Buyer (All Levels)

Job Summary JOB DESCRIPTION

Responsible for the procurement of goods and services from various outside vendors required to support field operations from a capital project and maintenance perspective. This role involves managing vendor relationships, developing procurement strategies, and ensuring timely delivery of materials.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

- Coordinates the purchase of material for capital projects, maintenance, and inventory replenishment.

- Creates, develops, and negotiates incentive/penalty provisions with vendors.

- Coordinates and ensures timely deliveries between vendor and destination.

- Communicates status of orders with internal stakeholders.

- Processes purchase requisitions for material and services.

- Reviews order points and inventory levels periodically.

- Oversees and cultivates the vendor relationship for assigned commodities.

- Conducts research on potential suppliers and vendors.

- Discusses defects and delivery problems with vendors and may negotiate refunds.

- Plans long-term material requirements based on future capital projects and recommends necessary adjustments to improve efficiency.

- Determines the quantity and required dates in PeopleSoft to adhere to planned construction schedules.

- Provides and maintains material forecasts to vendors for assigned commodities.

- Develops commodity knowledge to be applied in various tasks such as crossing to new or additional vendors, creating stocking levels, or recommending alternatives if needed.

- Handles all aspects of vendor management for assigned commodities.

- Works with various areas within the company to assure on-time delivery of products for construction projects.

- Coordinates alliance meetings and other strategic events relating to critical vendors.

- Develops long-term forecasts based on capital projects with the assistance of Supply Chain Manager(s).

Requirements

- Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain Management or related field or relevant, equivalent experience and/or education.

- Experience requirements vary by level:

- Associate: No specific experience required.

- Intermediate: Minimum three (3) years of experience in purchasing or related function.

- Senior: Minimum of five (5) years of experience in purchasing, materials planning, or related function. Eight (8) years of related experience preferred.

- Experience with negotiation, material logistics, inventory control techniques, and life cycle cost analysis.

- Utility experience preferred.

- Possesses sound analytical, problem-solving, and documentation skills.

- Ability to work in a team environment.

- Must be able to multi-task and support concurrent requirements for different business units.

- Ability to work with technical counterparts and broad business units for issue resolution and the evaluation and mitigation of risks.

- Ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing with superiors and individuals inside and outside the Company.

- Proficiency in Microsoft applications (Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, and Teams).

- Applicants must be authorized to work in the United States for any employer. ITC does not sponsor employment visas, such as H-1B or TN visas.

About Us

From electric vehicles to renewables, the world is looking at electricity in a whole new way, and ITC is focused on building and maintaining a power grid that can handle it all. We are looking for individuals who are ready to work with us to build a greater grid for a greener future. In return, ITC is proud to offer industry-leading compensation, benefits and opportunities to channel your energy into community-changing solutions . As an equal opportunity employer, we feel it’s crucial to honor our differences, be inclusive, engage as a team, and maximize our individual strengths.

Please take a moment to review our Diversity Statement .