Buyer - ASC

Amcor

Reidsville, NC

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SKILLS

Accounts Payable, Analysis Skills, Ariba, Baan, Billing, Business Continuity Planning (BCP), Category Management, Change Requests/Orders, Coaching, Communication Skills, Corrective Action, Cost Control, Customer Satisfaction, Customer Support/Service, Data Analysis, Data Management, Data Processing, Data Quality, Dental Insurance, Detail Oriented, ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning), Facebook, Facilities Management, Finance, Financial Policies, Food Safety, Interpersonal Skills, Inventory Management, Leadership, LinkedIn, Maintain Compliance, Manufacturing, Manufacturing Data Management, Medicine, Metrics, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft PowerPoint, Microsoft Word, Negotiation Skills, Nutrition, Performance Metrics, Presentation/Verbal Skills, Pricing, Problem Solving Skills, Procurement Management, Professional Services, Project/Program Management, Purchase Orders, Purchasing/Procurement, Retirement Plan, Root Cause Analysis, SAP, Safety/Work Safety, Sales Operations, Sourcing Strategy, Stock Keeping Unit (SKU), Team Player, Time Management, Total Cost of Ownership, Training/Teaching, Vendor/Supplier Evaluation, Vendor/Supplier Management, Vendor/Supplier Selection, Vision Plan, Willing to Travel, YouTube

LOCATION

Reidsville, NC

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Today

Accelerate the possible by joining a winning Amcor team that’s transforming the packaging industry and improving lives around the world.

At Amcor, we unpack possibility through our innovative and responsible packaging to provide solutions that benefit our customers, our people and our planet. More than 10,000 consumers worldwide encounter our products every second and rely on us for safe access to food, medicine and other goods. We value their trust by making safety our guiding principle. It’s our core value and integral to how we do business.

Beyond this core principle, our shared values and behaviors unite us as we work together to elevate customers, shape lives and protect the future. We champion our customers and help them succeed. We play to win – adapting quickly in an everchanging world – and make smart choices to safeguard our business, our communities and the people we serve for generations to come. And we invest in our world-class team, empowering our colleagues to unpack their potential, because we believe when our people grow, so does our business.

To learn more about playing for Team Amcor, visit www.amcor.com I LinkedIn I Glassdoor I Facebook I YouTube

Job Description

2. Job Dimensions

+ Work directly with site management and regional/global procurement

+ Responsible for the execution of Amcor’s Procure Plus initiatives to achieve cost saving goals

+ Support internal customers/other colleagues

3 a. Principal Accountabilities

+ Execute negotiations and supplier selection for one-off buys in accordance with the category sourcing strategy, spend level authorizations, and Amcor’s procurement and finance policies.

+ Responsible for indirect categories in scope, specifically spares and consumables, professional services, office supplies.

+ Manage day to day supplier performance, elevating as necessary and working as a partner with the category managers, various P+ point teams and suppliers to deliver timely/effective solutions.

+ Manage compliance metrics for each of the plants in the region for SAP#, Catalog and preferred Supplier usage.

+ Maintain and ensure business continuity planning and support is given to the plant and stakeholders.

+ Manage Integrated Facility Management (IFM) program for regional plants. Such as hosting monthly meetings, ensure KPI’s are met and attend monthly meetings.

+ Responsible for leveraging third party supplier for the product substitution project for new parts and ensuring plants are utilizing said suppliers for existing identified substituted parts.

+ Responsible for sourcing and utilizing repair suppliers where necessary (repair & rebuild).

+ Managing VMI and PPE standardization for the plants with the region

+ Deliver monthly management reports measuring catalog vs. noncatalog spend, Ariba compliance, product substitution, repair and rebuild, inventory management. Define and implement local corrective actions as necessary

+ Collaborate with category managers, various P+ point teams, and plant operations teams to implement and monitor compliance to catalog usage and indirect TCO strategies; including, consolidation of suppliers and SKUs, product substitution, standardization and other related procurement objectives.

+ Act as the Ariba super user and local P+ champion and in doing so, provide coaching, training and day today support of procurement processes and master data systems for business users.

+ Engage with category managers on supplier pricing issues and where updates to contracts are needed as the business needs evolve.

+ Engage and inform operations, AP and PLT where necessary

+ Manage workflow logs within agreed service levels from new and updated purchase requisitions (PRs) to purchase orders (PO) with involvement from appropriate business

+ Work closely with requisitioner, suppliers, receiving, controllers and finance shared services (SS) to resolve invoice issues and to identify root cause with corrective action.

