Regional Field Buyer

Clean Earth is a leading provider of environmental services in the United States providing remediation, disposal, recycling, and beneficial reuse solutions for hazardous and non-hazardous waste, contaminated soil, and dredged material. Our vast portfolio of technologies and services touches nearly every industry that generates waste including energy, infrastructure, commercial, industrial, retail, and healthcare markets.

Every day our teams across the country take a hands-on, dedicated approach to recycling and beneficially reusing waste that would otherwise go into landfills. We value our employees as our most important asset, and this is reflected in many areas across our company including recently being named a 2024 Most Loved Workplace ®. We are committed to creating a positive work culture that fosters growth and development while ensuring the health and safety of our employees

This role requires living in the Pacific Time Zone

• Partner with stakeholders in the region including Operations, Transportation, Maintenance, Facility Managers, General Managers, Regional Managers to understand and optimize Supplies purchase requirements.
• Collaborate with Inventory Planner and site requisitioners to secure supplies forecasts to ensure full truck load orders and delivery from plants instead of warehouse to optimize cost.
• Consolidate regional requirements and establish a purchasing rhythm to ensure ongoing and timely availability of Supplies.
• Ensure adoption of best procurement practices within the region including the use of preferred suppliers, contract suppliers, and catalog suppliers when applicable.
• Work within the region to aggregate requirements, optimize buys, and maximize the use of our internal transportation capabilities.
• Understand and apply the principles of negotiations within the region including timing, leverage, and market forces.
• Understand and apply multiple value levers across the supply base including substitution, demand planning, cost analysis, and competitive tension.
• Develop, execute and report on Supplies cost savings plans for assigned region to help deliver overall Procurement Savings target.
• Lead or participate in multi-stage negotiations within the region or nationally as needed.
• Provide counsel and expertise in the region on Clean Earth Purchase Order terms, contract terms, and Procurement vendor relationship dynamics.
• With support and direction from Corporate Procurement, work closely with the field functions to ensure the procure-to-pay process works effectively in the region in collaboration with other Regional Buyers.
• Understand, comply with, and enforce Oracle Purchase Order and contract rules and limits within the Delegation of Authority (DOA) matrix.
• Resolve Purchasing and Vendor relationship issues within your region using your skills, training, and experience. Share learning with and learn from other Regions.
• Serve as escalation point and liaison for Site Managers, General Managers, ROD (Regional Operations Directors) and vendor contacts when required.
• Identify and facilitate high performing Supplies vendors (price, capacity, quality, delivery, etc.) within the region for inclusion in National or Corporate relationships.
• Identify low performing Supplies vendors (price, capacity, quality, deliver, etc.) within the region for escalation to Regional and Corporate leaders.
• Provide support and partner with Clean Earth Sourcing leaders and Regional Procurement Coordinators to negotiate favorable contract terms, conditions, and pricing.
• Comply with and maintain all required records, documents, and justifications in accordance with best practice and regulatory requirements
• Represent the region at vendor Quarterly Business Reviews (QBR’s), P&L calls, and cross-functional meetings as required
• Perform other reasonably related tasks as assigned by management.

Basic Required Qualifications: 

• Minimum of Associate Degree or equivalent in a business or related field. This requirement can be waived for candidates with GED certificate with more than 3 years or more experience.   
• Minimum 2 years of experience in a procurement or related function with requisitions, purchase orders, vendor or contract management may substitute for a bachelor’s degree.
• Experience negotiating, directing, and collaborating with external vendors
• Experience with (or exposure to) Strategic Sourcing Methodologies
• Pricing analysis, cost analysis or data management experience
• Understanding or ability to rapidly learn the fundamentals of Plant operations and requirements in a typical waste management and/or 10-day facility.
• Ability to work standard office hours and occasional overtime when necessary
• Ability to support stakeholders, internal customers, vendors throughout a region
• Basic office skills to include use of Excel, Teams, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook.
• Ability to discretely maintain confidential commercial information.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Previous experience in Waste Management Operations.
• Good negotiation skills and ability to firmly represent Clean Earth to vendors
• Analytical ability to look beyond price into cost drivers, freight, tax, cost-of-quality, and on-time delivery metrics to drive the best decisions for the business
• Ability to prioritize multiple requests and tasks from different parties and manage immediate tactical success with weekly, monthly, quarterly and annual goals.
• Good written and verbal communication skills in English to communicate clearly and effectively with vendors and senior leaders.
• Ability to lead peers and influence field stakeholders without formal authority
• Experience managing competing priorities (Data, system, customer, vendor, executives)
• Self-motivated with an ability to work independently in a region.
• Willingness and ability to travel occasionally via commercial airline, automobile, and other public transportation (up to 10% travel).  Travel should primarily occur within the region, but an occasional trip to HQ or a vendor may occur.
• Experience using an enterprise procurement system (e.g., Coupa, Oracle, SAP, etc.)
• Experience collaborating across functional boundaries (Ops, A/P, logistics, etc.)
• Ability to perform consistently with Enviri Core Values, which are: be environmental. be performance driven, be customer focused, be caring, be inclusive, and be respectful.

Clean Earth offers competitive benefits including health, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance plans starting on the first day of employment; paid time off, wellness benefits, employee discount program, tuition assistance, and a 401k with company matching.

We provide equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, gender identity, or genetics. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.

If you have a difficulty applying for any job posted on Harsco Clean Earth’s website because a disability prevents you from using the online system, Clean Earth offers the following alternate application procedure: Call toll free (833) 209-2659 and leave your name, phone number, city and state of residence.  Clean Earth will arrange for an alternate method of applying and will consider your application together with all other applications received for the job.  This line is dedicated to disability applications only.  No other inquiries will receive a response.