Working individually or as part of a team, assisting with the negotiation of short and long-term agreements for raw materials, parts, subassemblies, finished goods, MRO (maintenance, repair, and operations) materials, equipment, tooling, supplies and/or services from suppliers. Maintaining close communication with Supplier account and customer service personnel, and management levels if necessary, to minimize risk because of supplier capacity issues, plant shutdowns, and other day to day disruptions that may affect Bollinger and/or open purchase orders.