Sr. Buyer

Crayola has inspired children to express their creativity since 1903. Crayolians take pride in fulfilling our mission of helping parents and educators raise creatively alive children around the world. Join our team and be part of an iconic brand that develops quality art products and experiences that are loved by families and preferred by teachers. Our company culture is mission focused, and encourages fun, collaboration, transparency, and helping others. Crayola believes our workforce benefits from a broad spectrum of diverse ideas and perspectives which enables us to understand our consumers better. Sr. Buyer, Easton, PA GENERAL SUMMARY: Develops, negotiates, and leads sourcing strategies that drive measurable improvements in the area of consumer satisfaction, compliance/supplier diversity and cost benefits in the procurement of direct and indirect goods and services. Identify opportunities and innovation by leveraging suppliers’ ideas and product capabilities for global product management assessment. PRINCIPAL DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES: Determines the sourcing, selection, and procurement of products and services that are within the incumbent’s procurement responsibilities. Negotiates financial contractual agreements for those products and services that are within the assigned procurement category. Develops commercial terms and conditions, contracts and agreements for the purchase of goods and services while coordinating with legal counsel assigned. Investigates, identifies and implements alternative sourcing options for products and services that may improve quality while reducing overall cost; provide alternate source vendors where required to meet surge demands; work with end users to resolve critical sourcing issues. Leads and negotiates with suppliers and team the timelines, samples, regulatory, safety, quality and specifications for effective product launch. Develops and maintains supplier relationships to ensure performance expectations and service level requirements while ensuring continuous improvement and the encouragement of innovative ideas. Evaluates suppliers performance by tracking how well they work with departments based on response to: on-time shipment, quality and safety programs, product technology development programs and cost, and recommends a corrective action plan if necessary. Analyzes economic market trends and changes in business practices that would affect product quality, pricing and product availability, and recommends alternative solutions. Collaborates with business partners on new product introductions and line extensions by managing standard cost, gross profit, quality and safety requirements along with on-time delivery. Establishes standard costs; analyzes and problem solves purchase price variances against financial corporate standards to deliver exceptional business and financial results. Partners with Hallmark Global Procurement to maximize the cost and supplier relationship opportunities associated with common supply needs. Maintains and ensures compliance of purchasing policies and practices to control procurement function. Participates and adheres to Hallmark’s Supplier Diversity Program. Commercial contract management review with in depth business knowledge; and liaison between Legal, Information Security and Business Unit. Customer driven sustainability surveys and goals. Collect and provide sustainability data/report to key customers Supports natural gas & electricity hedging reviews and authorizations. Overall responsibility for Crayola indirect spend. Member Hallmark Sustainability Strategy Team, and leading Crayola sustainable projects JOB SPECIFICATIONS: Minimum six years’ experience in a Sourcing, Contract Negotiation, or Supply Chain role or bachelor’s degree in business management (Logistics/Supply Chain/Sourcing)/ Engineering/Project Management with minimum four years' experience in a Sourcing, Contract Negotiation, or Supply Chain role Strong …

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