Senior Buyer

Legrand has an exciting opportunity for a Senior Buyer to join the Data Power & Control Division, Cabinets & Containment Team in our Anaheim, CA location on a hybrid basis. The Senior Buyer is responsible for purchasing inventory materials and services. This role supports business objectives by helping ensure quality, cost-effective sourcing, timely delivery, and continuity of supply.

Main Job Duties:

• Develop and maintain productive supplier relationships and monitor supplier capacity for assigned commodities to support continuity of supply.

• Conduct regular meetings with key suppliers to address open issues and visit supplier locations as needed to support business objectives.

• Perform supplier assessments for new suppliers and maintain supplier scorecards to support performance reviews and corrective actions.

• Analyze data from planning, engineering, manufacturing, and product management to support manufacturing requirements.

• Review ERP system messages and process purchase orders in accordance with company standards.

• Coordinate deliveries based on supplier lead times and manufacturing requirements.

• Review changes in demand and adjust schedules as needed; communicate significant supply delays to appropriate stakeholders.

• Process approved price changes in accordance with company policy.

• Lead sourcing-related projects, including outsourcing, insourcing, new supplier selection, and alternate sourcing initiatives.

• Coordinate returns and issue resolution for non-conforming materials.

• Partner with accounting to resolve invoice discrepancies.

• Participate in physical inventory and cycle count activities as needed.

• Maintain purchasing controls, risk-mitigation activities, order policies, and workplace organization practices.

• Maintain purchasing and manufacturing data within ERP systems and support implementation of planning system improvements as needed. 

• Perform other duties as assigned.

Education: Bachelor's degree or equivalent combination of education and relevant experience.

Experience:

Required: 

• Demonstrated purchasing experience supporting manufacturing or supply chain operations (typically 4 plus years of equivalent experience).
• Experience working in a manufacturing environment and using ERP systems, SAP preferred. 
• Ability to travel up to 10 percent annually on a national basis 

 

Skills/Knowledge/Abilities:

• Required: Strong communication, analytical, organization, and negotiation skills.
• Required: Proficiency with business software tools, including spreadsheets, word processing, and related applications.
• Required: Attention to detail and ability to manage changing priorities while meeting business objectives. 
• Required: Ability to work effectively in a manufacturing environment

 

Salary:  $80,000 - $90,000 plus bonus

Benefits:  LNCA offers comprehensive medical, dental and vision coverage, as well as distinctive benefits like a high employer 401K match, above-benchmark paid maternity and parental leave, paid time off to volunteer, and an active/growing Employee Resource Group network.  LNCA is an employee-centered, growing company with tremendous opportunity