Buyer - Service Industry

Title: Buyer - (Services Buying experience) (Need Local Candidates)Location: Detroit, MI Duration: 7 Months Rate: $40-$45/Hour on W2 Job Summary:Provide core management in the procurement of various commodities to achieve budget objects, supplier diversity and on-time delivery.Support Supply Chain leaders, Strategic Category Manager(s), buyers and a predetermined business unit to achieve total cost management.Other Qualifications:Preferred:· Degree in Business, Supply Chain Management, Engineering, or Economics· Prior procurement experience in Solar / Renewable Energy components.· Yellow/Green/Black belt certificationOther Requirements: Demonstrate strong interpersonal, communication and presentation skills.Intermediate skills in Microsoft applications (i.e: Excel, PowerPoint, & Word)Demonstrates an ability to manage multimillion dollar contracts, consistent positive business unit and warehouse feedback, little rework, meeting deadlines, taking on additional work, working independently on routine tasks, and effectively prioritizing tasks to meet business needs and deadlines.Strong negotiation skills and contract writing, evident through successfully and independently negotiating less complex contracts, including the terms and conditions, building relationships with our business unit partners and vendors, independently completing purchase agreements, crafting service agreements, and reviewing peers' contracts for compliance with client's requirementsDemonstrates an understanding of risk management, value analysis and proper decision making through ensuring terms and conditions are complete and accurate, appropriately analyzing tradeoffs, consequences and liabilities of actions, knowing when to escalate issues to leadership or experts, and independently making good decisions in routine situations.Demonstrates a basic understanding of business needs and the organization as a whole, as demonstrated by participation in business unit meetings, placing orders within requisition and funding requirements, and exhibiting general knowledge of the current market.Demonstrated application of continuous improvement tools, systems and processesDemonstrates an understanding of procurement for solar materials and working directly with EPC contractors.