**RESPONSIBILITY LEVEL**:
The Sr Buyer is responsible for strategically and tactically managing assigned commodities while identifying and developing suppliers that meet and/or exceed Wells expectations regarding cost, delivery, quality, innovation, and continuous improvement. This position will optimize synergies with vendors and internal customers.
**PRINCIPAL DUTIES**:
- The Sr. Buyer Direct is responsible for negotiating, creating, and executing contracts with suppliers through formal and informal RFP and/or bidding processes, in alignment with spend authority guidelines.
- Identify, modify and/or develop and implement processes or process enrichments that streamline or improve internal or external workflow and align with company policies.
- Responsible for managing the Total Cost of Ownership by collecting data, analyzing, problem solving, recommending, communicating, and executing accordingly.
- Managing the day-to-day business relationship with key suppliers an...