Your Job
Koch-Glitsch is seeking a Buyer to support the procurement of raw materials globally that enable safe, reliable, and profitable execution of our products. This role requires more than transactional buying. The successful candidate will apply critical thinking, economic thinking, and sound business judgment to understand trade-offs, challenge assumptions, identify alternatives, and make procurement decisions that improve overall business outcomes.
You will partner closely with Commercial, Manufacturing, Engineering, Planning, Project Management, and suppliers to ensure material availability while continuously improving total economic value, working capital, supply reliability, and competitiveness.
This role will be located at Koch Headquarters in Wichita, Kansas.
This role is not eligible for VISA sponsorship.
Our Team
You will be part of the Supply Chain organization supporting Koch-Glitsch global operations in Wichita, Kansas. Our expectation is that procurement professionals think beyond the purchase order. They seek to understand what drives value for the business, use data and economic reasoning to evaluate alternatives, and take ownership for decisions and outcomes.
What You Will Do
Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)
What Will Put You Ahead
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 Engineered Solutions company, Koch-Glitsch keeps our customers’ operations running with a wide range of innovative products and solutions serving the refining, chemical and petrochemical industries. As a full-service provider of mass transfer, mist elimination and phase separation equipment, we handle everything from design and fabrication to delivery and installation.
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. (For Illinois E-Verify information click here, aquí, or tu).
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