Buyer II - Indirect Corporate Services

What does the Buyer II - Indirect Corporate Services do at Swire Coca-Cola? 
The Procurement team at Swire Coca-Cola is looking for a Buyer II - Travel and Software that will manage suppliers that can meet current and future commodity needs across all business areas of the organization. The right candidate will have experience negotiating pricing, facilitating purchases, and coordinating activities required to purchase assigned commodities for U.S. operations. These commodities can include operational supplies, travel contracts, and other procured items that support Swire Coca-Cola’s business processes. 

Responsibilities

• Using 7-step sourcing process create and release RFPs and RFQs by tracking key market factors, business strategy priorities, and impact of commodity/project costs.
• Negotiates to targeted cost based on ideal cost level not just budget level using market intelligence to stay current on pricing trends.
• Help implement technological/process opportunities to keep business ahead of competition and improve operations.
• Build and strengthen supplier relationships by facilitating communication between internal and external stakeholders related to supplier performance. Ensure all suppliers treated fairly.
• Receive and validate pricing from supplier, maintain accurate records about pricing history.
• Accurately forecast impact of price change and validate changes are accurate and include all documentation.
• Act as liaison between departments to find resolution to supply issues within assigned commodities.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree business, procurement, supply chain or related field required
• 2+ years Sourcing in non-production commodities required
• SAP Ariba experience
• Certified Purchasing Professional (CPP) CIPS Level 2 preferred