CSCP) certification preferred.
• 5 years’ experience purchasing materials.
• MRP or ERP software experience required, Infor Cloud/ Syteline preferred.
• Experience of a high concentration in steel, copper or electronics markets preferred.
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Office including Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook.
• General experience with Power Bi preferred. 

Skills/Knowledge/Abilities:

• Flexibility to adjust and thrive in an environment with changing requirements, schedules, and priorities for multiple projects and assignments.
• Strong desire to promote positive change.
• Self-driven and resourceful to achieve goals independently as well as work well in groups.
• Ability to identify complex problems and review related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions.
• Well-developed communication skills: able to clearly and concisely express information (or data) to associates, peers, and management.
• Creative, entrepreneurial minded, with a strong comfort level of taking measurable risks.
• Demonstrate analytical experience, critical thinking skills, project management, negotiation, customer service, and team building skills.
• Ability to travel to vendors within driving distance and some domestic travel on few occassions; approximately 10 percent of time

Working Conditions/Physical Requirements:

• Primary environment: ambient room temperatures, lighting and traditional office equipment as found in a typical office environment.
• The performance of this position may occasionally require exposure to the manufacturing areas where under certain areas require the use of personal protective equipment such as safety glasses and mandatory hearing protection.
• Regularly required to stand; walk and communicate with others.
• Ability to sit for prolonged periods of time; ability to fly for extended periods of time.
• Able to lift and carry up to 25lbs.

About Legrand

Representing more than 150 years of innovation, Legrand is the global specialist in electrical and digital building infrastructures. Our purpose is improving lives by transforming the spaces where people live, work and meet with electrical and digital infrastructures and connected solutions that are simple, innovative and sustainable. Every day, over 39,000 Legrand employees work hard to enhance the buildings of tomorrow. Legrand is a global, publicly traded company listed on the Euronext (Legrand SA EPA: LR) with revenue of €7 billion, and products sold in 180 countries. For more information, visit www.legrandgroup.com/en

About Legrand North and Central America

Legrand North and Central America (LNCA) employs over 6,500 associates in 50 locations, working across six divisions/sector: Audio Visual, Building Controls Systems, Data Power and Controls, Electrical Wiring Systems, and Lighting.  We hold a leading position in every North American market we serve and focus on exceeding our customers’ needs within the commercial, residential, and industrial industries. LNCA offers comprehensive medical, dental and vision coverage, as well as distinctive benefits like a high employer 401K match, above-benchmark paid maternity and parental leave, paid time off to volunteer, and an active/growing Employee Resource Group network.  LNCA is an employee-centered, growing company with tremendous opportunity.  For more information, visit legrand.us

About Legrand’s Data Center Power and Control Division

The industry-leading brands of Approved Networks, Ortronics, Raritan, Server Technology, and Starline empower Legrand’s Data, Power & Control to produce innovative solutions for data centers, building networks, and facility infrastructures. Our division designs, manufactures, and markets world-class products for a more productive and sustainable future. The exceptional reliability of our technologies results from decades of proven performance and a dedication to research and development. 

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