Procurement Buyer - Career Growth Potential

At Radial, our employees are the forefront of ecommerce, bringing beloved brands to consumers through our fulfillment, customer care, and technology solutions. We are fueling the future of retail, which means you are too. When you work for Radial, you join a global community of changemakers where the work is critical, and the culture is fun. We depend on our workforce to overcome real-world challenges every day and encourage you to carve your own career path while shaping our future together.

Radial’s omnichannel solutions use cutting-edge technology and analytics to optimize the e-commerce end-to-end processes reducing costs for our customer while enhancing the consumer experience. Radial, the leader in omnichannel commerce technologies and operations, has an exciting opening for a Buyer.

We are building a culture at Radial that leverages Procurement as a value-add framework to acquire goods and services that increases the efficiency of our operation and optimizes our end-product offering. This role requires someone who is passionate about the world of procurement and can be an effective change ambassador for contingent labor, one of Radial’s most business-critical spend categories.

The Buyer will provide guidance and procurement advice to the internal customers (operations staffing team, site directors, etc.) and the wider organization in matters related to contingent labor. The Buyer will report directly to the Category Manager.

Key Responsibilities:

Strategic Sourcing

• Contribute to Radial’s overall strategy by executing the procurement plan to achieve sourcing and cost goals
• Implement all aspects of the category strategy, including but not limited to strategic planning, sourcing roadmap, and supplier management
• Strategically source (sub)categories with a focus on Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) optimization by utilizing a deep understanding of the business needs to collect and analyze market and spend data
• Implement, manage, and optimize framework agreements and contracts, and execute spot buys

Supplier and Internal Relations

• Advise and support the internal Radial customer in defining their need, budget, and plan for their purchase project
• Maintain relationships with suppliers and evaluate the existing supplier base to identify new beneficial opportunities for Radial
• Work with the operations and workforce management team to ensure that ideal vendor/volume allocation per site is executed by local management
• Manage supplier relationships to realize TCO optimization, and oversee the execution of supplier performance improvement plans
• Submit requests for information (RFIs) to suppliers that present the potential to accommodate the needs of the business, and then create requests for proposals (RFPs) for short-listed suppliers that are interested and capable of meeting Radial’s needs
• Analyze RFP responses and potential volume/ pricing changes for quantitative (financial) and qualitative impact to ensure Radial’s strategic objectives can be met
• Assist supplier contract negotiations by identifying opportunities for improvement when cross-checking terms and offers across proposals
• Ensure compliance with the VMS platform to maximize efficiency to allow Operations team to make risk management and relevant business decisions

 
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Solid Microsoft Excel skills to build complex models used to forecast the cost impact of switching contract terms, suppliers, or volume allocations
• Strong inter-personal skills – need to be able to cooperate with the operations team to weigh operations risk vs cost savings. Making volume allocation decisions is a team sport
• Procurement and negotiation techniques for suppliers: sourcing process, selection and negotiation, and management & development
• Strategic Sourcing approach: TCO mindset, opportunity identification, and quantitative analysis
• Ideally: Knowledge of ERP (SAP) and reporting techniques
• Collaborative and goal-oriented mindset
• Motivated to drive transformation in a dynamic environment
• Detail-oriented with strong written and verbal communication skills

Desired Experience:

• 4+ years of experience in strategic procurement or a related role in a large enterprise
• Minimum of 2-4 years’ experience preferred but not required as a Buyer for Temporary Labor
• Bachelor's Degree in Finance, Economics, Supply Chain Management, or a related field

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