Commodity Buyer
Posted on: 29 Mar 2021
West Chester, OH
Job Description
AK Steel has an immediate opening for a Commodity Buyer to join our Purchasing team in West Chester, OH. The Commodity Buyer will be responsible for developing, managing, pricing and maintaining contracts with our suppliers and will have responsibility for some combination of: Industrial Gasses, Water Treatment Services, bulk Acids, Fuels, Caustic, Oils, Process Chemicals, and other commodity categories as assigned.
Primary Responsibilities:
* Full ownership of suppliers within the commodities assigned including: writing and managing contracts, pricing, quality, and performance.
* Continuously strives to reduce total cost of procured goods and services. Negotiates favorable pricing, terms, and price protection in order to obtain best value for AK.
* Meet/exceed annual cost savings goals and report commodity spend.
* Keeps abreast of market conditions as to availability, price, and quality of assigned commodities.
* Reviews assigned incoming requisitions and determines best buying methods.
* Seeks input from management and Legal on contract requirements and purchasing issues in a timely fashion.
* Keeps management aware of situations and proposes action plans before they become large issues.
* Follows department policies and procedures, and participates in activities to continuously improve department workflow.
* Work closely with Engineering, Plant Technicians and Department Managers as well as their peers from the supply organizations.
* Travel occasionally as required.
Required Skills and Qualifications:
* Bachelors degree
* Mid-high level Purchasing and Procurement experience
* High attention to detail
* Strong negotiation and analytical skills
* Intermediate-advanced level Excel, Word, and PowerPoint
* Strong communication skills, both oral and written
* Resourceful and takes initiative
* Strategic thinker and able to overcome obstacles
* Flexible with a sense of urgency
* Successful in fast paced environments
* High standard of Ethics
* Ability to read and interpret specs & drawings
* Team player
Preferred:
* Program Management, Engineering, Contract Management or military equivalent
* Manufacturing environment
We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, disability, military or protected veteran status. The following links provide information regarding your Equal Employment Opportunity rights and protections: EEO is the Law & EEO is the Law Supplement. We are a drug-free workplace and conduct pre-employment testing as a condition of employment.
AK Steel Corporation
West Chester, OH
Our heritage of innovation spans more than 119 years, beginning in 1899 when the company’s predecessor, ARMCO, was incorporated in Middletown, Ohio. Over the past century, we have been a leader of innovation in the steel industry, provided jobs to hundreds of thousands of people and given back to our communities where our employees work and live
AK Steel is a leading producer of flat-rolled carbon, stainless and electrical steel products, and carbon and stainless tubular products, primarily for the automotive, infrastructure and manufacturing, electrical power generation and distribution markets. Through its subsidiaries, the company also provides customer solutions with carbon and stainless steel tubing products, die design and tooling, and hot and cold stamped components.
Headquartered in West Chester, Ohio in Greater Cincinnati, the company has approximately 9,500 employees at steel manufacturing operations across seven states (Alabama, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania and West Virginia), as well as Canada and Mexico.
Roger K. Newport is AK Steel's Chief Executive Officer and a member of the Board of Directors. He was named CEO January 1, 2016.
AK Steel is a publicly held company traded over the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol AKS and is a component of the FORTUNE 500 - aligning the company with many of the most prominent corporations in America.
AK Steel's 2018 revenues reached approximately $6.82 billion. Today, the company is focused on a strategy to ensure we are well positioned as an innovative steel solutions provider to create innovative products and processes that surpass the needs of our customers today and for the future.
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IndustryManufacturing
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No. of Employees9,500+
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