Buyer

This role requires the ability to work lawfully in the U.S. without employment-based immigration sponsorship, now or in the future.
Curious how your purchasing expertise can drive real business results? At Spectrum, our Buyers play a vital role in ensuring the right products and services are delivered promptly and cost-effectively, supporting our commitment to excellence and customer satisfaction. You will leverage deep purchasing knowledge, foster strong supplier relationships and help streamline processes for impactful improvements company-wide
How You'll Make an Impact

• Create purchase orders according to purchasing procedures and company policies. Subject matter expert in PO management (creation, approval, change, receipt, invoicing and PO closure)
• Independently identify and resolve invoice discrepancies by coordinating with the supplier and business for reconciliation, ensuring vendor invoices are paid within vendor terms
• Verify and validate that the requested purchase is in alignment with standard purchasing practices or escalate as required to the appropriate team member. Ensure information on purchase orders is correct, complete, and accurately reflects the specific requirements. Track PO's for on time delivery
• Communicate and adjust orders as needed to achieve on time delivery
• Communicate, coordinate, and collaborate with business stakeholders to understand purchase requirements for products or services
• Develop and evolve productive relationships in the supplier community to enhance Spectrum's reputation in the communities served
• Participate in project teams or special project assignments. Train and provide support to less experienced and/or new team members
• Assist the business partners with AP related activity including vendor setup requests, vendor changes, payment status
• Review and analyze reporting to identify cost savings opportunities, process improvements and standardizations. Contribute to cost control initiatives by actively participating in vendor reduction, product standardization and excess material liquidation, item master cleanup, and maintenance activities
• Run purchase order, delivery, invoice, except management reporting to assist with meeting the department Service Level Agreements (SLAs). Work beyond the department Service Level Agreement (SLA) to achieve improvement and operational advances. Assist and audit vendor's performance on invoice and shipment discrepancies, and communicate results with internal departments on issue resolution
• Support Sourcing with RFQ/RFP's between suppliers and internal departments to include analyzing items, cost and usage

Working Conditions

• Office environment

What You'll Bring to Spectrum
Required Qualifications
Education

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent combination of education and experience

Experience

• 3+ years of experience in purchasing life cycle methodology
• 1+ years of experience in negotiation, and project management

Skills

• Ability to read, write, speak and understand English
• Knowledge of physical database structures, disaster recovery and best practices
• Proven problem-solving skills and attention to detail
• Ability to independently assess situations and respond accordingly
• Ability to deal with complexity and manage ambiguity
• Ability to build trust and relationships with Procurement, IT and end users/Business Units Motivated, self-directed work ethic, willing to pursue individual and team goals
• Demonstrated detail orientation with emphasis on accuracy and analysis of various data structures
• Demonstrated written and oral communication skills
• Ability to prioritize and organize effectively
• Ability to work independently, as well as in a collaborative and dynamic team environment
• Ability to analyze and interpret data

Preferred Qualifications
Education

• Bachelor's degree in Business or Supply Chain Management preferred

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This job posting will remain open until 2026-03-26 04:00 AM (UTC) and will be extended if necessary.
The base pay for this position generally is between
$60,900.00 and $97,500.00. The actual compensation offered will carefully consider a wide range of factors, including your skills, qualifications, experience, and location. We comply with local wage minimums and also, certain positions are eligible for additional forms of other incentive-based compensation such as bonuses.
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