Strategic Buyer

1 week ago

Wichita, United States Koch Fertilizer Full time
Your Job

Koch Ag & Energy Solutions is seeking a Strategic Buyer to work within our Procurement organization. We are looking for entrepreneurial individuals with strong problem-solving skills to help our teams and business learn, improve, and grow.

Our Team

This role supports Koch Ag & Energy Solutions sites where methanol and fertilizer and other related products are created. The centralized Koch procurement team supports sites by sourcing labor, purchasing materials and equipment for the site. The procurement team works closely with the maintenance, warehouse, engineering, and project management teams to develop procurement and execution strategy to produce best economic results.

The role will be based in Wever, IA or at our Wichita, KS headquarters and includes up to 25% travel with on call as needed.

What You Will Do

  • Facilitate collaboration between internal customers to understand purchasing or sourcing requirements (E.g. critical project lead times, comprehensive event sourcing strategies, timelines for project deliverables, etc.)
  • Obtain quotes, analyze, evaluate, negotiate, and offering recommendations to internal customers that align and balance business needs with lowest total cost of ownership.
  • Review and negotiate commercial agreements in alignment with Koch risk philosophy.
  • Use daily, weekly, monthly reporting tools to support procurement capability for your designated site and team
  • Assist in implementing new processes and continuously improving existing ones.
  • Promote purchasing transactional excellence through coaching procurement facing teammates, internally and externally, and increasing throughput of higher efficiency tools like Ariba, Track, and others.
  • Potential to require more travel during maintenance cycle years every 3-4 years.
Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)
  • 2+ years of procurement/buyer or supply chain management experience in a manufacturing environment
  • Experience using Microsoft Office Suite including Microsoft Excel (reporting)
What Will Put You Ahead
  • 4+ years of Procurement/Buyer or supply chain management experience in a manufacturing environment
  • Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Economics, Supply Chain Management, Agriculture or related field
  • Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite tools including Access (database applications)
  • Experience with reporting systems such as Tableau or PowerBI
  • Previous experience of direct negotiation with vendors


At Koch companies, we are entrepreneurs. This means we openly challenge the status quo, find new ways to create value and get rewarded for our individual contributions. Any compensation range provided for a role is an estimate determined by available market data. The actual amount may be higher or lower than the range provided considering each candidate's knowledge, skills, abilities, and geographic location. If you have questions, please speak to your recruiter about the flexibility and detail of our compensation philosophy.

Hiring Philosophy

All Koch companies value diversity of thought, perspectives, aptitudes, experiences, and backgrounds. We are Military Ready and Second Chance employers. Learn more about our hiring philosophy here .

Who We Are

As a Koch Ag & Energy Solutions company, Koch Fertilizer delivers a full line of fertilizers designed to boost crop performance and help growers reach their yields. Our team also brings logistical expertise and a wide range of invaluable services, from delivered freight and logistics capabilities to online shipment tracking.

At Koch, employees are empowered to do what they do best to make life better. Learn how our business philosophy helps employees unleash their potential while creating value for themselves and the company.

Our Benefits

Our goal is for each employee, and their families, to live fulfilling and healthy lives. We provide essential resources and support to build and maintain physical, financial, and emotional strength - focusing on overall wellbeing so you can focus on what matters most. Our benefits plan includes - medical, dental, vision, flexible spending and health savings accounts, life insurance, ADD, disability, retirement, paid vacation/time off, educational assistance, and may also include infertility assistance, paid parental leave and adoption assistance. Specific eligibility criteria is set by the applicable Summary Plan Description, policy or guideline and benefits may vary by geographic region. If you have questions on what benefits apply to you, please speak to your recruiter.

Additionally, everyone has individual work and personal needs. We seek to enable the best work environment that helps you and the business work together to produce superior results.

Equal Opportunities

Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and protected veteran status. Except where prohibited by state law, some offers of employment are conditioned upon successfully passing a drug test. This employer uses E-Verify. Please click here for additional information.

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