Senior Buyer

About Invesco

As one of the world’s leading independent global investment firms, Invesco is dedicated to rethinking possibilities for our clients. By delivering the combined power of our distinctive investment management capabilities, we provide a wide range of investment strategies and vehicles to our clients around the world. If you're looking for challenging work, intelligent colleagues, and exposure across a global footprint, come explore your potential at Invesco.

What’s in it for you?

Our people are at the very core of our success. Invesco employees get more out of life through our comprehensive compensation and benefit offerings including:

• Flexible paid time off

• Hybrid work schedule

• 401(K) matching of 100% up to the first 6% with a discretionary supplemental contribution

• Health & wellbeing benefits

• Parental Leave benefits

• Employee stock purchase plan

Job Description

About the Role:

The Senior Buyer position will integrate with business units and be responsible for facilitating the buying process with stakeholders and suppliers. This position will facilitate all stages of the buying process including requirements assessment, requesting supplier quotes, supplier negotiations, and supplier selection.

The position will provide procurement support across all categories of spend at a global level. The position will also support Invesco’s procure-to-pay process through ePro and our shared service model as relates to the implementation of procurement strategies, supplier management and risk management.

Responsibilities of the Role:

• Maintain proficiency in all relevant policies and procedures, including the ability to articulate and enforce those policies.

• Perform contract management functions including facilitating signature process, work with GBS team to ensure contracts are properly input into Contract Management System.

• Track and manage contract expirations, verify need for continuation of contracts, competitively bid/negotiate the underlying goods/services, revise contracts as necessary or terminate contracts.

• Process purchase orders and collaborate with Accounts Payable to resolve invoice discrepancies.

• Perform various systems tasks, including extracting data and creating management reports.

• Support contract implementation for business units.

• Coordinate with suppliers and internal stakeholders on outstanding requests, open purchase orders, and any invoice/payment issues.

• Work with internal stakeholders and P2P process owners to improve efficiencies and effectiveness.

• Coordinate team efforts to construct RFQ’s, RFI’s and RFP’s in support of strategic sourcing.

• Participate in requisition-to-pay process for products and services.

• Review requisitions daily and issue standard PO’s within Oracle iProcurement system.

• Partner with Category Leads to learn and support the sourcing end-to-end process.

• Effectively communicate oral and written resolution of issues with all internal and external partners.

• Apply established procedures, policies, and standards with little or no supervisory guidance.

• Perform basic project management as assigned.

• Proactively initiate periodic review of work progress, action plans, and deliverables with manager.

Requirements of the Role:

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent qualification or ability to demonstrate equivalent academic caliber required

• 5 to 8 years of experience and demonstrated proficiency in ERP procurement transactions.

• 5 to 8 years’ requisition-to-payment process experience.

• 2 to 6 years’ tactical sourcing experience.

• Experience with Continuous Improvement or Six Sigma methodology a plus.

• Experience with Oracle transaction processing a plus.

• Proficiency with Microsoft Office and ERP systems (Oracle Cloud, ZIP experience a plus).

• Project management/CPM certification a plus.

• Strong problem-solving skills.

• Excellent organization and time management skills.

• Excellent customer service skills.

• Ability to communicate effectively with colleagues and staff at all levels.

Full Time / Part Time

Full time

Worker Type

Employee

Job Exempt (Yes / No)

Yes

Workplace Model

Pursuant to Invesco’s Workplace Policy, employees are expected to comply with the firm’s most current workplace model, which as of October 1, 2025, includes spending at least four full days each week working in an Invesco office. This reflects our belief that spending time together in the office helps us build stronger relationships, collaborate more easily, and support each other’s growth and development.

The above information on this description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this role. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job. The job holder may be required to perform other duties as deemed appropriate by their manager from time to time.

Invesco's culture of inclusivity and its commitment to diversity in the workplace are demonstrated through our people practices. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, creed, color, religion, sex, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, marital status, national origin, citizenship status, disability, age, or veteran status. Our equal opportunity employment efforts comply with all applicable U.S. state and federal laws governing non-discrimination in employment.