The posting
Company Overview
At Motorola Solutions, we believe that everything starts with our people. We’re a global close-knit community, united by the relentless pursuit to help keep people safer everywhere. We build and connect technologies to help protect people, property and places. Our solutions foster the collaboration that’s critical for safer communities, safer schools, safer hospitals, safer businesses, and ultimately, safer nations. Connect with a career that matters, and help us build a safer future.
Department Overview
Our Applied Technology organization puts some of Motorola Solutions' brightest minds on unique, highly challenging projects. Based on decades of experience with our customers, we apply leading-edge technologies to support security and safety throughout the world. We engineer our products from start to finish and manufacture them in-house. We're known for low volume and high capability with focused specialization in areas including software-defined radios, advanced antenna solutions, artificial intelligence and machine learning, cybersecurity, signals intelligence and more. We can't tell you much more about what we do, but we can tell you it's amazing.
Job Description
Position Overview
The Buyer is responsible for driving end-to-end procurement processes, ensuring the timely acquisition of high-quality materials, products, and services to support operational needs. This role focuses on optimizing on-time delivery to project needs, contract compliance, and controlling material costs. The Buyer plays a key role in maximizing internal and external customer satisfaction while implementing continuous improvement initiatives.
Key Responsibilities
- Procurement & Purchasing Management: Execute purchase orders for materials, components, and services in alignment with project requirements, inventory targets, and company compliance requirements.
- Cross-Functional Collaboration: Interface with Quality, Project Teams, Production, and Finance to resolve invoice discrepancies, receiving errors, and material non-conformances efficiently.
- Quality Assurance & Compliance: Ensure all purchased items strictly adhere to company material standards, contractual requirements and industry regulations. Process vendor return material authorizations (RMAs) and negotiate supplier credits for non-conforming goods.
- Supplier Performance & Sourcing: Assist in the evaluation of vendor reliability, quality, and lead times. Manage new supply sources through the supplier onboarding process.
- Process Improvement & Efficiency: Lead and support continuous improvement projects focused on streamlining purchasing workflows, reducing scrap/waste, and lowering total cost of ownership (TCO).
Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)
- Time to Order reduction: Concentrate on speed of execution in getting things from initial procurement request to active vendor orders.
- Purchase Order On-Time Delivery (OTD) rate from vendors.
- Invoice & PO Resolution Time: Speed of resolving cross-departmental discrepancies.
Technical Skills:
- Proficiency with ERP/MRP systems (e.g., SAP, Oracle, NetSuite).
- Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel (VLOOKUPs, pivot tables, data analysis).
Soft Skills & Competencies:
- Strong vendor management skills.
- Excellent analytical and problem-solving capabilities.
- Effective verbal and written communication skills across cross-functional teams.
- High attention to detail.
- Self-directed work ethic.
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Target Base Salary Range: $41,700 - $56,700 USD
Consistent with Motorola Solutions values and applicable law, we provide the following information to promote pay transparency and equity. Pay within this range varies and depends on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. The actual offer will be based on the individual candidate.
Basic Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain Management, Business Administration, Logistics, or a related field (or equivalent work experience) OR 3+ years of progressive experience in purchasing, strategic sourcing, or buying within a manufacturing or technical environment.
- Must be a U.S. citizen with the ability to obtain necessary security clearance as required by government contracts. Some contracts may have higher-level clearance requirements.
Travel Requirements
None
Relocation Provided
None
Position Type
Experienced
Referral Payment Plan
No
Our U.S. Benefits include:
- Incentive Bonus Plans
- Medical, Dental, Vision benefits
- 401K with Company Match
- 10 Paid Holidays
- Generous Paid Time Off Packages
- Employee Stock Purchase Plan
- Paid Parental & Family Leave
- and more!
EEO Statement
Motorola Solutions is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status or any other legally-protected characteristic.
We are proud of our people-first and community-focused culture, empowering every Motorolan to be their most authentic self and to do their best work to deliver on the promise of a safer world. If you’d like to join our team but feel that you don’t quite meet all of the preferred skills, we’d still love to hear why you think you’d be a great addition to our team.
We’re committed to providing an inclusive and accessible recruiting experience for candidates with disabilities, or other physical or mental health conditions. To request an accommodation, please complete this Reasonable Accommodations Form so we can assist you.
