Buyer, Business

What does a Buyer do at Swire Coca-Cola?

The Procurement team at Swire Coca-Cola is looking for a Buyer II that will manage suppliers that can meet current and future commodity needs across all business areas of the organization. The right candidate will have experience negotiating pricing, facilitating purchases, and coordinating activities required to purchase assigned commodities for U.S. operations. These commodities can include operational supplies, travel contracts, and other procured items that support Swire Coca-Cola's business processes.

Job Level: 5

• Using 7-step sourcing process create and release RFPs and RFQs by tracking key market factors, business strategy priorities, and impact of commodity/project costs.
• Negotiate to targeted cost based on ideal cost level not just budget level using market intelligence to stay current on pricing trends.
• Help implement technological/process opportunities to keep business ahead of competition and improve operations.
• Build and strengthen supplier relationships by facilitating communication between internal and external stakeholders related to supplier performance. Ensure all suppliers treated fairly.
• Receive and validate pricing from supplier, maintain accurate records about pricing history.
• Accurately forecast impact of price change and validate changes are accurate and include all documentation.
• Act as liaison between departments to find resolution to supply issues within assigned commodities.

• Bachelor's Degree business, procurement, supply chain or related field required.
• 2+ years Sourcing in non-production commodities required.
• SAP Ariba experience.
• Certified Purchasing Professional (CPP) CIPS Level 2 preferred.

Due to the nature of our work and to help maintain a safe workplace for our employees and customers, after a candidate receives a conditional offer of employment, they will be required to complete pre-employment screening. This includes a criminal background check, drug screening, and for certain roles, a motor vehicle record review.

Swire Coca-Cola is an equal employment opportunity and affirmative action employer that participates in the E-Verify program as required by law. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, Veteran status or other legally protected characteristics. Swire Coca-Cola does not sponsor applicants for work visas.