# Senior Buyer

**Company**: American Honda Motor Company
**Location**: Greensboro, North Carolina
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Category**: Operations
**Industry**: Automotive
**Wikidata**: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4744011

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## Description

We are seeking a Senior Buyer to join our team at American Honda Motor Company. As a Senior Buyer, you will be responsible for purchasing, cost negotiation, and subcontract administration of assigned materials and/or services from approved and qualified suppliers to support required delivery dates at budgeted or lower cost.

**Key Accountabilities:**

- Partner with internal customers to understand business needs, ensure adherence to procurement policies, and review requisitions for accuracy and completeness.

- Lead RFQ processes, analyze supplier quotations, and implement cost negotiation strategies while ensuring compliance with bid requirements and delivering value/risk insights.

- Manage supplier communications regarding orders, changes, delivery, cost, and quality expectations; resolve commercial, quality, and performance issues, and interpret supplier agreements to ensure compliance.

- Execute and manage purchase orders, maintain compliant procurement documentation and audit trails, monitor and expedite deliveries, and support continuous procurement operations and cross-team initiatives.

**Qualifications, Experience, and Skills:**

- Bachelor's Degree or equivalent in Business, Finance, Supply Chain, and/or Technical Field

- 8+ years of experience

- Supply Chain Management

**Working Conditions:**

- This position operates primarily in a professional office environment supporting aerospace program activities.

- The role requires 10–25% travel, depending on program phase and workload surge, to domestic and potentially international supplier facilities for program reviews, performance assessments, risk mitigation, and coordination activities.

- Overtime may be required during periods of program surge, supplier recovery efforts, development milestones, or production ramp activities.

**Benefits:**

- Competitive Base Salary

- Regional Bonus (when applicable)

- Industry-leading Benefit Plans (Medical, Dental, Vision, Rx)

- Paid time off, including vacation, holidays, shutdown

- Company Paid Short-Term and Long-Term Disability

- 401K Plan with company match + additional contribution

- Relocation assistance (if eligible)

- Lifestyle Account

- Childcare Reimbursement Account

- Tuition Assistance & Student Loan Repayment

- Wellbeing Program

- Community Service and Engagement Programs

- Product Programs

## Skills

### Required
- Supply Chain Management
- Procurement
- Cost Negotiation
- Supplier Administration

### Nice to have
- Japanese
- Swedish
- Spanish
- French

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