Buyer, Procurement - Lights

What you'll love about this job

The Buyer is deeply involved in conducting analysis to support global strategy development and execution.  The Buyer will support supplier relationship management and the achievement of cost/performance targets.  He or she will lead category/supplier management for sub-categories and suppliers assigned to them.

This is Energizer Holdings, Inc.

Energizer Holdings responsibly creates products to make lives easier and more enjoyable. To do this, we lean into our culture as an organization – we win together, while serving each other, with a willingness to act boldly, all while doing right. Our colleagues hail from all backgrounds, nationalities and walks of life, but our shared mission and purpose make us one team. Because we’re a global organization, you will always have opportunities to learn, grow and develop in your career. We support flexible working arrangements wherever possible. 

Position Summary

The Buyer is deeply involved in conducting analysis to support global strategy development and execution.  The Buyer will support supplier relationship management and the achievement of cost/performance targets.  He or she will lead category/supplier management for sub-categories and suppliers assigned to them.

Responsibilities

Universal Accountabilities

• Conduct quantitative analysis using Excel, PowerBi, and dashboards
• Develop category and supplier profiles and present to leadership/stakeholders
• Ensure supplier scorecards are up to date and maintain accurate and timely information on the supplier
• Support negotiations with suppliers and cost model development across their category and lead efforts for their assigned sub-categories/suppliers
• Support New Product Development for assigned sub-categories/suppliers
• Support supplier risk management for assigned sub-categories/suppliers
• Understand the importance of stakeholder management and begin to engage stakeholders
• Support the development category specific pipeline

Specific Accountabilities

• Conducts reliable analysis when requested
• Manages day-to-day supplier relationship activities
• Supports risk and compliance program management
• Conducts supply market analysis
• Executes sourcing and product cycle plan projects independently
• Tracks procurement performance metrics
• Demonstrates knowledge of negotiation tools/techniques and apply them regularly when given opportunities
• Manages sophisticated financial analysis and business cases independently
• Demonstrates expertise in benchmark and should-cost analyses using competitive intelligence and reports
• Demonstrates an understanding in the Energizer strategic sourcing process
• Develops and implements sub-category procurement strategy, goals and savings targets in line with company strategy and procurement best practices for assigned areas

What we are looking for

• Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Operations, Finance, Engineering, or Business Management preferred
• 2+ years of experience with demonstrated success of managing projects
• Highly self-motivated with the ability to drive change in a decentralized organization with minimum supervision
• Experience in quantitative analysis using Microsoft Excel (beyond basic data entry) and PowerPoint
• Strong analytical thinking with demonstrated results
• Strong oral and written communication skills with ability to present ideas in storytelling, business-friendly language
• Ability to set priorities and make decisions

Preferred Skills and Experience

• Experience in portable lights business in Zhejiang or Guangdong provinces
• Experience in LED bulbs business
• Experience in managing supplier relationships and conducting negotiations
• Experience working in SAP and PowerBi
• Strong facilitation skills to collaborate with stakeholders across companies to implement sourcing strategies
• Strong understanding of costs, working capital, and other financial metrics
• Ability to coordinate multiple projects and programs
• Knowledge and use of e-Procurement and e-Sourcing methodology
• Knowledge of global treading and Terms
• Knowledge of plastics injection, Aluminum machining and anodizing, PCBA and costing, rechargeable battery and costing, tooling design and costing, assembly, and testing.
• Knowledge of packaging process and costing
• Driving in China

Work Environment

• Some travel required, up to 30%, mainly in Zhejiang and Guangdong, sometime to Southeast Asia countries
• Working hour flexibility to support global teams
• Fluent English

Come join us!

Energizer is an equal opportunity employer, and we prohibit discrimination based on age, color, disability, marital or parental status, veteran status, national origin, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or any other legally protected status in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws.