Purchasing Manager
Responsibilities:
- Define and implement team objectives aligning with the corporate procurement strategy. Ensure compliance with objectives and policies while continuously improving organizational and individual performance metrics.
- Foster a culture of accountability, commitment, and transparent communication within project teams.
- Implement and communicate department metrics, ensuring understanding among subordinates and stakeholders. Influence peers, cross-functional processes, subordinates, and stakeholders to drive measurable improvements.
- Monitor on-time delivery to customers and supplier performance metrics, including OTD, Lead Time, Cost, RTV, and Supplier Capacity.
- Expedite materials and manage escalations with suppliers. Coordinate information with internal stakeholders and drive timely issue resolution. Oversee an extensive network of outsourced service suppliers.
- Perform opportunity analysis to identify and execute projects that deliver efficiency gains, cost savings, and inventory reductions.
- Collaborate in New Product releases by managing purchasing, item and quote master settings, and expediting materials.
- Maintain accurate procurement items and quote master MRP settings and supplier delivery information within the ERP systems.
- Prepare management status reports on metrics, projects, and programs.
- Foster a culture of transparent communication, early issue visibility, and urgency for corrective action within project teams.
- Emphasize root cause understanding and continuous improvement.
Requirements:
- Min Bachelor's degree in Business or Engineering.
- Min 6 years of relevant experience with managing direct reports experince
- Experience across multiple operational disciplines in a manufacturing environment.
- Strong understanding of contract manufacturing environments.
- Proven record of managing and driving continuous process improvement.
- Experience with tier one ERP & PLM systems (e.g., Oracle, SAP, Agile).
- Comprehensive knowledge of purchasing, supplier selection, cost analysis, and negotiation.
- Ability to work independently in a fast-paced environment.
Interested applicants please submit your resume to [email protected]
