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Backed by advanced technology, lifecycle services and an industry-leading field organization, we elevate customer performance, turn goals into real-world results and help move society forward. We are looking for a Senior Buyer.\nWhat you will do\nAs a part of JCI’s Indirect Procurement organization, you will function as a procurement business partner, interfacing directly with one or more business units to ensure category strategies, programs, and corporate initiatives are effectively and efficiently deployed.\nYou will play a critical role supporting New Product Introduction (NPI) projects, enabling Engineering teams through timely sourcing, supplier engagement, and contract execution to ensure successful product development and launch.\nYou will lead sourcing initiatives, manage supplier relationships, and drive cost savings and trade working capital improvements across manufacturing plants, distribution centers, and corporate offices, with a strong focus on supporting day-to-day business operations and enabling growth across expanding business units.\nThis role is responsible for evaluating sources of supply, leading sourcing events, negotiating contracts, and ensuring the acquisition of goods and services at the optimal balance of cost, quality, service, and speed, while maintaining compliance with company policies and procedures.\nHow you will do it:\nBe a true business partner for Engineering and assigned business unit(s), understanding product development priorities, timelines, and stakeholder expectations, and translating these into procurement strategies that support NPI execution and long-term business growth.\nAct as a spokesperson for the Indirect Procurement organization, clearly articulating how procurement drives value by supporting business continuity, improving service levels, and enabling scalable solutions for growing operations.\nExecute end-to-end sourcing activities in support of Engineering programs, including RFx development, supplier selection, cost analysis, negotiations, and contract execution, ensuring alignment with NPI timelines and fast-paced development cycles.\nProvide strong operational support to Engineering teams, ensuring timely availability of critical services and suppliers, resolving issues quickly, and maintaining continuity to avoid impacting product development and launch schedules.\nLead sourcing and management of Engineering Services categories (e.g., design services, testing, prototyping, technical consulting), ensuring suppliers meet technical, quality, and delivery expectations.\nConduct spend and market analysis to identify cost savings opportunities, supplier consolidation opportunities, and scalable solutions that support both efficiency and growth initiatives.\nLead contract negotiation and management activities, ensuring agreements are competitive, compliant, and flexible enough to support changing business needs and expansion requirements.\nDrive supplier performance management, including scorecards, evaluations, and continuous improvement initiatives to ensure suppliers consistently meet quality, delivery, and service expectations in support of operations.\nIdentify and implement opportunities to improve trade working capital, including payment term optimization and supplier financing program participation.\nOwn procurement performance tracking and reporting, ensuring accurate visibility of cost savings, PPV, and supplier performance metrics while supporting financial alignment with the business.\nAct as a change agent, driving process improvements, simplification initiatives, and adoption of procurement best practices to improve efficiency, user experience, and scalability across growing business units.\nEnsure compliance with procure-to-pay processes, systems (e.g., SAP), and governance requirements, while actively supporting stakeholders and resolving transactional issues to maintain seamless operations.\nWhat we look for? Position Requirement\nBachelor’s degree in Business, Supply Chain, Engineering, or related field\nMinimum 6+ years of experience in procurement, sourcing, or supply chain management; ideally in a manufacturing environment\nProficient in strategic sourcing process for indirect procurement; ideally leading or supporting operational and plant support categories like CAPEX, Engineering Services (e.g., technical services, prototyping, testing, consulting)\nGiven the global nature of the role, candidates must show strong English written and communication skills.\nDriven, motivated and growth mindset oriented professional\nStrong negotiation and contract management skills\nStrong analytical skills, including spend and cost analysis and business acumen\nAbility to drive continuous improvement, by identifying opportunities, streamlining processes and utilizing Lean/Quality tools to reduce waste and maximize throughput.\nDemonstrated ability to manage multiple, and potentially conflicting, priorities with stakeholder needs\nStrong Project Management skills. Ability to work with cross-functional teams and drive Global projects to completion.\nExperience with ERP systems (e.g., SAP) and advanced Excel skills\nAPICS/CPSM training or certification is a plus.\nWhat do we offer?\nComprehensive benefits package. \nOpportunities for professional growth and development. \nSupportive and inclusive work environment. \nCommitment to work-life balance and employee well-being. \nEngagement in meaningful projects that make a difference. \nJohnson Controls does not request pregnancy or HIV testing as a condition for hiring, continued employment, or promotion, in accordance with its commitment to labor equality and non-discrimination.","description_format":"text","description_chars":6132,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":6,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":{"level":"bachelor","optional":false},"security_clearance":false,"languages":[{"language":"English","level":"All levels","optional":false}]},"benefits":[],"hiring_locations":[],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Energy Efficiency","HVAC & Refrigeration","Access Control & Alarm Systems","Building Automation & Controls"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-11-09T06:46:27Z"}],"visa":[],"liveness":{"score":86,"band":"hot","label":"Hiring now","p_open":1,"p_active":0.86,"p_room":1,"age_days":0,"expected_fill_days":33,"reasons":["conf:1","win:early","comp:brand"],"computed_at":"2026-11-09T08:33:56Z"},"pay":null,"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/johnson-controls-sr-buyer","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/johnson-controls-sr-buyer.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-11-09T08:33:56Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","about":"Alion is a live layer of people, companies and AI agents: who they are, whether they are real and active right now, what they do and how to work with them, readable by people and by agents and paid per call.","catalog":"https://alion.io/catalog.json","usage":{"tier":"crawler_verified","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":7087,"day_limit":null,"remaining_today":null,"minute_limit":300,"resets_at":"2026-11-10T00:00:00Z"}},"offers":[{"id":"company.slices","title":"One company in depth, by slice","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.1,"usd":0.01,"plus_per_slice":{"credits":0.05,"usd":0.005}},"unit":"per company, plus each slice with data","note":"the employer in depth","call":{"mcp_tool":"get_company","arguments":{"id":448321},"rest":"https://alion.io/mcp/rest/get_company?id=448321"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.slices&for=job%2Fjohnson-controls-sr-buyer"},{"id":"market.stats","title":"A market slice: pay, demand and time to fill","status":"live","price":{"credits":2,"usd":0.2},"unit":"per slice","note":"pay, demand and time to fill for this role and place","call":{"mcp_tool":"market_stats"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=market.stats&for=job%2Fjohnson-controls-sr-buyer"},{"id":"job.search","title":"Open jobs by role, technology, place, pay and visa","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.1,"usd":0.01},"unit":"per posting in a list","note":"similar open postings","call":{"mcp_tool":"search_jobs"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=job.search&for=job%2Fjohnson-controls-sr-buyer"},{"id":"company.verify","title":"Is this company real and active right now","status":"pilot","price":null,"unit":"per company","request":{"url":"https://alion.io/catalog/request","method":"POST","body":"{\"offer\": \"company.verify\", \"for\": \"job/johnson-controls-sr-buyer\", \"note\": \"what you need it for\"}"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.verify&for=job%2Fjohnson-controls-sr-buyer"}],"agent":{"mcp":"https://alion.io/mcp/jobs","mcp_open":"https://alion.io/mcp/open","next":[{"tool":"get_job","arguments":{"id":3954085}},{"tool":"search_jobs","arguments":{"company":"johnsoncontrols.com","detail":"compact"}},{"tool":"match_people","arguments":{"job_id":3954085},"note":"people open to offers who fit this vacancy"}],"note":"The same data through MCP tools: https://alion.io/mcp/open needs no sign-in (compact searches, postings, people); https://alion.io/mcp with an Alion account has everything. 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