Senior Buyer

Who we are...

Verra Mobility is a global leader in smart mobility. We develop technology-enabled solutions that help the world move safely and easily. We are fostering the development of safe cities, working with police departments and municipalities to install over 4,000 red-light, speed, and school bus stop arm safety cameras across North America. We are also creating smart roadways, serving the world's largest commercial fleets and rental car companies to manage tolling transactions and violations for over 8.5 million vehicles. And we are a leading provider of connected systems, processing nearly 165 million transactions each year across 50+ individual tolling authorities. 

Culture 

Verra Mobility Corporation is a rapidly-growing, entrepreneurial company that operates with a people-first philosophy and approach. The company lives by its core values—Do What’s Right, Lead with Grace, Win Together, and Own It—in everything it does for its customers and team members. The company seeks to grow aggressively, both organically and through acquisition, to continue to be the undisputed market leader with these five core competencies: bias for action, customer focus, teamwork, drive for results, and commitment to excellence

Position Overview:  This Sr. Buyer position will assist our Government Solutions department in purchasing goods and services at the most favorable terms. The Sr. Buyer will also be involved in qualifying suppliers, evaluating bids, routing and filing contracts, and reviewing invoices for accuracy, and in some cases, negotiating prices and terms for purchased goods and services. Additional responsibilities include monitoring supplier quality and maintaining a current database of supplier information. The Sr. Buyer will be responsible for learning and upholding the established purchasing methods, policies, and procedures of Verra Mobility, and will conduct all business in accordance with such guidelines. This position will require minimal supervision with a high-level of independent work.  This team member will influence and provide guidance to other members of the department through demonstrated competency in the use of planning and inventory management principles, methods and tools.

Essential Responsibilities:

• Manages all MRP (Material Requirement Planning) reports and promptly responds to changes in order demand to support changing/developing business requirements.
• Prepare and process purchase orders, agreements, supplier onboarding, and other documents required to acquire new or additional goods and services. Check all items for completeness and clarity and obtain necessary missing information where required.
• Resolve any discrepancies with suppliers to the best possible advantage for Verra Mobility.
• Coordinates with engineering to ensure qualification of new or alternate components.
• Provide analysis of inventory requirements to ensure a steady level of components.
• Prepare recurring and ad hoc reporting in a timely manner.
• Perform a wide variety of procurement tasks including, but not limited to contract signature routing, database data entry and inbox management.
• Obtain and analyze quotes and orders for goods and services in accordance with established policies and procedures.
• Keep requestors informed on delivery status and facilitate remediation with suppliers when needed.
• Follow-up / expedite orders as necessary to meet schedules, keeping all stakeholders informed.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree with 6+ years of related functional work experience OR equivalent combination of education and experience
• Direct experience with MRP in Procure-to-Pay applications such as Great Plains, Oracle, SAP, Coupa, Ariba, etc
• Proficient in Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook)
• Strong problem-solving skills with a detail-oriented mindset
• Must have strong verbal and written communication skills and a passion for servicing customers.