Senior Buyer, Indirect Procurement - Print

Senior Buyer, Indirect Procurement – Print

Location: Columbus, OH

Employment Type: Full-Time

Industry: Retail / Procurement

Position Overview

A leading organization supporting a major retail environment is seeking a Senior Buyer, Indirect Procurement – Print to join its Columbus-based procurement team.

This position will have a strong hands-on component, partnering with internal stakeholders and suppliers on print-related purchasing, samples, specifications, order execution, and vendor coordination. The Senior Buyer will help manage purchasing activity from initial requirements through delivery while ensuring quality, cost, service, and timing expectations are met.

Because of the physical samples and close stakeholder collaboration involved, this position requires a significant onsite presence in Columbus.

Key Responsibilities

• Coordinate purchasing and catalog activity, including online orders and ongoing item maintenance.
• Manage requisition-to-purchase-order activity across assigned corporate and supply chain requirements.
• Partner with internal teams on print samples, specifications, revisions, approvals, and vendor feedback.
• Coordinate with suppliers to ensure print requirements, quality expectations, timelines, and pricing are clearly understood.
• Review invoices and new supply setups for pricing accuracy and miscellaneous charges.
• Prepare recurring reports covering assigned indirect procurement categories and purchasing activity.
• Execute transactional and replenishment purchases while maintaining accurate SKU and item information.
• Resolve supplier, procurement, system, and stakeholder issues as they arise.
• Maintain purchasing specifications and monitor order progress from placement through completion.
• Provide responsive, hands-on support to stakeholders throughout the purchasing process.
• Evaluate supplier performance based on cost, quality, responsiveness, and service.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent combination of education and professional experience.
• Approximately 2–3 years of experience in procurement, purchasing, project management, accounts payable, or a related discipline.
• Print, retail marketing, production, sample-management, or print procurement experience is strongly preferred.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Excel and Word; experience with purchasing or job-management platforms is a plus.
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced, highly collaborative environment.
• Strong attention to detail and follow-through.
• Ability to independently own projects and purchasing responsibilities.
• Strong organizational, communication, time-management, and problem-solving skills.

Work Location

This role requires a significant onsite presence in Columbus, OH, more than 50% of the time, given the hands-on nature of samples, print materials, and stakeholder collaboration. The original JD specifies the >50% onsite expectation. Senior Buyer, Print_Columbus, OH