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Position Overview

The Senior Buyer is responsible for leading procurement activities for metals, components, and related manufacturing materials, and outside services.  The position plays a key role in ensuring supply continuity, maintaining an optimal price/cost structure, reducing supply chain risk and driving strong supplier performance. This Senior Buyer serves as a category lead and subject‑matter expert, managing high‑impact commodities and services and leading certain strategic sourcing initiatives. Leveraging advanced MRP/ERP capabilities to drive planning accuracy, providing direct insight to leadership, and executing in support production excellence are considered core tasks for the position.

Essential Responsibilities

• Lead sourcing strategies for assigned categories and other high‑value materials, aligning with corporate supply chain goals. Includes RFX activities, source identification, qualification, and contract management for assigned categories.
• Analyze market conditions, commodity trends, and risk factors to recommend long‑term sourcing strategies and cost‑mitigation plans.
• Collaborate with Planning, Engineering, Operations, and Quality to support New Product Introduction (NPI) and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Manage purchase orders from creation through closure, including tracking, expediting, adjusting, and resolving discrepancies.
• Lead complex negotiations on pricing, contracts, supply agreements, and performance outcomes.
• Drive supplier performance through regular business reviews, focusing on cost, quality, delivery, capacity, and improvement initiatives.
• Serve as purchasing lead on major manufacturing initiatives, cost‑reduction programs, and cross‑functional projects.
• Strategic collaboration and cooperative work with colleagues at affiliated businesses.

Qualifications

Required

• Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Business, Engineering, or related field.
• 5–7+ years of purchasing experience in a manufacturing environment, including direct responsibility for buying metals and engineered components.
• Advanced knowledge of MRP/ERP planning and procurement functionalities.
• Demonstrated success in strategic sourcing, complex negotiation, and supplier relationship management.
• Thrives in ambiguous situations in a fast paced, team first environment
• Highly collaborative with a positive attitude, embraces the Technetics culture of Safety, Excellence and Respect.
• Nimble and able to pivot quickly between business priorities and strategic projects.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office tools, especially Excel.
• Strong analytical, communication, and leadership skills.

Preferred

• Experience interpreting technical drawings, specifications, and manufacturing processes.
• Commodity management or category leadership experience.
• Professional certifications (CPSM, CPIM, CSCP, or similar).

Key Competencies

• Strategic thinking and decision-making.
• Strong problem-solving and risk‑mitigation capability.
• High attention to detail with strong data accuracy in MRP/ERP systems.
• Ability to operate independently while leading cross‑functional collaboration.
• Vendor relationship and contract management excellence.

WORK ENVIRONMENT:

This specification is intended to indicate the kinds of tasks and levels of work difficulty that will be required of positions that will be given this title and shall not be construed as declaring what the specific duties and responsibilities of any particular position shall be. It is not intended to limit or in any way modify the right of any supervisor to assign, direct, and control the work of employees under his/her Supervision. The use of a particular expression or illustration describing duties shall not be held to exclude other duties not mentioned. Ability to competently perform all the essential duties of the position, with or without reasonable accommodation, demonstrated commitment to effective customer service delivery, and the ability to work productively as a member of a team or work group are basic requirements of all positions at Technetics.

Technetics Semi is a subsidiary of Enpro, a leading industrial technology company focused on critical applications across many end-markets, including semiconductor, industrial process, commercial vehicle, sustainable power generation, aerospace, food and pharma, photonics and life sciences.

At Enpro, we believe that diversity drives innovation and inclusion fosters growth. We are committed to creating a workplace where everyone feels valued and respected. Our employment decisions are based on merit, qualifications, and business needs, without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), national origin, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, military service, or any other status protected by applicable law.  If you require accommodation due to a disability at any time during the recruitment and/or assessment process, please contact Human Resources, and we will make all reasonable efforts to accommodate your request.