Buyer,Business Job Tewksbury area,Massachusetts USA,Business

Position: Buyer I

Evoqua Water Technologies is a leading provider of mission critical water and wastewater treatment solutions, offering a broad portfolio of products, services and expertise to support industrial, municipal and recreational customers who value water. Evoqua has worked to protect water, the environment and its employees for more than 100 years, earning a reputation for quality, safety and reliability around the world.

Headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the company operates in more than 160 locations across ten countries, serving more than 38,000 customers and 200,000 installations worldwide.

Apply today to join our 4000 professionals around the world as we pursue our purpose:
Transforming Water. Enriching Life.

At Evoqua, we are committed to fostering and maintaining an inclusive and diverse workplace where employees can be their authentic selves. If this position interests you and you possess the minimum qualifications, we encourage you to apply as you could be the right fit for this or other roles we are looking to fill. Evoqua encourages all candidates meeting the minimum qualifications/requirements for the position to apply.

Position

Summary

Evoqua Water Technologies + Xylem are looking for a Buyer to join our team at our Tewksbury, MA manufacturing facility. The role of Buyer will be responsible for delivering an efficient and responsive service to the business in processing of material requisitions. This includes checking of purchasing files, price negotiations and the execution of purchase orders for sourcing activities within and outside the US.

What

we can offer youCore Responsibilities and Tasks

Roles & Responsibilities:

Liaise effectively with suppliers and manufacturers, as well as internal departments and customers delivering excellent customer service, answering customer (internal and external) and supplier inquiries within a reasonable timeframe.

Responsible for communicating with department representatives for supplies and budget guidelines, and confirmation of order quantity, pricing, and availability.

Will manage and track the sourcing process to ensure parts and products are sourced on time, with quality, and within targets to support milestones and build or supply requirements.

Responsible for the accurate creation of purchase orders and communication of orders to vendors.

Will negotiate effectively with suppliers and with internal departments regarding the purchasing of products and parts.

Responsible for carrying out duties in a manner that establishes and maintains strong and trusting relationships with suppliers.

Will seek to continuously improve company’s position and identify component savings opportunities.

Responsible for working collaboratively with other team on invoice problem resolution.

Will administer returns processing/credits as required.

Will ensure audit compliance and order accuracy and undertake periodic SAP system clean up.

Will work with accounts payable for new vendor set-up.

Will analyse price trends and assess their impact on future activities as well as continuously develop market knowledge. Understand what is happening at market level and use this knowledge to help influence procurement activities within the organisation.

Responsible for completing all activities in full compliance with company procedures for Health & Safety and Environmental requirements. Cooperates with managers and other employees to help everyone stay safe. Takes immediate action where deficiencies are identified to prevent harm to self and others.

Position Requirements

Knowledge,

Skills & Experience:

Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.

Meticulous, with good attention to detail.

Good planning, analytical and organisational skills.

Articulate, with excellent verbal and written communication skills.

Commercial awareness and good all-round business skills.

A high standard of numeracy in order to analyse facts and figures.

Comfortable leading negotiations and networking.

Ability to cope with the pressure of demanding targets and tight deadlines.

Tact and diplomacy.

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Evoqua Water Technologies prohibits discrimination against qualified individuals based on their status as protected veterans or individuals with disabilities, and prohibit discrimination against all individuals based on their race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation or any other category protected by applicable federal, state or local law. Evoqua Water Technologies takes affirmative action to employ and advance in employment individuals without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, protected veteran status or disability.

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Evoqua does not accept unsolicited resumes/candidates from search firms.

About the company

Evoqua is the global leader in helping municipalities and industrial customers protect and improve the world's most fundamental natural resource: water.

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