Sr Buyer

Jabil is seeking a highly skilled Purchasing Manager to join our team. As a Purchasing Manager, you will be responsible for optimizing the overall cost of materials, developing supply base and Supply Chain strategies, negotiating pricing, terms and agreements for materials that are strategic or specific to the Business Unit.

• Analyze and project component purchase prices that accurately reflect the inventory value for a financial period in Standard Costing process.
• Develop and facilitate workcell specific training for Purchasing staff.
• Optimize overall cost of materials.
• Support, execute and provide inputs to improve Jabil SCM initiatives and strategies.
• Improve sourcing options by working with Jabil's internal resources and customers to add Jabil preferred and or strategic suppliers to the customer's Approved Manufacturer's List (AML).
• Provide input to determine Quoted cost to the customer that is competitive yet maximizes the amount of Materials Price Variance (MPV).
• Continuously optimize MPV by reducing the cost of materials and by limiting unfavorable PPV/MPV.
• Monitor, track and provide feedback on suppliers' performance on overall cost, delivery and quality.
• Manage materials that are Business Unit specific and/or strategic.
• Understand suppliers, their capabilities, market trends and technologies for assigned commodities.
• Communicate Jabil expectations to the suppliers.
• Develop Supply Chain strategies that are unique to customer or to Business Unit strategic materials.
• Work with Materials Quote Analysts to quote new and existing materials.
• Negotiate terms and conditions that protect the best interest of Jabil and its customers.

• Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers, and the general public.
• Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.
• Ability to operate a personal computer including using a Windows based operating system and related software.
• Advanced PC skills, including training and knowledge of Jabil's software packages.
• Ability to write simple correspondence.
• Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out simple one- or two-step instructions.
• Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos.
• Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.

Jabil is committed to protecting its employees and applicants from fraud. We do not request payments for interviews or at any other point during the hiring process. We will not ask for your personal identifying information such as a social security number, birth certificate, financial institution, driver's license number or passport information over the phone or via e-mail.