Technical Buyer 3

Job Description Summary

Job Description

Sourcing Competencies:

• Receive, review, and analyze purchase requisitions for indirect materials, MRO items, industrial consumables, chemicals, hazardous materials, and other production support needs, whether domestic or imported.
• Support sourcing decisions by assessing supplier proposals against technical, commercial, logistical, safety, and compliance requirements.
• Ensure all sourcing activities are conducted in accordance with company policies, compliance requirements, safety standards, environmental regulations, and applicable transportation/import-export rules.
• Maintain effective supplier communication regarding specifications, documentation, lead times, delivery conditions, and compliance expectations.
• Contribute to supply continuity and risk mitigation by anticipating issues related to regulated materials, import processes, transportation constraints, storage, and handling.
• Identify, challenge, and escalate technical gaps, documentation inconsistencies, or compliance risks in requisitions and supplier documentation.
• Foreign Trade Competencies:
• Review and validate technical documentation related to purchased materials, including technical datasheets, SDS/MSDS, certificates, compliance declarations, and transportation documentation, before supplier selection and purchase release.
• Analyze and interpret the Safety Data Sheet (SDS/MSDS), especially transport information, to confirm UN classification, dangerous goods status, special handling requirements, and transportation limitations, including restrictions for air transport where applicable.
• Analyze and interpret the Shipper’s Declaration for Dangerous Goods (DGD) to support safe and compliant logistics and procurement decisions.
• Ensure correct understanding of IATA Dangerous Goods Regulations (DGR), including hazard classes and divisions (Classes 1 through 9), UN numbers, packing groups, compatibility, segregation requirements, and transport restrictions.
• Work closely with Foreign Trade and Import teams on international purchases, including documentation alignment, shipment authorization, import requirements, and transportation-related restrictions.
• Quality Competencies:
• Evaluate technical and commercial requirements with internal stakeholders to ensure complete understanding of specifications, intended application, risk, and operational impact prior to sourcing.
• Actively support the qualification, onboarding, and registration of suppliers in the Supplier Registration system (CASL) and related approval workflows.
• Serve as a key liaison between suppliers and internal stakeholders such as Engineering, Production, Maintenance, EHS, Quality, Chemical Lab, and Foreign Trade, ensuring alignment on technical requirements, compliance obligations, and sourcing strategy.
• Assess material suitability for intended application by partnering with technical stakeholders to confirm performance requirements, compatibility, storage conditions, handling precautions, shelf life, and operational risks.
• Support evaluation of alternative materials, equivalent products, and supplier changes, considering technical feasibility, compliance implications, transportation requirements, and operational risk.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in International Relations, Engineering, Chemistry, Industrial Engineering, or related technical field.
• Strong technical understanding of chemical products, industrial consumables, hazardous materials, and MRO materials.
• Ability to evaluate material application, compatibility, storage conditions, shelf life, handling risks, and operational constraints.
• Intermediate English.

Desired Qualifications

• Ability to read and interpret technical specifications, product datasheets, SDS/MSDS, certificates of analysis, compliance declarations, and transport documentation.
• Experience working in a manufacturing, aerospace, chemical, logistics, or regulated industrial environment.
• Knowledge of EHS, product stewardship, import/export, and dangerous goods transportation requirements.
• Previous experience supporting sourcing decisions involving regulated, hazardous, or technically complex materials.
• Advanced stakeholder management skills to work with Engineering, Lab, EHS, Quality, Maintenance, and Foreign Trade teams.

The position requires a professional capable of understanding technical product characteristics, interpreting regulated-material documentation, and interacting confidently with specialized stakeholders to support safe, compliant, and operationally sound sourcing decisions.

Additional Information

Relocation Assistance Provided: Yes