# Buyer - Indirect (Corporate Services)

**Company**: Valvoline Global Operations
**Location**: Lexington, KY
**Work arrangement**: hybrid
**Experience**: mid
**Job type**: full-time
**Category**: Operations
**Industry**: Automotive

**Apply**: https://jobs.valvolineglobal.com/job/Lexington-Buyer-Indirect-%28Corporate-Services%29-KY-40509/1369134500/
**Canonical**: https://yubhub.co/jobs/job_eea2d945-c09

## Description

## Why Work at Valvoline Global Operations?

At Valvoline Global Operations, we're proud to be a leading provider of automotive and industrial solutions. With a global presence, we develop future-ready products and provide best-in-class services for our partners around the world.

## Job Summary

We're seeking a Buyer - Indirect (Corporate Services) to join our team. This role will be responsible for sourcing and procuring indirect materials and services for our corporate functions, including EH&S, Engineering, IT, Finance, HR, Marketing, and Supply Chain.

## Responsibilities

- Develop sourcing strategies for each key material, including assessment of business needs, industry analysis, supplier analysis, and competitive analysis.

- Generate, analyze, and execute RFQs, and negotiate commercial terms to deliver optimal cost and support Valvoline's financial and operational objectives.

- Ensure vendors are appropriately chosen, managed, and monitored to mitigate risk associated with supply interruption, environmental liability, cyber, and legal liability.

- Establish and measure quality standards for each area, ensuring standards are consistently up to date and met.

- Use relationship management techniques to generate maximum long-term value from our supplier relationships.

## Requirements

- Minimum of 3-5 years of purchasing experience or work in a corporate environment.

- Negotiation experience with both commercial terms (pricing) and common contractual T's & C's of supplier agreements.

- Indirect Purchasing for corporate services, including an understanding of data privacy regulatory concepts, IT/SaaS contracts, and contract management best practices.

## Benefits

- Health insurance plans (medical, dental, vision)

- Health Savings Account (with employer base deposit and match)

- Flexible spending accounts

- Competitive 401(k) with generous employer base deposit and match

- Incentive opportunity

- Life insurance

- Short- and long-term disability insurance

- Paid vacation and holidays

- Employee Assistance Program

- Employee discounts

- PTO Buy/Sell Options

- Tuition reimbursement

- Adoption assistance

## Skills

### Required
- purchasing
- negotiation
- RFQ
- supplier management
- quality control
- data privacy
- IT/SaaS contracts
- contract management

### Nice to have
- relationship management
- business analysis
- market research
- supply chain management