Buyer

Role Overview

The Buyer will purchase materials, equipment and services for internal company use.  Ensure that delivery is on time, quality requirements are met, pricing is accurate, and payment is on time.  Ensure compliance with procurement procedures.

This is an onsite role in Rochester, New York.

Responsibilities:

•Develop collaborative relationship with suppliers.  Daily supplier communications to ensure effective transactions.   Issue PO’s. Ensure PO acknowledgement. Ensure on-time delivery and on-time payment. Resolve transactional issues (e.g., blocked invoices, missing receipts, returns). Monitor on-time delivery and address supplier performance issues. Expedite shipments if necessary.
•Collaborate with Category Managers and internal clients.  Ensure alignment with Category Managers to ensure correct source, price, PO text, etc. Communicate with internal requestors about demands, late shipments, supplier discontinuance, etc.
•Work with Logistics to establish shipping instructions to govern imports.  
•Within authorization limits, select from approved suppliers to ensure best value, quality, and performance. Seek quotes to assist selection. Manage RFI, RFQ, RFP.   Source to support Engineering Change Orders, Chem Change Forms, New Product Development. Negotiate for best price and pay terms within authorization limits.
•Support projects. For example, support purchasing systems implementations, and work with individual suppliers to automate transactions.  
•Ensure accuracy and maintain procurement system data: responsible for pricing records, source records, the procurement tab of material masters, and vendor master requests (e.g., vendor bank info, tax). Ensure accuracy through the Engineering Change implementation (ECR process)
•Compliance: Ensure compliance with Kodak Procurement Procedures. (e.g., Contracting, Pay Terms, Data Privacy, Controllers/Treasury review)  
 

Preferred Qualifications:

•Excellent communication Skills- it is critical to effectively communicate with suppliers and internal Kodak requestors.
•SAP knowledge (or experience with a different ERP system).
•Negotiation skills.
•MRP experience.
•High school diploma or equivalent.