Purchasing Manager

JOB SUMMARY

The Purchasing Manager is responsible for maintaining an adequate supply of purchased materials to support manufacturing operations. Manages supplier selection, price negotiation, purchase order placement, expediting, and determining ordering and material flow strategies. This position has exposure to all levels of management, both at the local level as well as the supplier level. Delivers year over year improvements in material cost, quality, availability and inventory while managing a yearly spend budget of $9 million.

PRINCIPLE DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Lead and coach the team of sourcing analysts to improve and maintain a high level of performance. Provide growth and learning opportunities that align with KPI’s.
• Use metrics/dashboards/scorecards to track and improve performance. Determine any needed changes to KPI’s to ensure we are measuring and working on the right things
• Act as initial escalation point for issues that arise concerning pricing, terms, expedites, etc.
• Run and analyze project level shortage reports to ensure materials are ordered and tracking to required dates to support production. Work with analysts to resolve issues.
• Analyze and understand key system based issues driving raw inventory levels. Implement solutions as needed to achieve raw inventory targets
• Analyze SAP MRP (stock status) and place purchase orders to meet the production requirements of the plant. Expedite materials as needed to meet production need dates.
• Work independently or with Strategic Sourcing Team to negotiate with suppliers for lower pricing, better payment terms, yearly rebates, etc.
• Work with Supply Chain and Manufacturing Engineering to determine and set SAP parameters to ensure lowest Total Cost of Ownership. This includes Minimum Buys, Rounding Values, Reorder Points, Safety Stocks, etc.
• Coach analysts to identify the optimum flow path for each material from Supplier to Point-of-Use to ensure minimum number of material touches.
• Take a professional and disciplined approach to working with suppliers ensuring transparency, consistency and fairness. Implement and support compliance to standards, and minimize risk and cost exposure. Share and review forecast requirements and resolve design, delivery, quality, and cost of materials problems.
• Monitor and review the price, delivery and quality of incoming materials to maintain a dependable and high performing supplier base.
• Correct, change and approve invoices for payment.
• Assist marketing, engineering, quality, manufacturing, and others in the selection of components and suppliers to meet the production needs of the corporation.
• Assure appropriate adjustments and credits are processed with suppliers involving the replacement of materials not conforming to purchase specifications.
• Analyze usage and requirement patterns for parts having a lead-time greater than our information cycle to assure future deliveries.
• Monitor inventory to coordinate new materials and prevent obsolescence and excess inventory amounts.
• Design and implement sourcing strategies to attain year over year material cost reduction, material quality/delivery improvements and inventory reduction targets through the use of appropriate supply chain tools.
• Work with engineering and quality to develop new suppliers with systems to support quick development, low cost and high quality.
• Work with confidential data and must be prudent in its use of interpretation.
• Strategic planning and thinking skills, coupled with analytical and execution skills are critical to the position.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS & ABILITIES

• A strong understanding of MRP systems, SAP preferred
• An excellent team player with strong people skills; able to build relationships at all levels of the organization
• Ability to analyze a variety of products, technical requirements, delivery needs and financial ramifications of stocking, purchasing, delivery, and storing of materials for the corporation’s need
• Effective communication skills, including verbal (logical and organized), written, listening and presentation
• Strategic Planning & Thinking
• Analytical Skills
• Ability to define metrics and manage the team to those metrics.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE

Required Education / Experience

• Bachelor of Science degree in Business, Finance, Engineering, Materials Management or related field is required.
• Minimum of 8 years work experience in relevant environment employing purchasing, material control, sourcing systems and tools to support the manufacture of highly technical, engineered to order products.
• Strong working knowledge of MRP/ERP functionality as it relates to scheduling and materials.

Preferred Education / Experience

• Master’s Degree in Business or a Technical field
• SAP Experience/Super-user experience
• Experience managing a supplier scorecard/supplier metrics with a history of success
• APICS certification (CPIM or CSCP), CPM certification, Six-Sigma experience and quality experience

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Key Working Relationships

Functional areas: Supply Chain, Engineering, Human Resources, Sales Operations, Sourcing

Physical Demands

Must be able sit and stand for extended periods of time.

Working Conditions

Office environment with time spent on the large manufacturing campus.

Prolec-GE Waukesha, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer and makes employment decisions without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, genetic information, disability, protected veteran status, or any other reason prohibited by applicable law.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $90,000.00 - $100,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Flexible spending account
• Health insurance
• Health savings account
• Paid time off
• Tuition reimbursement
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• Day shift
• Monday to Friday

Supplemental pay types:

• Bonus pay

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Goldsboro, NC 27530: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (Required)

Application Question(s):

• What is your salary expectation?

Work Location: One location