Buyer

Founded in 1886, Buckeye Partners, L.P. has a proven track record of stability and success. We pride ourselves on the laser focus we apply to safely providing service and value to our customers, operating under a strong set of values, and empowering our employees to make decisions. We have a tenacious commitment to environmental responsibility and regulatory compliance in all that we do.

It is our internal culture that sets us apart from other companies. Our goal is to provide our employees with a greater span of responsibility, the ability to make decisions, and access to experts to help you build your skills and experiences. Each of our career tracks provides employees with the ability to innovate, and be a significant contributor from their first day on the job.

Buckeye Partners is currently seeking a Buyer with experience in supply chain and strategic sourcing management in the Oil & Gas Industry to join our team!

Role Summary:

The Buyer role is responsible for implementing Supply Chain practices focused on the procurement of materials and services for the continuous maintenance, improvement and expansion of current and future Buckeye operating assets. Buyers will be expected to independently provide tactical buying support as part of the new Supply Chain deliverable to Stakeholder groups.

Responsibilities & Essential Duties include:

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  Customer Service. Working closely with the Stakeholder Groups (Engineering, Operations, Corporate) to provide a high level of engagement to ensure material and service requirements are adequately specified and competitively purchased.

  
  
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  Contract Leadership. Providing contract leadership in the development and administration of contracts and purchase orders. Knowledge of and the ability to negotiate terms and conditions is required.

  
  
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  Facilitating Sourcing Events. Preparing bid documents, identifying and developing bidders lists, attending bid meetings, analyzing bid results, making recommendations for bid award, editing and pricing requisitions, preparing change orders and preparing purchase orders from requisitions using the JD Edwards Purchasing System

  
  
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  Quotes and Proposals. Implementing Request for Quotations (RFQ) and Request for Proposals (RFP) for pipeline/terminal related material goods and services to secure firm price, delivery information, and other value added items

  
  
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  Supplier Management. Researching, selecting and negotiating with suppliers to reduce costs and determining supplier compliance with insurance requirements and ISNetworld in establishing pre-qualified suppliers. Participating in communications and improvement programs with key suppliers is also a requirement of the position

  
  
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  Database Management. Measuring and tracking all vendor performance through the use of JD Edwards or Data Warehouse (Cognos) or other reporting tools.

  
  
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  Delivery Liaison. Securing and communicating purchase order status information from suppliers to internal stakeholders affecting late commodity order deliveries and expedite all orders, as required, to improve or generate best possible delivery

  
  
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  And other duties as assigned.

  
  

Position Requirements:

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  Bachelor's Degree in Business, Supply Chain or other related discipline required Experience: years of experience,

  
  
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  3+ years' experience in a business environment preferred

  
  
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  Supply Chain and strategic sourcing management or related field procurement experience highly desired

  
  
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  JD Edwards or similar accounting system experience preferred

  
  

Certificates & Licenses:

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  None required

  
  

Other Skills, Attributes and Abilities:

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  In order to be successful in this position, one must have strong written , verbal and analytical skills. The ability to proactively influence Stakeholders and Suppliers is a key skill set for the position.

  
  
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  Incumbents must possess the necessary commmercial acumen to effectively prepare terms and conditions ; and conduct meaningful negotiations with Supppliers . The individual must have the ability to manage multiple tasks at once , be flexible and adaptable to changes in priority , and the ability to assess multiple courses of action making independent recommendations after determing the best course of action.

  
  

Essential Functions:

• This position requires the ability to safely and successfully perform essential job functions consistent with ADA, FMLA and other federal, state and local standards, including meeting qualitative and or/quantitative productivity standards.
• This role requires the ability to maintain regular, punctual attendance consistent with the ADA, FMLA and other federal, state and local standards.
• This position requires compliance with all personnel policies.

Physical & Safety Requirements:

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  Normal Office working environment

  
  

About You:

To be successful in the Buckeye culture, our employees must Possess excellent communication skills, both written and verbal. You must be able to work independently. You must also be able to exercise tact, discretion, and professionalism when dealing with internal clients and external counterparties (customers, vendors, etc.), as well as when handling sensitive and confidential information.

Buckeye Partners wants to create and reward an organizational focus that stimulates the creative and entrepreneurial actions of our employees and results in innovative ways of reducing costs, generating revenues, improving productivity, or improving processes.

About Us:

Buckeye Partners, L.P. is the logistical solutions partner of choice for the global energy business and one of the nation's largest independent petroleum products pipeline transportation and terminalling service provider; our strength is to create centers of expertise around our products, technologies and client needs.