Staff Buyer

Maxeon Solar Technologies is a global leader in solar innovation. Built from 35 years of boundary-pushing solar innovation, Maxeon designs, manufactures, and sells industry leading SunPower branded solar products. Maxeon is Powering Positive Change TM every day with a brilliant, passionate and driven team of more than 5,000 people globally.We hold ourselves to a higher standard, striving for the highest integrity, safety, and quality. We thrive together as a global team, embracing our diverse backgrounds to make a positive impact on the world.Join us in POWERING POSITIVE CHANGE**Family Description**:Procures products and services for all aspects of business operations while adhering to budget considerations. Reviews requisitions and obtains quotations / bids from vendors. Continuously develops new supply sources. Coordinates multiple purchase requests in order to obtain best quote for products and services. Suggests optimum inventory levels in order to manage expenses. Develops and executes activities supporting sourcing strategies capable of delivering high quality, cost-effective materials that meet standard and custom project requirements. Responsible for cost, quality, and delivery of standard and custom materials and equipment supporting utility-scale solar photo-voltaic power plants and large commercial solar installations. Negotiates, develops, implements and maintains BPO contracts for selected suppliers, performing data collection to support supplier performance metrics and commodity/market analysis.**Knowledge and Technical Skills**:Recommends new approaches and alternatives.Advance Excel and data analysis.**Complexity**:Works on problems and projects of diverse complexity.Engages in analyses requiring evaluation of identifiable factors.Exercises independent judgment within generally defined boundaries.Networks with senior individuals, internally and externally, within own area of expertise.**Teamwork, Collaboration and Influence**:Collaborates with discipline and diverse multi-discipline team members on a regular and recurring basis.Encourages collaboration by engaging others in problem solving.**Initiative**:Proactively engages with functional experts, data sources, and end users to improve overall service delivery.Identifies issues, resolving where possible, elevating to higher levels when necessary. Creative Thinking and Innovation:Applies diverse experience from multiple projects to solve problems, benefit the project team and/or improve functional or process roadmaps.**Impact and Results Focus**:Delivers results that positively impact client/user work effectiveness and efficiency.Demonstrates strong understanding of project scope and logic, including anticipated business outcomes.**Minimum Education and Experience**:Bachelor’s degree and 4+ years of related experienceOR equivalent combination of education and years of related experienceEqual Employment Opportunity