Purchasing Manager

Job Title: Purchasing Manager

Company: Nemco Food Equipment

Location: Hicksville, OH

Nemco is a family owned business, since 1976, that manufactures food equipment for the fast food, convenience, restaurant, and entire foodservice industry. Nemco strives to be an employer of choice by focusing on six core values and a positive, family culture. Our six core values are: Respect Others, Do the Right Thing, Embrace Learning, Be Agile, WOW Customers and Create Awesome.

Key Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with scheduling/engineering as it is a critical component in the support of new product design.
• Manage and optimize purchasing activities for efficiency of workflow, accuracy of information, and continual improvement.
• Manage supplier relationships from sourcing through contract, negotiate with a win–win approach the best possible deals with suppliers, and ensure expectations are met; valuate suppliers for accuracy to contract pricing, delivery, and quality expectations.
• Develop, monitor, and improve purchasing strategies to reduce costs where possible while maintaining or improving quality of materials.
• Lead the Purchasing Team through the oversight of daily activities of buyers, monitoring workloads, performance feedback, training, and development of people.
• Act as subject matter expert in the Material Resource Planning Software, provide guidance to the Purchasing Team and the organization.
• Coordinate with Operations Leadership to determine and manage inventory needs and levels.
• Coordinate material delivery to meet manufacturing needs.
• Collaborate with multiple departments to search for opportunities to maximize cost reduction, process improvement, and lean efficiencies.
• Issue purchase orders, enter purchase orders into system, and follow-up to assure delivery met customer expectations.
• Negotiate with current and potential suppliers regarding material pricing and delivery, in order to drive down cost and provide best in class level of service.
• Develop and maintain supplier metrics.
• Global sourcing with some domestic travel.
• Attend vendor visits with the Quality Department to develop and issue supplier evaluations.
• Serve as primary backup within the department.
• Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications:

• 5-7 years’ experience in Procurement/ Supply-Chain Management in Manufacturing.
• Proficient in MRP/ERP software.
• Excellent computer skills (Excel, Microsoft Word).
• Purchasing experience with metals, castings & electrical components preferred.
• Education APICS (CPSM and/or CPIM, CSCP).
• Self-starter with a strong personal work ethic. Must have a “whatever it takes” attitude.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills. Must have the ability to communicate a sense of urgency when required.
• Effective in a fast-paced environment with tight deadlines and multiple internal customers.
• Ability to anticipate, identify, diagnose, and solve critical problems.
• Ability to manage multiple activities and projects.