Buyer - Ovivo

What is the Opportunity?

At Ovivo, we offer you the opportunity to expand your skills and professional experience while collaborating with worldwide experts in water treatment. As a Buyer you are responsible for purchasing and expediting assigned products or commodities, including soliciting possible vendors, obtaining quotes, and ensuring supplier service and product quality, while maintaining low cost.

Joining Ovivo means being part of a global team of innovative and passionate professionals who are committed to preserving water, our planet's most critical resource. It also means combining our efforts and talents towards a more sustainable future - together.

The role is based in our Mokena, IL facility and will require up to 10% travel.

What is the role?

• Maintain computerized procurement records such as items or services purchased, costs, delivery, product quality or performance, and inventories.
• Placing purchase orders based upon requisitions/MRP notification and entering orders into the computer.
• Negotiate product lines to ensure most competitive pricing and delivery, while maintaining quality standards.
• Expediting purchase orders, ensuring supplier deliveries are on time and that all generated reports reflect current and accurate costs, dates, and pertinent information.
• Ensuring that all delivered commodities meet company standards and are of good quality and negotiating with suppliers on replacement of materials not conforming to company specifications.
• Audit invoices and receiving for accuracy in preparation of payment processing.
• Other duties may be assigned as required.

Does this sound like you?

• 3-5 years purchasing related experience
• Minimum two years post-secondary education from an accredited college or university or other related qualified training; and/or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Ability to read, analyzes, and interprets complex industry related document.
• Ability to respond effectively through written and verbal communication to all inquiries including sensitive results and complaints.
• Understanding of purchasing policies and procedures.
• Ability to meet deadlines, multi-task, and be detail oriented to keep track of parts and orders that have been placed.
• Works independently understanding the scope of duties and deadlines.
• Work well within a cross functional team.
• Working history with and use of directing material movement, logistics, at best practice for time and low cost.
• Mechanical/technical aptitude.

Don't meet every single requirement? If you carry a strong sense of ownership and teamwork in everything you do, we'd like to hear from you any way.

Why work at Ovivo?

• Medical, Dental and Vision benefits
• 401k Match
• Company paid life insurance along with company paid short and long-term disability
• 11 paid holidays
• Three weeks of PTO to start (hire date determines number of PTO hours for the first year)
• Roll over of 64 PTO hours to the following year
• Sixteen personal hours (hire date determines number of personal hours for the first year)
• Days off between Christmas Eve and New Year's Day - paid by the company with no impact to PTO balance.
• Profit sharing

At Ovivowe are committed to providing working environments where everyone is included and treated fairly and with respect.

Dive in - Apply Today! Let's change the future of water together.

About Ovivo

Ovivo is a global provider of equipment, technology, and systems producing among the purest water and treating some of the most challenging wastewater in the industry. Ovivo is a powerful global brand with renowned trademarks, possessing more than 150 years of expertise and references in water treatment, supported by its proprietary products, advanced technologies, and extensive system integration knowhow. Ovivo delivers conventional to highly technological water treatment solutions for the industrial and municipal markets and leverages its large installed base of equipment around the world to offer parts and services to its customers. Ovivo is dedicated to innovation in an industry that is in constant evolution and offers water treatment solutions that are cost-effective, energy-efficient, and environmentally sustainable.

Visit our website to learn more about Ovivo : https://careers.ovivowater.com/