Buyer

Job Title
: Buyer

Location
: Connersville, Indiana

About Us

Ingersoll Rand is a Fortune 500 company with a passion for making lives better. We do this by living our values, and through a relentless focus on the success of our customers and partnering with our employees to think and act like owners. We believe in sustainability through the development and distribution of a broad range of global brands designed to meet the needs of our customers in both efficient and responsible ways. Ingersoll Rand is a diverse and inclusive environment. For more information visit: www.irco.com.

Job Summary
: Buyer position is responsible for driving cost, quality, and delivery while placing purchase orders for assigned categories.

Responsibilities

• Generate purchase orders to suppliers for assigned projects in a timely fashion and work with suppliers to confirm delivery dates to ensure on-time delivery to our customers.
  
• Review demand and determine when purchase orders need expediting.
  
• Review MRP exception messages and react accordingly.
  
• Work to reduce inventory in commodities assigned.
  
• Negotiate pricing, lead time, quality targets, on-time delivery targets, and delivery terms with suppliers as necessary.
  
• Perform key analytical activities for Supply Chain department.
  
• Coordinate with Engineering and Project Management teams to ensure timely placement of purchase orders for required parts and mitigate or escalate any blocking points.
  
• Support advanced procurement resources as necessary in driving competitive cost in commercial bids.
  
• Assist with the implementation of a regional or global sourcing strategy that leverages synergies between plants.
  
• Drive activities in support of deflation and cost savings. Identify and manage strategic sourcing projects.
  
• Enter and maintain relevant data in the MRP system per documented purchasing procedures.
  
• Monitor and provide clear communications to suppliers as to the business requirements and expectations for delivery, quality, customer support, and continuous improvement.
  
• Work with logistics on shipping arrangements and to ensure orders are closed within the target period.
  
• Resolve 3-way match issues between purchase orders, receipts, and supplier invoices.
  
• Maintain reports on cost savings, delivery performance, product/service quality, and/or inventories as required.
  
• Maintain the highest ethical behavior while following Roots Blowers procedures, policies, work instructions, and safety guidelines.
  
• Regularly communicate material issues that may affect Customer due dates with Customer Service, Project Managers, Materials, and other team members.
  
• Regularly attend team meetings to discuss project and order status and to identify and resolve issues that may impact the customer.
  
• Serve as the 'relationship owner' for Roots Blowers suppliers and promote the Roots brand(s).
  

Basic Qualifications

• Excellent communication and influencing skills with an ability to clearly present ideas, concepts and processes

  
  

• Knowledge SAP

  
  

• This person will need to be influential and persuasive, especially in dealing with suppliers, to ensure that commitments are met and that our orders are prioritized appropriately.

  
  

• Ability to process a high volume of complicated PO's daily (20+ with multiple PO lines)

  
  

• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering or Supply Chain or equivalent

  
  

• 1-3 years of experience in buyer role

  
  

• Ability to influence others

  
  

• Ability to perform complex analytical studies

  
  

• Strong communication and interpersonal skills

  
  

• Energetic and proactive in driving towards end results

  
  

• Comfortable working in a high-volume, fast-paced work environment

  
  

• Thrives under pressure with the ability to multi-task and priorities work

  
  

• Effective teamwork skills

  
  

• Enjoys difficult challenges, finding solutions not problems

  
  

• Logical problem-solving skills

  
  

• Strong organization skills with the ability to handle multiple priorities

  
  

• Strong administrative and recordkeeping skills

  
  

• Relates well to all kinds of people at all organization levels and functions

  
  

• Advanced competency in MS Office applications, including Outlook, Excel, Word, PowerPoint and Teams

  
  

• Experience working with SAP

  
  

Travel & Work Arrangements/Requirements

Less than 10%

What we Offer

Our benefits - location dependent (car, annual leave allowance, pension etc), but ALWAYS include Shares options

At Ingersoll Rand, we embrace a culture of personal ownership - taking responsibility for our company, our communities, and our environment, as well as our individual health and well-being. Our comprehensive benefits package is designed

At Ingersoll Rand we foster inspired teams. As a powerful and progressive global industrial company, we are looking for talented candidates with a bias for action and an entrepreneurial spirit to join our team. Our employees are empowered to act as owners every day for our customers, our communities and themselves. We offer a broad range of opportunities to build a successful and rewarding career with an innovative company. Join us at the new and exciting Ingersoll Rand.

Ingersoll Rand Inc. (NYSE:IR), driven by an entrepreneurial spirit and ownership mindset, is dedicated to helping make life better for our employees, customers, and communities. Customers lean on us for our technology-driven excellence in mission-critical flow creation and industrial solutions across 40+ respected brands where our products and services excel in the most complex and harsh conditions. Our employees develop customers for life through their daily commitment to expertise, productivity, and efficiency. For more information, visit www.IRCO.com.

Ingersoll Rand is committed to achieving workforce diversity reflective of our communities. We are an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations, and ordinances.