Senior Buyer (Remote EST or CST hours)
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Full-time
Compensation
USD70k - 90k/year
Posted about 3 years ago
Responsibilities
Valdera is a young, fast-paced, high-growth start-up on a journey to empower makers to bring their ideas to life. The team has a proven track record of serving some of the world’s largest Fortune 500 industrial manufacturers, CPG brands, and chemical companies.
We're looking for a procurement expert to lead Valdera's efforts in chemical, raw material, and ingredient sourcing. The role will include a range of studying buyer needs, reaching out to suppliers, executing partnerships, onboarding suppliers, and closing deals.
Responsibilities:
- Assess and understand the needs of the buyers and manufacturers that Valdera serves
- Source, build, and maintain strong relationships with new suppliers
- Rapidly find and connect a high volume of relevant suppliers to each of our buyers' needs
- Help buyers close deals and execute high volume, multi-geography raw material purchases
- Develop and implement negotiation strategies to deliver cost savings, reduced lead time, and a wide range of options for buyers
- Build scalable methods and best practices for managing several sourcing and raw material projects simultaneously
- Onboard suppliers onto the Valdera platform and provide a frictionless experience integrating with our system