**Responsibilities**
- Develops strategic sourcing plans and manages sourcing activities for materials, tools and spare parts.
Performs comparative analysis of competing suppliers in order to recommend the most competitive source for a specified commodity.
- Negotiates and establishes materials, tools and spare parts prices in support of the department's cost reduction goals.
Assists other buyers with complex price negotiations.
- Engages with end users of assigned materials, tools and spare parts (client groups and/or engineers) to establish understanding of the requirements and specifications of materials, tools and spare parts.
- Plans, develops, implements, and maintains cost reduction plans for assigned materials, tools and spare parts.
Tracks and validates cost savings data.
- Establishes, executes, and manages contracts for assigned materials, tools and spare parts; issues and maintains purchase orders, and related purchasing records.
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