# Strategic Buyer

**Company**: Honda
**Location**: Greensboro
**Work arrangement**: onsite
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Category**: Supply Chain
**Industry**: Automotive
**Ticker**: HMC
**Wikidata**: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9584

**Apply**: https://careers.honda.com/us/en/job/11138/Strategic-Buyer?utm_source=yubhub.co&utm_medium=jobs_feed&utm_campaign=apply
**Canonical**: https://yubhub.co/jobs/job_e795fb5f-5f7

## Description

## Job Purpose

The Strategic Buyer is 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

- Bachelors 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.

## Physical Requirements

- Incumbents may be routinely exposed to equipment operational noise, heat, cold, dust, and/or aircraft equipment, parts, or fuel odors when visiting manufacturing or supplier facilities.

- Ability to stand, sit, walk, bend, squat, climb ladders, reach, or stretch for extended periods as required by job duties.

- Ability to lift, pull, push, carry, or move items up to 10 lbs. throughout the work shift without assistance.

- Ability to read, hear, speak, and see with no restrictions, as required by job duties.

- Ability to comprehend and adhere to management direction and safety instructions.

- Must work in a safe and professional manner while adhering to all applicable regulatory requirements (FAA, OSHA, DOT, EPA, State, and Federal regulations).

- Must effectively communicate in Business English.

## Skills

### Required
- Supply Chain Management
- Procurement
- Cost Negotiation
- Supplier Management
- Purchase Order Management

### Nice to have
- Business Intelligence
- Data Analysis
- Communication
- Leadership
- Problem-Solving

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Source: [Apply at careers.honda.com](https://careers.honda.com/us/en/job/11138/Strategic-Buyer?utm_source=yubhub.co&utm_medium=jobs_feed&utm_campaign=apply)