Strategic Buyer

Strategic Buyer

Koch Ag & Energy Solutions (KAES) is seeking a Strategic Buyer to join our Procurement team at our Wichita, KS headquarters. We are looking for entrepreneurial individuals with strong problem-solving skills to help our teams and business learn, improve, and grow.

This role will support KAES sites where methanol, fertilizer, and other related products are created. The centralized KAES Procurement Team supports these sites by sourcing labor, and purchasing materials and equipment for the site. The procurement team works closely with our maintenance, warehouse, engineering, and project management teams to develop procurement and execution strategy to produce best economic results.

The role will be based in our Wichita, KS headquarters and include up to 25% travel with on-call support as needed.

• Facilitate collaboration between internal customers to understand purchasing or sourcing requirements (E.g. critical project lead times, comprehensive event sourcing strategies, timelines for project deliverables, etc.)
• Obtain, analyze, evaluate and negotiate quotes, while offering recommendations to internal customers that align and balance business needs with lowest total cost of ownership.
• Review and negotiate commercial agreements in alignment with Koch risk philosophy.
• Use daily, weekly, and monthly reporting tools to support the procurement capability for your designated site and team
• Assist in implementing new processes and continuously improving existing ones.
• Promote purchasing transactional excellence through coaching procurement facing teammates, internally and externally, and increasing the output of higher efficiency tools like Ariba, Track, and others.
• Potential to require more travel during maintenance cycle years every 3-4 years.
• 2+ years of experience as a Buyer, in procurement, and / or in supply chain management in a manufacturing environment
• Experience using Microsoft Office Suite including Microsoft Excel (reporting)
• Ability to travel up to 25% of the time to our US and Canada sites
• 4+ years of experience as a Buyer, in procurement, and / or in supply chain management in a manufacturing environment
• Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Economics, Supply Chain Management, Agriculture or a related field
• Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite tools including Access (database applications)
• Experience with reporting systems such as Tableau or PowerBI
• Previous experience of direct negotiation with vendors

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