Hiring: Senior Buyer / Procurement Specialist Company: American Bath Group Location: Queens, NY Job Posted Time: 2026-09-10 14:14:21 Employment Type: Full-time About the job Required Skills: •Manage an assigned portfolio of materials and suppliers. •Create and maintain accurate purchase orders, quantities, pricing, delivery dates, acknowledgements, and supporting documentation. •Solicit supplier quotations and compare pricing, lead times, terms, and other commercial considerations. •Negotiate routine pricing, delivery, lead-time, minimum-order-quantity, expedite, and supplier-recovery matters. •Interpret demand, inventory levels, open purchase orders, supplier commitments, lead times, and production priorities. •Identify material shortages, late deliveries, changing requirements, and supplier risks before they disrupt production. •Communicate directly with suppliers regarding order status, commitments, delivery concerns, pricing discrepancies, and issue resolution. •Coordinate returns, rework, replacement materials, credits, supplier corrective actions, and return material authorizations. Qualifications: •Direct supplier communication and relationship ownership. •Personal responsibility for RFQs, quotation comparisons, or routine negotiations. •An understanding of how demand, inventory, lead times, open purchase orders, and supplier commitments influence purchasing decisions. •Ownership of supplier or material issues from identification through follow-up and closure. •The ability to act independently on routine matters. •The judgment to recognize when higher-risk matters require escalation. •The ability to summarize an issue, complete the necessary analysis, and recommend a course of action. •Willingness to work fully onsite in Long Island City. •Willingness to participate in hands-on inventory, RMA, quality, warehouse, and production-support activities. •Approximately three to five years of relevant buying, procurement, buyer/planner, materials, or closely related experience. Interested candidates, please apply directly through the job posting on company's career page or try via AI auto apply on this platform. Don't miss this opportunity to join a forward-thinking team!