# Buyer

Position: Buyer Position Overview: Responsible for continuously improving the overall supply chain, working closely with Production, Scheduling, Project Management, Engineering, Quality, Finance and Warehouse departments, as well as others. Positively impact company profitability through cost savings and buying the best quality materials, equipment, goods, and services at the most competitive rates. Job Responsibilities: Create, issue, and maintain purchase orders Establish and maintain working relationships with current and potential vendors Manage supplier performance and problem resolution. Champion Price, Delivery, Quality methodologies with suppliers Identify and implement integrated supply chain processes that deliver cost-effective solutions Accountable for ensuring that all suppliers acknowledge purchase order’s price and delivery terms within your area of responsibility Responsible for Purchase Price Variance (PPV) Ability to initiate and maintain cost reductions Track supplier performance using the Supplier Score Cards. Proactively initiate, review, and take corrective action to maintain supplier performance Evaluate and maintain company defined stock levels Responsible f

- **Id**: 3897369
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/valmet-buyer-3>
- **Role**: Operations
- **Role family**: Operations
- **Seniority**: junior
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Houston, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 2
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-06T23:32:18Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-06
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-09T13:32:08Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 2
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 2259
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Industrial Automation, Industrial Machinery

## Company

- **Id**: 7707
- **Name**: Valmet
- **Domain**: valmet.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/valmet>
- **Size band**: 5000+
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Workday

### Truth index

- **Grade**: A
- **Score**: 87
- **Open postings**: 35
- **Ghost share**: 0.143
- **Stale share**: 0.2
- **Repost share**: 0.314
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 20
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-09T06:03:00Z

## Technologies

- **Microsoft Excel** — Optional: no
- **Microsoft Office** — Optional: no

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 2

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 2
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

### Education

- **Level**: bachelor
- **Optional**: no

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-06T23:32:18Z

## Visa

- Country: US; Licensed sponsor: yes; Adverts offering sponsorship 24m: 0; Sanctioned now: no; Evidence: H-1B filings in 12 months: 10 · green card filings: 2; Filings 12m: 10

## Liveness

- **Score**: 90
- **Band**: hot
- **Label**: Hiring now
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.903
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 2
- **Expected fill days**: 20
- **Reasons**: conf:8, velocity, win:early, comp:junior,brand
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-09T06:03:00Z

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