Buyer

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Job description

This position is for an Established Procurement professional. Carries out Procurement processes, standards, and operational plans, including RFPs, negotiation preparations, and cost analysis. Responds to client inquiries about order status, changes, or cancellations to ensure customer satisfaction.

**Primary Responsibilities:**

+ Carries out Procurement processes, standards, and operational plans, including RFPs, negotiation preparations, and cost analysis.

+ Responds to client inquiries about order status, changes, or cancellations to ensure customer satisfaction.

+ Carries out activities associated with purchasing goods, materials, supplies, and services to ensure terms are in the organization's best interest.

+ Prepares purchase orders, approves payments, and negotiates prices to ensure the procurement process goes smoothly, under general guidance.

+ Compiles price proposals, financial reports, and other data and information to provide input on reasonable prices.

+ Prepares request for proposals (RFP) and bid packages to take on new accounts.

+ Monitors contract performance to ensure compliance with contractual obligations.

+ Contacts suppliers to schedule or expedite deliveries to ensure resolution of problems such as shortages and missed or late deliveries.

+ Responsible for all aspects of the relationship with a specific supplier within a commodity.

+ Directs and manages all schedules, and purchase orders for the client account or the product family.

+ Ensures product is delivered on time, meets quality standards, and at the right cost.

+ May perform delivery assurance responsibilities.

**Qualifications:**

+ Candidates for this role should possess a Bachelor's degree and three years of prior procurement experience

**You should know:** Your safety matters! Vaccination against COVID-19 may be a requirement for this job in compliance with current client and governmental policies. A Kelly recruiter will confirm and share more details with you during the interview process.

**Why Kelly** **®** **?**

Your engineering skills are in demand, but how do you find the right fit? Easy. With Kelly® Engineering, our experts connect you with leading organizations where you can learn and grow, collaborate on innovative projects, and keep your skills sharp with top technology. Whether you prefer the variety and flexibility of short-term projects, or are looking for something more long-term, we're here every step of the way to find your dream engineering job.

**About Kelly** **®**

At Kelly, we're always thinking about what's next and advising job seekers on new ways of working to reach their full potential. In fact, we're a leading advocate for temporary/nontraditional workstyles, because we believe they allow flexibility and tremendous growth opportunities that enable a better way to work and live (plus, did we mention we provide a ton of benefits ?). Connecting great people with great companies is what we do best, and our employment opportunities span a wide variety of workstyles, skill levels, and industries around the world.

Kelly is an equal opportunity employer committed to employing a diverse workforce and providing accommodations for people with disabilities in all parts of the hiring process as required under its Employment Accommodation Policy. Kelly will work with applicants to meet accommodation needs that are made known to Kelly in advance.

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