Buyer Ii

**What you will do**:
**Sr. Procurement Buyer **is responsible for **all advanced purchasing activities, primarily Direct materials categories **, **but also certain Indirect spend categories, within the assigned Product Business Unit while ensuring compliance with overall JCI objectives, **strategies **and procedures **by **working closely with the corporate Category Management team **. **A Buyer e **valuates sources of supply and **develop **efficient **pricing **methodology **, warranty, and product/service performance requirements. **They **d **etermine **and **utilize **the most strategic supply chain model to **acquire **the necessary products and services at the maximum level of savings. **Identify **new sources of supply, and potentially acceptable new **products/technologies. **They **e **stablish **/maintain professional relationships with suppliers/partners, based on the highest ethical business practices as **set forth in **JCI policies and procedures.***:
**How you will do it**:
**1. **Stakeholder Alignment**:Provide **timely **and **profession **services to Product Business Unit (R&D, Product Management, Plant Operations, and Distribution Centers) and Category Management representatives. Lead or **participate **on **teams to ensure **appropriate stakeholders **are aware of procurement initiatives as needed. Initiate, lead the analysis, and make recommendations in support of all Make/Buy decisions, competitive bids, or engineering changes. Liaise with the Product Business Unit to **assure **site **spend **is in line with agreed sourcing strategy. **Assists **in evaluating potential suppliers on site specific issues. Is familiar with the various suppliers and product lines available in stakeholder areas. **Assists **in analyzing customer's business and evaluated potential savings through supplier consolidation.**

**2. **Sourcing**:Understands the category strategy developed by the Corporate Category Towers and executes action plans to achieve the sourcing team's **objectives **. Develop and lead the Sourcing strategies and local program implementation at the plants, distribution centers, and office locations. Lead and manage all steps in the sourcing process (Request for Quotes RFQ, change management, contract negotiations, dispute resolutions etc.). Initiate and support cost modeling & related activities (incl. VA / VE and Kaizen activities **. **)**

**3. **New Product Introduction**:Lead all sourcing and procurement activities in support of NPI programs to ensure successful product launches with emphasis on source selection, supplier engagement, contract negotiations, and cost optimization. Ensure smooth new product launches by controlling the acquisition, sourcing on time, in line with cost target, **maintaining **purchasing results through release to sale and follow-on life cycle management. Structure NPI pricing and **Long Term **Agreement (LTA) agreements with **year-over-year **cost reductions.**

**4. **Contract Negotiation and Management**:Leads and **participates **in negotiation sessions with suppliers. Prepares, implements, and audits compliance with **appropriate contract **. Resolves issues **regarding **supplier delivery of assurance, quality, service, and **documents **resolution.**

**5. **Supplier Management and Performance Tracking**:Manages **, monitors, reports, and **seeks **to continuously improve supplier performance. Ensures agreements have a good supplier matrix embedded within them. Acts as a primary point of contact for supplier interactions and **assists **in supplier performance assessments. Maintains a working knowledge of supplier's organization, product lines, contractual agreements, and transportation terms. Compiles information to be incorporated in Supplier's Scorecard. Assists Procurement Managers in analyzing departmental spends with certain suppliers and recommends consolidation or redirection to preferred suppliers. Conducts periodic supplier **surveys/evaluations/visits **and **provides **feedback to Procurement Managers.**

**6. **Trade Working Capital**:Negotiate **optimal **payment terms and enrollment of suppliers in JCI supply chain financing program(s) for assigned suppliers. Improve working capital through optimizing payment terms and VMI programs.**

**7. **Reporting & Analysis**:Conducts data analysis at the local level on suppliers, supply market, cost and price of **goods and services that are supplied to our company using available data. Track and **maintain **accurate **and **timely **records in Wave and other systems related to procurement metrics and performance **objectives **. Review monthly P **urchase Price Variance report **to ensure cost savings are realized by the Product Business Unit. Lead standard cost setting for assigned categories, plants, or distribution centers. Responsible for execution and tracking of assigned Wave **/ Project **Initiatives **, including **reporting to senior management on activities **, **business impact