Dura-Line Commodity Buyer (Remote)
DURA LINE CORP.

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At Dura-Line, we aspire to create a more connected world, because we believe every company, every community, every person deserves the chance to advance their lives through better access to high-speed broadband. We take pride in our state-of-the-art quality products and being recognized a key partner with all of the major telecommunications companies across the world. In one year, Dura-Line produced over 1.4 billion feet of digital network infrastructure. Dura-Line creates what connects us. Every time you pick up your cell phone, log into the internet, or use your i-anything, it's because our HDPE pathways protect that delicate string of glass called a fiber optic cable that carries everything from precious pictures of your puppy to the latest sports scores. Your safety, health, family, work, entertainment...your whole life; that's our connection.

Dura-Line is currently searching for a highly strategic Commodity Buyer to manage the category sourcing and supply strategies in our US & Canada manufacturing sites. In this NEW role, you will lead category sourcing direction for all resin purchases in PE (Polyethylene), PVDF (Polyvinylidene Fluoride), LSZH (Low Smoke Zero Halogen)and guide US and Canada plants on polyethylene resin allocation based on supporting corporate sourcing goals for optimal output and savings.

We are looking for an engaging and driven individual with multi-site experience who has a deep understanding of suppliers, markets, products, and supply chains to partner with suppliers through strategic plan development and can aggregate North American resin volumes and effectively communicate allocations to each plant. Knowledge of the Global polyethylene market is essential in this role to identify & develop arbitrage opportunities, prepare the weekly market analysis to be discussed with the commercial team to assist in pricing strategies, and proactively identify and obtain savings.

In this exciting remote position, you will be a driven force in identifying ways to minimize the cost of supplies & maximize the service through managing relationships & performance of suppliers and developing partnerships that support the client's need. You will need a Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain Management or any other related field and a minimum of 5 years of hands-on experience in a manufacturing environment managing procurement projects where you were responsible for reducing cost, ensuring continuity of supply, and sourcing from suppliers. You must have prior experience in commodity resin procurement and be able to read and understand technical data sheets (TDS).

What will you be doing?

• Maintain the taxonomy of the global supplier database and classify new suppliers added to the vendor database.
• Drive resin savings initiatives and source, negotiate and coordinate all resin contracts and agreements.
• Collect and analyze global spend, identify and recommend opportunities for cost savings
• Evaluate Global Market Trends for resins by reading and interpreting various market indexes, maintain relationships with suppliers, anticipate and evaluate market dynamics to ensure Dura-Line obtains competitive cost.
• Maintain reports as required, create RFP's, analyze data to support the departmental goals for savings tracking, resin consumption, and cost analysis.

Great teamwork skills are key in this role! You will be collaborating with the production manager and R&D to identify opportunities to increase & maintain the quality of material that meets the requirements set by Dura-Line. Outstanding communication and influencing skills are needed to drive results through others, foster global supplier relationships, and work closely with the SIOP team to maintain an uninterrupted supply of material.

You will be responsible for documenting information that will be standardized and used globally, so you must be computer savvy with the ability to utilize Microsoft Office and have at least 2 years of recent experience utilizing a material management module that includes procurement. ERP experience utilizing programs such as SAP is required as you will be responsible for creating purchase orders if needed as well as set up and maintain material master planning parameters in SAP related to MOQ, lead times, safety stocks, and information records.

What's in it for you?

• We offer a competitive salary, great benefits, 401k, PTO, holidays, and much more!
• We will invest in your skills and development while you grow and seek innovative opportunities and initiatives.
• Grow your network- Build relationships with other PE buyers, brokers, resin suppliers, and personnel from relevant indexes to better understand the market.
• Use your drive and analytical skills to identify clean sources of outside regrind for use in Europe and eventually other markets.
• Continuous learning- Keeping pace with the global resin market dynamics and relevant market forecasts and understand the key polyethylene markets outside of the conduit market and use market intelligence to know what is happening in those markets to help leverage a better price position for the conduit.
• We offer a people-centric work environment full of team members who collaborate and work towards common goals to develop and advance Dura-Line!

Join Our Team: Discover how Dura-Line creates what connects us. Every day, in the little ways and the big ones, our lives depend on clear, consistent, reliable communication. Check out our products, history, and testimonials at www.Dura-Line.com

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Join Our Team: Dura-Line offers all its employees an exciting work environment and provides career opportunities in a continuously growing company. We are committed to attracting, developing, and retaining a diverse workforce that represents our global customer base. Check out our products, history, and testimonials at www.Dura-Line.com.

Dura-Line is part of a community of companies, known as Orbia, bound together by a shared purpose: to advance life around the world. Orbia's business groups have a collective focus on insuring food security, reducing water scarcity, reinventing the future of cities and homes, connecting communities to data infrastructure, and expanding access to health and wellness with advanced materials. The business groups include Precision Agriculture, Building and Infrastructure, Fluor, Polymer Solutions, and Data Communications, which collectively pursue human centric solutions to global challenges.

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