Job Description

Founded over 35 years ago, First Quality is a family-owned company that has grown from a small business in McElhattan, Pennsylvania into a group of companies, employing over 5,000 team members, while maintaining our family values and entrepreneurial spirit. With corporate offices in New York and Pennsylvania and 8 manufacturing campuses across the U.S. and Canada, the companies within the First Quality group produce high-quality personal care and household products for large retailers and healthcare organizations. Our personal care and household product portfolio includes baby diapers, wipes, feminine pads, paper towels, bath tissue, adult incontinence products, laundry detergents, fabric finishers, and dishwash solutions. In addition, we manufacture certain raw materials and components used in the manufacturing of these products, including flexible print and packaging solutions.

Guided by our values of humility, unity, and integrity, we leverage advanced technology and innovation to drive growth and create new opportunities. At First Quality, you’ll find a collaborative environment focused on continuous learning, professional development, and our mission to Make Things Better®.

We are seeking a Sr. Indirect Procurement Buyer for our First Quality Products Company located in McElhattan, PA.

This position is primarily independently responsible for optimizing the overall cost of supplies and services, developing supply base and supply chain strategies, while negotiating pricing, terms and agreements that are strategic and specific to FQ. This role has a greater responsibility and accountability then buyers, including people management responsibilities.

Principal Accountabilities/ Responsibilities:

• Adhere to all Safe Work Practices (SWP) and organizational policies and procedures. Must abide by all safety requirements and attain safety goals.
• Perform and deliver on routine assignments/projects while simultaneously leveraging and applying procurement knowledge.
• Promotes and enhances organizational initiatives by positively influencing and supporting change management and department initiatives. Lead cross-functional teams.
• Identifies and communicates process improvements that reduce workloads or improve quality for assigned team. Monitor requisition line counts to determine buyer workload.
• Collaborates and interacts effectively across internal business lines and teams, as part of a steady state for continuous improvement opportunities. Work closely with Operations to support ongoing cost savings initiatives and plant projects.
• Provides leadership, guidance, and mentorship to buyers, developing and implementing best practices. Assign goals and monitor performance.
• Presents the company in a professional manner and uphold the highest standard of ethical business practices at all times.
• Develop a supplier performance tool focusing on delivery, price, quality and implement improvements strategies as necessary to ensure quality and reliability.
• Sustains open communication with suppliers and prepares purchase orders in line with final negotiations with preferred suppliers and in line with organizational targets and requirements.
• Drive Value creation and high-level cost savings initiatives (FTG), while maintaining quality and efficiencies.
• Create trending data year over year, comparing supplier spend while analyzing short and long term changes that may impact overall supplier performance against FQ goals.
• Analyze market trends, and develop supply chain strategies while mitigating any risks.
• Support Supplier Assessments and reporting of key aspects. Develop rating system.
• Work closely with Parts Teams, establishing stocking programs, inventory goals, and order quantities that result to best pricing.
• Travel to other sites as required.

Education and experience requirements:

• Business / Supply Chain degree or related field work experience.
• Advanced MS Office Suite skills to include Excel, Word, Power Point, along with working knowledge of SAP Ariba, Celonis, and QlikView, Power BI.
• Minimum of 10 years’ experience in a manufacturing environment; with strong expertise in all areas of Indirect Procurement.
• Engages interest and participation of others and has a collaborative approach to working with others.
• Results driven with the ability to plan and deliver against project deadlines.
• Analytical, numerically astute with strong proven problem-solving abilities.
• Resilient, self-motivated and able to work well under pressure while leading a team and keeping them engaged and motivated, while embracing change.
• Undertake research on and evaluate existing and new suppliers.

Work Environment:

Hybrid work schedule with three days on-site at designated manufacturing facility. Modifications to this schedule are possible to align with business goals. This position would work at a designated location based on site support requirements.

What We Offer You

We believe that by continuously improving the quality of our benefits, we can help to raise the quality of life for our team members and their families. At First Quality you will receive:

• Competitive base salary and bonus opportunities
• Paid time off (three-week minimum)
• Medical, dental and vision starting day one
• 401(k) with employer match
• Paid parental leave
• Child and family care assistance (dependent care FSA with employer match up to $2500)
• Bundle of joy benefit (year's worth of free diapers to all team members with a new baby)
• Tuition assistance
• Wellness program with savings of up to $4,000 per year on insurance premiums
• ...and more!

First Quality is committed to protecting information under the care of First Quality Enterprises commensurate with leading industry standards and applicable regulations. As such, First Quality provides at least annual training regarding data privacy and security to employees who, as a result of their role specifications, may come in to contact with sensitive data.

First Quality is an Equal Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender identification, or protected Veteran status.

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