Procurement Manager

The Wittern Group
Des Moines, IA Full Time
POSTED ON 5/24/2024

Management: Manages the activities of the purchasing team to ensure the operations team has sufficient inputs to run to schedule without downtime or rework. Assigns purchasing responsibilities to the team and re-balances workloads, as appropriate.

Supplier Relations: Maintains contact with key suppliers and schedules regular meetings to build, manage, and maintain strong relationships. Proactively coordinates upcoming contract renewals with leadership.

Tracking and Reporting: Tracks KPIs across the organization for the purchasing of parts, including supplier scorecards, leading budget projections, measuring, reporting, and executing cost improvement on a regular basis, and driving improvements in PPV.

Policy: Develops business requirements and company procurement policies and ensures the organization adheres to those policies

Education, Work Experience, Certification and/or Licensure:

  • Degree in Supply Chain Management, Business Administration, Manufacturing Engineering or Finance preferred.
  • 5 or more years’ experience in a directly related procurement, purchasing or supply chain experience within the manufacturing industry.
  • Experience with long lead-time items and overseas vendor management

Characteristics that we hire for:

  • Customer focus;
  • Integrity and honesty;
  • Transformational mindset;
  • Teamwork;
  • Entrepreneurial spirit;
  • Respectfulness; and
  • Inclination to learn naturally.

Procurement managers are responsible for sourcing and purchasing the best quality equipment, goods and services at the most competitive prices to enable a company or organization to operate successfully.

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