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With corporate offices in New York and Pennsylvania and 8 manufacturing campuses across the U.S. and Canada, the companies within the First Quality group produce high-quality personal care and household products for large retailers and healthcare organizations. Our personal care and household product portfolio includes baby diapers, wipes, feminine pads, paper towels, bath tissue, adult incontinence products, laundry detergents, fabric finishers, and dishwash solutions. In addition, we manufacture certain raw materials and components used in the manufacturing of these products, including flexible print and packaging solutions.\nGuided by our values of humility, unity, and integrity, we leverage advanced technology and innovation to drive growth and create new opportunities. At First Quality, you’ll find a collaborative environment focused on continuous learning, professional development, and our mission to Make Things Better®.\nWe are seeking a Senior Indirect Procurement Buyer for our First Quality Baby Products facility located in Macon, GA. Highly strategic and results-driven to manage our indirect spend portfolio. In this role, you will lead strategic sourcing, contract negotiations and supplier management. Your primary focus will be optimizing costs, mitigating supply chain risks, and ensuring our high-speed automated production lines operate 24/7 without interruption. Will provide leadership to indirect procurement team.\nPrinciple Accountabilities/Responsibilities\nAdhere to all Safe Work Practices (SWP) and organizational policies and procedures. Must abide by all safety requirements and attain safety goals.\nLead end-to-end (RFP)processes to include MRO and Services.\nPartner closely with engineering and plant maintenance teams to secure critical spare parts and tooling, while researching alternative sources when applicable.\nFormulate, negotiate and execute supplier contracts, to maximize TCO.\nMonitor, score, and evaluate supplier performance to ensure OTD, continuous improvement and competitive pricing.\nDesign Supplier Managed Inventory programs to streamline storeroom stocking levels and improve cash flow.\nManage time between tactical PO placement and strategic initiatives, while mentoring a team of at least one.\nDrive cost savings, value creation initiatives to meet annual goals.\nMonitor market fluctuations and potential impacts.\nAccess supplier financial health, geographic vulnerabilities and singles source dependencies to implement business continuity plans.\nUtilize Power BI to identify spend leakage and contract non-compliance.\nEducation and Experience\n8+years of strategic sourcing or procurement experience with a bachelor’s degree in supply chain management/business administration.\nAdvanced MS Office Suite skills to include Excel, Word, Power Point, along with working knowledge of SAP, Hexagon, Power BI platforms.\nEngages interest and participation of others and has a collaborative approach to working with others.\nResults driven with the ability to plan and deliver against project deadlines.\nAnalytical, numerically astute with strong proven problem-solving abilities.\nResilient, self-motivated and able to work well under pressure while leading a team and keeping them engaged and motivated, while embracing change.\nWhat We Offer You\nWe believe that by continuously improving the quality of our benefits, we can help to raise the quality of life for our team members and their families. At First Quality you will receive:\nCompetitive base salary and bonus opportunities\nPaid time off (three-week minimum)\nMedical, dental and vision starting day one\n401(k) with employer match\nPaid parental leave\nChild and family care assistance (dependent care FSA with employer match up to $3750)\nBundle of joy benefit (years’ worth of free diapers to all team members with a new baby)\nTuition assistance\nWellness program with savings of up to $4,000 per year on insurance premiums\n...and more!\nFirst Quality is committed to protecting information under the care of First Quality Enterprises commensurate with leading industry standards and applicable regulations. As such, First Quality provides at least annual training regarding data privacy and security to employees who, as a result of their role specifications, may come in to contact with sensitive data.\nFirst Quality is an Equal Opportunityemployer. 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