Indirect Buyer

Rockwell Automation is a global technology leader focused on helping the world’s manufacturers be more productive, sustainable, and agile. With more than 28,000 employees who make the world better every day, we know we have something special. Behind our customers – amazing companies that help feed the world, provide life-saving medicine on a global scale, and focus on clean water and green mobility – our people are energized problem solvers that take pride in how the work we do changes the world for the better.

We welcome all makers, forward thinkers, and problem solvers who are looking for a place to do their best work. And if that’s you we would love to have you join us!

Job Description

Rockwell Automation is a global technology leader focused on helping the world's manufacturers be more productive and sustainable, With more than 28,000 employees who make the world better every day, we know we have something special.

We welcome all makers, forward thinkers, who are looking for a place to make an impact. And if that's you we would love to have you join us

Essential Functions:

• Manage commodity strategies; evaluate and select suppliers, including global opportunities, negotiation of supply agreements, and rationalization of the supply base.
• Improve the supply base to support our goals.
• Participate in learning and professional development activities, while developing actions to achieve commodity goals delivery performance, lead time reduction, productivity, and quality.
• Develop Global Standard Work with purchasing team.
• Provide support to Sourcing & Commodity Teams, Customer Service Delivery Team, plants & repair facilities, Suppliers, and Customers.
• Prepare/handle RFQs for commodities and customer projects.

Principal Responsibilities:

• Evaluate existing and potential suppliers based on the principles of Total Cost of Ownership and ensure acquisitions of product or service requirements from known sources of supply.
• Ethically represent Rockwell Automation when working with other companies. This representation includes conducting meetings/presentations with supplier and Rockwell Automation personnel, selecting appropriate sources, communicating material specifications, pricing, establishing delivery commitments, resolving quality problems, communicating industry trends/technological innovations and resolving disputed legal and financial issues.
• Develop specific goals to support Purchasing's departmental goals. Establish personal growth goals to support you and Rockwell Automation. Report periodic progress toward those goals to the purchasing supervisor.
• Edit and process purchase requisitions working with appropriate departments to clarify specifications and requirements. Use SAP and other enterprise systems and programs to issue purchase orders, collect and analyze data.
• Coordinate activities with other areas (including Engineering, IT, Marketing, Regional Service Delivery, Customer Care, and Finance/Accounting) to achieve maximum customer service levels.
• Participate in and support the coordinated purchase agreement programs with the Rockwell Strategic Sourcing organization.
• Aid in the development of enhanced computer systems/capabilities to support overall productivity improvement efforts and management reporting.
• Ensure familiarity with procedures relating to the purchasing department and standards of business conduct.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Engineering, Materials Management, Purchasing, Supply Chain Management or a related technical discipline.
• Two years direct related experience as indirect buyer
• Experience in MRO, marketing, facilities, utilities, contract labor, tactical, operational and strategic work.
• Purchasing experience in a manufacturing or services environment is helpful
• Influence peers and lead teams.
• Results in improving and implementing cost reduction programs.
• Exposure to concepts of contract negotiation and conflict resolution.
• Demonstrate project management skills
• SAP experience
• Spanish, English and Portuguese Advanced Level

What we offer:

• Savings Fund doubled by us
• Food coupons
• Subsidized cafeteria
• Transportation services
• Comprehensive mindfulness programs with a premium membership to Calm
• Volunteer Paid Time off available after 6 months of employment for eligible employees
• Employee Assistance Program
• Personalized wellbeing programs through our OnTrack program
• On-demand digital course library for professional development

This role reports to our Procurement Manager.

At Rockwell Automation we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace, so if you're excited about this role but your experience doesn't align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right person for this or other role

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Rockwell Automation’s hybrid policy aligns that employees are expected to work at a Rockwell location at least Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays unless they have a business obligation out of the office.