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CW Purchasing Supplier Development Buying Associate
Artech LLC
- 🇺🇸 United States
- On-site
- 1 day ago
- SAP
- Ariba
- Excel
- Pivot Tables
- VLOOKUP
- PowerPoint
- Power BI
- Visio
1 day ago
Description:
Description
***’s Purchasing Supplier Development (PSD) Buying Department is looking for a passionate and highly motivated Purchasing Associate.
The person in this role will support PSD Buying groups with administrative tasks, supplier follow-up and system processing. The person in this role will support PSD’s objective to develop our outsourced supply base to ensure overall best cost, quality, manufacturability, and operational self-reliance.
Key Responsibilities
Execute buying Operating Procedures (OPs) including supplier set up, price variance management, and payment requisitions.
Process and manage SAP/Ariba PR/PO data
Weekly report management
Supplier follow-up to confirm data, request information, and late requests status
Document & update business process OPs to improve divisional efficiency
Manage document distribution, organization, and retention
Resolve day-to-day supplier issues related to system communication failures, payment issues, late assignments, etc.
Support company events such as North American Supplier Meeting, etc.
Overall administrative duties (travel, catering, expense reports, meeting scheduling)
Requirements:
This position will be working at the Plano Texas Headquarter site
Qualifications
Associate degree or higher or 2+ years equivalent experience in a professional business environment
Minimum 1 year experience working in a direct or support role in Automotive Buying/Purchasing/Procurement
Proficiency with Client Excel including ability to complete macros, pivot tables and VLOOKUP (candidates must be tested and score 80% or better)
Proficiency with PowerPoint (intermediate or above...candidates must be tested and score 80% or better)
Working experience with Client Power BI (including data links, slicer manipulation, report filters and basic troubleshooting)
Added Bonus
Bachelor's Degree or higher
Minimum 1 year experience working directly in TMNA as a Team Member or Contractor
Proficiency with Client Power BI (including data importation, report creation and intermediate troubleshooting)
Minimum 1year experience with Client Visio or Lucid, including flow chart creation and modification
Minimum 1 year Experience with SAP Ariba
Experience with gap analysis and problem identification through understanding of large data sets and procedures
CW Purchasing Supplier Development Buying Associate · Artech LLC