Buyer
Christiansburg, VA · HybridFull-time$57–74K/yrSeen 1 day agoSeen in employer's feed 1 day ago
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Job overview
The Buyer supports project procurement by ensuring products and services meet lead-time, price, and quality requirements. The role coordinates supply tasks with line managers, contributes to supplier relationship activities and spend analysis, and maintains purchasing data and operational metrics. Framatome offers a stated base salary range of $57,000–$74,000, along with health coverage, retirement benefits, paid time off, and other perks.
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Why This Role Is Critical
As the need for nuclear energy grows, the future couldn’t be brighter. Join our vital mission to create lasting solutions for our planet’s greatest challenges. In this role, you are ready to shape the future of clean energy and make a long-lasting global impact. With us, anticipate engaging and challenging projects that deliver innovative solutions and value-added technologies helping power more than 38 million North American homes.
What You’ll Do Day-To-Day
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Ensure that project procurement requirements are understood and that procured products and services meet lead-time, price and quality requirements.
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Review and approve purchases up to a specified dollar amount.
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Engage and coordinate with line managers to implement appropriate commodity/supply tasks.
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Participate in supplier relationship activities including selection, rationalization, development, performance measurement and recognition.
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Perform basic spend analysis and provides input to supply and contract negotiation strategies.
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Input and maintain relevant data in Purchasing information systems.
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Gather and report metrics to assess effectiveness of procurement operations.
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Continue to develop business acumen and customer service with colleagues and customers.
What You'll Bring
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Bachelor’s Degree in Business, Finance or a related discipline, or equivalent work experience in lieu of degree.
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Foundational understanding of procurement processes and supply chain roles.
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Strong team player with a proven ability to build and maintain positive professional relationships.
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Excellent communication, organizational, and problem-solving capabilities.
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Proficient in Microsoft Excel and experienced with ERP/MRP systems.
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Able to multitask efficiently and collaborate cross-functionally with both internal teams and external suppliers.
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Track purchase orders, assess supplier performance, and monitor inventory to ensure on-time delivery.
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Keep precise purchasing records and actively contribute to continuous improvement projects.
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Eager to expand your expertise in procurement, supply chain logistics, and supplier management.
Total Rewards Package
Total Rewards Package
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Salary: $57,000-$74,000 and may also include annual incentives and performance bonuses. The base salary range is a guideline. Individual total compensation will vary based on factors such as qualifications, skill level, competencies and work location.
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Health & Wellness: Multiple medical plan options, dental & vision coverage, life insurance, long- and short-term disability, and optional supplemental plans (critical illness, accident, hospital indemnity, dependent life).
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Retirement: 401(k) with employer match.
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Paid Time Off: Up to 3 weeks of vacation, 8 sick days, and 13 paid holidays annually.
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Extra Perks: Lifestyle spending account, employer paid mental health support, education reimbursement, professional development opportunities, adoption assistance, parental leave, and employee assistance programs.
About Framatome
Framatome has been shaping the future of nuclear energy in the U.S. for more than 60 years. Framatome Inc. is headquartered in Lynchburg, Virginia, with more than 2,400+ employees across North America supporting nearly every nuclear plant in the nation.
From our facilities in Virginia, Washington, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts and beyond, we deliver outage services, advanced nuclear fuel technologies, and next-gen reactor innovations that keep the lights on.
At Framatome, you will join a global team committed to creating reliable, carbon-free energy. Here, you can:
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Solve complex nuclear challenges that directly impact the climate.
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Build your career through technical fellowships, leadership roles, and global opportunities.
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Do your best work in a culture that values safety, innovation, and well-being.
Framatome is an Equal Opportunity Employer, including Veterans, and Individuals with Disabilities.
Offers are contingent on background check and drug screen (where applicable). Positions may involve access to information subject to U.S. export control regulations; applicants must meet eligibility requirements (seeDOE 810 Appendix A (https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-10/chapter-III/part-810/appendix-Appendix%20A%20to%20Part%20810) ).
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Location US-VA-Christiansburg
ID 2026-3454
Category Supply Chain
Position Type Full-Time
Location Type Hybrid
Posted Salary Range USD $57,000.00 - USD $74,000.00 /Yr.
How this job compares
Set against the 1,207 open Buyer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 3, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$57–74K/yr
- Virginia median$68–99K/yr20 salary ranges
- US median$75–102K/yr531 salary ranges
This range's midpoint, $66K, is 21% below the Virginia median midpoint ($83K) — in the lowest quarter of Buyer salary ranges in Virginia.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 30 open Buyer jobs in Virginia and 1,207 across the US. 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Virginia
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- Experience
- Buyer postings that state a minimum ask for 3 years of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 2 to 5 years (885 postings).
- Education
- 364 of the 1,207 open Buyer jobs (30%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 3, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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