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Southern Company
Buyer - Generation
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What they do
A Buyer buys products, materials or services needed by a company or organization. Manages inventory and schedule for purchasing, works with vendors and negotiates contracts, monitors quality of supplies and services purchased. May work in farm products, manufacturing, trade or services industries.
$62,239 / year median in Alabama
-7% projected decline
Job Description
JOB SUMMARY
The Buyer position is responsible for sourcing and procurement activities supporting Plants Calhoun, Central, Greene County, Lindsay Hill, Sabic and the NCCC. Duties include locating sources of supply, issuing requests for quotes, analyzing bids, negotiating, creating purchase orders (inventory, non-stock materials, and services), expediting, resolving supplier problems, and other supply chain duties as required. The Buyer spends considerable time and effort communicating and engaging with their business unit partners while performing the duties listed above.JOB QUALIFICATIONS
Behavioral Attributes Able to build strong relationships and communicate effectively- required Responsive to the needs of business unit partners
- required Demonstrates initiative and a desire to solve problems
- required Organized
- required Able to manage a demanding workload with competing priorities
- required Experience Procurement, sourcing or contracting processes
- preferred Performance in a transactionally intensive role
- preferred Maximo use
- preferred Work in utilities or heavy industry
- preferred Functional Knowledge Purchasing and supply chain practices and standards Technical Shared Services' project processes Business practices such as budgeting, traffic/logistics, contracts, engineering, risk management, accounting and legal Generation, power delivery or similar industries Maximo Purchasing system Business programs such as Word and Excel Education Bachelor's degree in supply chain management, business, finance, engineering•preferred Supply chain or legal certifications are a plus PDN-a2994249-5a1a-4d23-bedc-243ae4aa38f5