Sample Solutions Buyer
SAMPLE SOLUTIONS BUYER
The Sample Solutions team is responsible for developing creative and cost-effective solutions to meet customers panel partner data needs. The Sample Solutions Buyer role is the crucial connection between our global network of partners and the solutions needed by our customers.
The Sample Solutions Buyer will engage with a wide range of Dynata teams and our global network of sample partners for sourcing, recommending, and on-boarding new sources of global supply. In order to be successful, the Sample Solutions Buyer must have excellent communication skills, enjoy negotiating, be detail oriented and a truly team player.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Quickly and effectively respond to internal customer requests for sample
- Create and develop effective external procurement relationships to provide excellent customer support
- Negotiate costs and agreements with partners to provide the best possible mix of margin and quality
- Responsible for working with Finance and partners to effectively process invoices
- Assist with the development and maintenance of monthly, quarterly, and annual reports on key performance indicators related to procurement activities
- Assist with specific Sample Solutions projects such as partner quality, cost reduction, client solutioning, etc.
- Other duties as assigned
QUALIFICATIONS:
- Bachelor’s degree with a strong academic record or procurement experience
- Minimum of 1-2 years procurement or operations-related work experience, ideally in a market research environment.
- Experience in structured process improvement activities is strongly preferred.
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills
- Strong negotiation skills
- Customer Service Orientation: willing to go the extra mile to develop solutions for internal and external customer needs
- Strong analytical and time management skills
- Ability to handle multiple assignments simultaneously and meet tight deadlines.
- Ability to successfully work with diverse team in a cross-departmental role
- Must be compulsive about data accuracy and quality
- Sales and marketing knowledge a plus
BENEFITS:
- Competitive Compensation Package
- Free Shift Meals
- Performance Based- Bonuses*
- Paid Vacation and Sick Leaves*
- Rice and Transportation Allowance *
- Free Medical and Dental Benefits
- upon regularization
LOCATION: Lapu-Lapu City, Cebu (onsite)
Dynata is one of the world’s leading single providers of first-party data contributed by people who opt-in to member-based panels that the company manages and maintains. With a reach that encompasses 60+ million people globally and an extensive library of individual profile attributes collected through surveys, Dynata is the cornerstone for precise, trustworthy quality data.The company has built innovative data services and solutions around this core asset to bring the voice of the individual to the entire marketing spectrum, from market research to marketing and advertising. Dynata serves nearly 6,000 market research agencies, media and advertising agencies, consulting & investment firms and healthcare and corporate customers in the Americas, Europe, and Asia-Pacific.