
Associate Buyer
- Stockton, CA
- $66,400-81,900 per year
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Issue Purchase Orders for materials, tools, rentals, equipment, and services using SAP/SRM
- Seek suppliers, bid, negotiate terms and conditions in an efficient and cost-effective manner
- Expedite the delivery of materials as required
- Set up new vendors in system, securing proper documents and information
- Work with sites and vendors to resolve material and service quality issues
- Assure compliance with all Corporate, Site, and Supply Chain established policies and procedures
- Establish and maintain effective working relationships with supervisor, coworkers, management, and others as required
- Assist with payment and resolution of invoice issues as required
- Assist other sites throughout DTE Vantage as needed
- Performs other duties as assigned
- Associate degree in a related discipline and knowledge and capabilities typically acquired through at least 1 year of relevant professional experience
- Experience with SAP/SRM and Maximo
- Excellent written and oral communication skills
- Advanced organizational skills with excellent attention to detail
- Intermediate skills in Microsoft applications (i.e., Excel, PowerPoint, and Word)
- Demonstrated ability to negotiate commercial terms including terms and conditions
- Able to function independently and reliably
- High attention to details is required
- Ability to function within a matrix organization in which functional and business leaders have equal authority within the organization and employees report to both a functional leader and a business leader
- Possess excellent written and verbal communication skills coupled with a welcoming, cooperative, and supportive demeanor consistent with DTE Service Keys
- Occasionally stand or walk and stoop or kneel. Frequently, the employee is required to sit
- Talk or hear, both in person and by telephone; use wrists, hands and/or fingers in a repetitive motion; and reach with hands and arms extensively
- Occasionally lift objects of up to 10 pounds in weight
- Use computers with exposure to video display terminals; and some repetitive motion associated with data entry, the use of a computer mouse, and while using other office equipment
- Vision requirements for this position include close vision, color vision, depth perception and the ability to adjust focus