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Senior Buyer

Flowserve Corp
  • Raleigh, NC
    14 days ago

    Job Description

    Company Overview:

    Flowserve is a global manufacturer of pumps, valves, seals, and aftermarket services, delivering comprehensive flow control solutions that support essential industries such as energy, clean water, and pharmaceuticals. If you're looking for a culture built on ingenuity, innovation, and excellence, Flowserve offers the opportunity to put your experience in motion. Whether you're an individual contributor or a people leader, you'll find meaningful opportunities for professional growth, competitive rewards, and a workplace grounded in our core values: People, Safety, Integrity, Ownership and Ingenuity. At Flowserve, we're inspired by what we can achieve together-creating extraordinary flow control solutions that strengthen today's world while building tomorrow.

    Your Role and Impact

    As a Senior Buyer, you will help Flowserve deliver engineered products and services by securing subcontracted components, materials, and services at the best combination of cost, quality, and delivery performance. You will own and develop a supplier portfolio, support commercial teams with advance procurement input, and help strengthen supply continuity for customer projects.

    In this role, you will work closely with supply chain, operations, service centers, and suppliers to improve profitability and on-time delivery. Your sourcing expertise, commercial judgment, and ability to resolve supply challenges will directly support Flowserve's business strategy and customer commitments.

    Key Responsibilities

    • Execute just-in-time purchasing practices to ensure materials and services are available to support manufacturing and project requirements.

    • Negotiate pricing, payment terms, delivery commitments, and commercial conditions with suppliers to maximize value and profitability.

    • Support commercial operations and service centers during the quotation process by obtaining competitive supplier pricing and delivery information.

    • Manage purchase orders and follow up with external suppliers and intercompany teams to ensure on-time delivery.

    • Develop and maintain supplier agreements that improve pricing, delivery performance, and supply reliability.

    • Evaluate supplier performance, identify delivery or quality risks, and coordinate corrective actions with internal teams and suppliers.

    • Resolve import, logistics, and delivery issues affecting materials required at the local service center.

    • Review inventory and stock levels to maintain appropriate material availability while supporting inventory optimization.

    • Apply technical and quality requirements when sourcing products and services to ensure supplier compliance with project and customer specifications.

    • Maintain accurate purchasing records and use ERP/MRP systems to support planning, reporting, and order management.

    Required Qualifications

    • Bachelor's degree in business, supply chain, engineering, or a related field, with 5-7 years of relevant purchasing, procurement, or supply chain experience.

    • Demonstrated experience negotiating supplier pricing, delivery terms, and commercial agreements.

    • Working knowledge of supplier evaluation, supplier development, supplier quality, logistics, and procurement processes.

    • Experience sourcing technical products or services while applying product specifications and quality requirements.

    • Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications and ERP/MRP systems.

    • Professional fluency in English.

    Preferred Qualifications

    • Experience purchasing for engineered-to-order or project-based manufacturing environments.

    • Experience working with foundries, castings, or casting suppliers.

    • Experience supporting service centers, aftermarket operations, or industrial equipment manufacturing.

    • Knowledge of customer, quality, and technical requirements within Flowserve's markets.

    • Experience establishing strategic supplier agreements and managing supplier portfolios.

    • Strong global sourcing and strategic negotiation skills.

    • Experience managing import processes, international logistics, or cross-border supplier relationships.

    What We Can Offer You

    At Flowserve, you'll find a range of options to fit your and your family's needs. We provide resources to support your physical, mental, and financial well-being, no matter where you sit or what stage of life you're in.

    Our benefits include:

    • Competitive salary

    • Annual bonus

    • Medical, dental, and vision insurance beginning on day one

    • Retirement planning and financial wellness resources

    • Flexible Spending Account and Health Savings Account

    • Short- and long-term disability coverage

    • Parental leave

    • Life, supplemental life, child, spousal, and accidental death and dismemberment insurance

    • Generous paid vacation time and paid holidays

    • 401(k) plan

    Benefits vary by job, location, and/or collective bargaining agreement.

    If this sounds like the opportunity you have been looking for, please click Apply.

    Req ID : R-19383

    Job Family Group : Supply Chain

    Job Family : SC Procurement

    EOE including Disability/Protected Veterans. Flowserve will also not discriminate against an applicant or employee for inquiring about, discussing or disclosing their pay or, in certain circumstances, the pay of their co-workers. Pay Transparency Nondiscrimination Provision

    If you are a qualified individual with a disability or a disabled veteran, you have the right to request a reasonable accommodation if you are unable or limited in your ability to use or access flowservecareers.com as result of your disability. You can request a reasonable accommodation by sending an email to employment@flowserve.com. In order to quickly respond to your request, please use the words "Accommodation Request" as your subject line of your email. For more information, read the Accessibility Process.

    Numbers & Facts

    LocationRaleigh, NC
    IndustryEngineering Services
    Company Size10,000 employees or more
    Year Founded1997

    About Company

    Our global team of more than 18,000 employees in 55 countries can put together the total solution—from project planning to lifecycle maintenance programs to some of the most proven technology on the planet. All so you can get more from your capital investment. Exceed your operational goals. And always come through, when failure is not an option.

    Skills

    • Alternative Energyunmatched
    • Biotech and Pharmaceuticalunmatched
    • Business Strategyunmatched
    • Castingunmatched
    • Corrective Actionunmatched
    • Dental Insuranceunmatched
    • ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning)unmatched
    • English Languageunmatched
    • Inventory Levelsunmatched
    • Just in Time (JIT)unmatched
    • Logisticsunmatched
    • Logistics Processesunmatched
    • Maintain Complianceunmatched
    • Manufacturingunmatched
    • Manufacturing Requirementsunmatched
    • Negotiation Skillsunmatched
    • Operational Supportunmatched
    • Order Managementunmatched
    • Pricingunmatched
    • Process Managementunmatched
    • Profit & Lossunmatched
    • Pumpsunmatched
    • Purchase Ordersunmatched
    • Purchasing/Procurementunmatched
    • Record Keepingunmatched
    • Retirement Planningunmatched
    • Sourcing Strategyunmatched
    • Strategic Planningunmatched
    • Supply Chainunmatched
    • Supply Chain Operationsunmatched
    • Time Managementunmatched
    • Vendor/Supplier Evaluationunmatched
    • Vendor/Supplier Managementunmatched
    • Vendor/Supplier Planningunmatched
    • Vendor/Supplier Relationsunmatched
    • Vendor/Supplier Selectionunmatched
    • Vision Planunmatched

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