Your Job
Koch Ag & Energy Solutions (KAES) is seeking a Strategic Buyer to join our Procurement team at our Wichita, KS headquarters. We are looking for entrepreneurial individuals with strong problem-solving skills to help our teams and business learn, improve, and grow.

WHO YOU ARE (BASIC QUALIFICATIONS)

• 2+ years of experience as a Buyer, in procurement, and/or in supply chain management in a manufacturing environment
• Experience using Microsoft Office Suite including Microsoft Excel (reporting)
• Ability to travel up to 25% of the time to our US and Canada sites

• Facilitate collaboration between internal customers to understand purchasing or sourcing requirements (E.g. critical project lead times, comprehensive event sourcing strategies, timelines for project deliverables, etc.)
• Obtain, analyze, evaluate and negotiate quotes, while offering recommendations to internal customers that align and balance business needs with lowest total cost of ownership.
• Review and negotiate commercial agreements in alignment with Koch risk philosophy.
• Use daily, weekly, and monthly reporting tools to support the procurement capability for your designated site and team
• Assist in implementing new processes and continuously improving existing ones.
• Promote purchasing transactional excellence through coaching procurement facing teammates, internally and externally, and increasing the output of higher efficiency tools like Ariba, Track, and others.
• Potential to require more travel during maintenance cycle years every 3-4 years.