Job Summary

Purchase goods, materials, and services to ensure that Outform Group's production and operational needs are met; taking into consideration price, quality, delivery and ensure continuity of supply.

The Print Buyer will take responsibility for specific print projects, aspects of projects or hold a larger remit in terms of purchasing responsibility.

Responsibilities
• Purchase printed materials for point of purchase displays in line with specified cost, quality, and delivery targets.
• Determine and balance print project workload across the internal and external print teams.
• Manage print management projects from kickoff to delivery
• Ensure continuous supply of required goods and materials.
• Develops and maintains relationships with suppliers.
• Attend meetings and update others on supply issues or concerns.
• Recognize and advise any risks which could prevent the organization from meeting customer demands and/or when there are over capacity concerns with a supplier.
• Review opportunities to make business savings, utilize negotiation and procurement best practice tools and methods.
• Develop ideas and strategies to improve operational efficiency, add value, aid business performance and work towards a strategy of continuous improvement.
• Assess and evaluate suppliers and undertake performance reviews to ensure contract compliance, along with managing performance improvement activities.
• Ensure that a professional and consistent approach is taken in relation to all supplier relationships.
• Ensure compliance to company guidelines, purchasing policies and procedures during supplier negotiations and contracts award process.
• Contact suppliers to resolve price, quality, delivery, or invoicing issues.

Qualifications
• 7+ years of experience in digital, lithographic, and screen printing.
• Highly skilled at building and maintaining effective and productive relationships with key stakeholders and suppliers.
• Project management experience
• Strong negotiation, communication, and influencing skills.
• Analytical, numerically astute with strong proven problem-solving abilities in manufacturing and marketing environments.
• Results orientated with the ability to plan and deliver against project deadlines.
• Keen attention to detail and accuracy
• Ability to add value, reduce costs and make business improvements.
• Contract management and supplier experience
• Strong technical knowledge and understanding of common POP procurement (or similar industry) categories/processes. Metal, Electronics/AV, Wood, or Plastics, are a plus.
• Computer literate, to include advanced Excel skills and Cloud Based ERP systems, preferably D365, SAP or ODOO.
• Can embrace personal challenge, is confident, and a well-rounded thinking individual.
• Is assertive, optimistic, and open to change.
• Engages interest and participation of others and has a collaborative approach to working with others.
• Ability to function well in a high-paced and, at times, stressful environment
• Can proactively contribute to a team.
• Is curious, resilient, self-motivated, and able to work well under pressure and with ever-changing priorities.

Physical Requirements
• Must be able to sit up to 6-8 hours per day.
• Must be able to lift up to 20 pounds.
• Can travel domestically and internationally - must have current passport.

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