+ Escalate noncompliance to ASC policies to appropriate finance and procurement category managers/directors for further guidance and appropriate remedial action.

3 b. Additional Accountabilities

+ Lead identification and implementation of supplier catalog improvements with the objective of continually driving spend reductions. Area of focus will be correct pricing, SKU availability and master data accuracy. Manage communication with suppliers and internal customers to satisfy product and delivery needs and requirements specifications.

+ Monitor BAAN Exception report to resolve text-based PO discrepancies and ensure timely payment of invoices

+ Monitor compliance of NA plant operations with MRO max level settings. Identify and transfer overstock from other plants via share the spares program before ordering with suppliers. Assist plants and sites in identification of obsolete items.

+ Process Vendor Add/Change/Maintenance requests including working with internal personnel and external vendors to collect necessary information.

+ Work closely with MDM Specialists to ensure all new create or extend part requests are adequately completed with correct part nomenclature, pricing, and SAP categories.

+ Supports plant leadership and/or procurement category manager requests for data analysis, metrics reporting, and purchasing information.

+ Support set up of plant new equipment spares packages and rebuild packages to ensure optimal amount of

+ ASC inventory is absorbed and further maintained prior to purchase. Other projects/tasks as assigned

4. Qualifications/Requirements

Education and Certifications

+ Bachelor’s degree in business or related field or

+ Associates degree and minimum of 5-7 years of relevant experience in an indirect buyer role

+ Experience working in a large, complex multilocation manufacturing organization

+ Systems aptitude and hands-on experience with ERP systems

+ Demonstrated effectiveness using Microsoft Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint and Word

Knowledge/Skills/Abilities/Behaviors:

+ Analytical and problem solving skills with attention to detail

+ Supplier Negotiations

+ Teaming for customer success

+ Ability to influence and drive for results

+ Exceptional interpersonal, communication, and presentation skills

+ Strong project management skills, ability to develop and execute plan.

+ Ability to understand, present and discuss financial information.

+ Amcor Core Values (Safety, Integrity, Teamwork, Social Responsibility, and Innovation)

Physical Demands:

+ Must be able to hold, touch, feel and manipulate with hands product and equipment in a safe manner. Manual dexterity is required.

+ Must be available to work in excess of 8 hours per day and/or 40 hours per week when necessary.

+ Must be able to travel both domestic and internationally.

Our Expectations

We expect our people to be guided by The Amcor Way and demonstrate our Values every day to enable the business to win. We are winning when:

+ Our people are engaged and developing as part of a high-performing Amcor team

+ Our customers grow and prosper from Amcor’s quality, service, and innovation

+ Our investors benefit from Amcor’s consistent growth and superior returns

+ The environment is better off because of Amcor’s leadership and products

Equal OpportunityEmployer/Minorities/Females/Disabled/Veterans/SexualOrientation/Gender Identity

Amcor is an Equal Opportunity Employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

If you would like more information about your EEO rights as an applicant under the law, please click on the _"Know Your Rights: Workplace Discrimination is Illegal" Poster_ . If, because of a medical condition or disability, you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process, please call 224-313-7000 and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information.

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Benefits

When you join Amcor, you will have access to a comprehensive benefits and compensation package that includes:

• Medical, dental and vision plans

• Paid vacation for full-time employees

• Company-paid holidays starting at 11 days per year

• Employee Assistance Program

• Health Savings Account/Flexible Spending Account

• Life insurance, AD&D, short-term & long-term disability, and voluntary accident and critical illness benefits are available

• Retirement Savings Plan with company match

• Discretionary annual bonus program (initial eligibility dependent upon hire date)

About Amcor

Amcor is the global leader in developing and producing responsible consumer packaging and dispensing solutions across a variety of materials for nutrition, health, beauty and wellness categories. Our global product innovation and sustainability expertise enables us to solve packaging challenges around the world every day, producing a range of flexible packaging, rigid packaging, cartons and closures that are more sustainable, functional and appealing for our customers and their consumers. We are guided by our purpose of elevating customers, shaping lives and protecting the future. Supported by a commitment to safety, over 75,000 people generate $23 billion in annualized sales from operations that span over 400 locations in more than 40 countries. NYSE: AMCR; ASX: AMC 

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