Associate Buyer
Job in
Plano, Collin County, Texas, 75086, USA
Listed on 2026-10-16
Listing for:
KYYBA Inc
Full Time
position Listed on 2026-10-16
Job specializations:
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Supply Chain/Logistics
Office Administrator/ Coordinator, Procurement / Purchasing
Job Description & How to Apply Below
- Automotive Manufacturing Company's Purchasing Supplier Development (PSD) Buying Department is looking for a passionate and highly motivated Purchasing Associate.
- The person in this role will support Purchasing Supplier Development Buying groups with administrative tasks, supplier follow-up and system processing.
The person in this role will support to develop our outsourced supply base to ensure overall best cost, quality, manufacturability, and operational self-reliance.
- Execute buying Operating Procedures (OPs) including supplier set up, price variance management, and payment requisitions.
- Process and manage SAP/Ariba PR/PO data
- Weekly report management
- Supplier follow-up to confirm data, request information, and late requests status
- Document & update business process OPs to improve divisional efficiency
- Manage document distribution, organization, and retention
- Resolve day-to-day supplier issu es related to system communication failures, payment issues, late assignments, etc.
- Support company events such as North American Supplier Meeting, etc.
- Overall administrative duties (travel, catering, expense reports, meeting scheduling)
- This position will be working at the Plano Texas Headquarter site
- Associate degree or higher or 2+ years equivalent experience in a professional business environment
- Minimum 1 year experience working in a direct or support role in Automotive Buying/Purchasing/Procurement
- Proficiency with Microsoft Excel including ability to complete macros, pivot tables and VLOOKUP (candidates must be tested and score 80% or better)
- Proficiency with Power Point (intermediate or above...candidates must be tested and score 80% or better)
- Working experience with Microsoft Power BI (including data links, slicer manipulation, report filters and basic troubleshooting)
- Bachelor's Degree or higher
- Proficiency with Microsoft Power BI (including data importation, report creation and intermediate troubleshooting)
- Minimum 1year experience with Microsoft Visio or Lucid, including flow chart creation and modification
- Minimum 1 year Experience with SAP Ariba
- Experience with gap analysis and problem identification through understanding of large data sets and procedures
Position Requirements
10+ Years
work experience
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