Purchasing Manager

About the role

Help grow a safer, cleaner, healthier future for everyone, every day. The Americas AVIRE team is looking for a highly driven, highly motivated leader to take us to new heights. In this role, you will be responsible for procurement processes, policies and tools in alignment with Global Procurement and Quality standards for our Wisconsin and New Jersey locations.

Responsibilities

• Own and continuously evolve the end‑to‑end procurement and purchasing operating model for the Wisconsin and New Jersey plants, encompassing sourcing, contracting, planning, inventory, warehouse, and supplier management.
• Define and implement procurement governance, processes, and tools aligned with Global Procurement, Global Quality, and cross‑site purchasing frameworks.
• Own PPV, savings targets, cost reduction tracking, supplier accountability, inventory levels, driving reductions in total landed cost, freight, and COGS.
• Ensure continuity of supply for critical and high-risk materials and provide escalation support when needed.
• Lead the Purchasing Department, including Operational and Project Buyer/Planner roles, with clear priorities, decision rights, and accountability, lean daily management, Tier 1/2/3 participation and weekly, monthly KPI reporting.
• Build and develop a best‑in‑class procurement organization, including coaching, capability development, performance management, and succession planning.
• Define, implement, and track departmental, team, and individual KPIs, tightly linked to business objectives, S&OP, and operational performance.
• Own inventory strategy in collaboration with Logistics Management, balancing material availability, capacity, and risk through forecast‑driven purchasing planning.
• Lead supplier identification, selection, sourcing, and complex commercial negotiations, ensuring favorable commercial, operational, quality, and contractual outcomes for AVIRE.
• Lead commercial evaluations and supplier negotiations to ensure optimal cost, quality and delivery while performance managing, mitigating risk and focusing on long-term development.
• Act as the primary US procurement interface to Operations, R&D, Production Engineering, Quality, Finance, and Global Operations.
• Provide procurement leadership for NPI, sustaining engineering, obsolescence, and end‑of‑life planning, enabling on‑time launches, risk buys and continuity of supply.
• Own make-or-buy decisions and provide recommendations to leadership.
• Monitor, analyze, and report procurement performance, risks, and opportunities to site and executive leadership on a recurring basis.
• Drive continuous improvement and sustainability projects across procurement processes, systems, master data, and ways of working.
• Support additional activities aligned with business priorities.

Requirements

• Action-Oriented Curiosity: You readily take on challenges, and you identify and seize new opportunities.
• Collaboration: You embrace the unique experiences, viewpoints, and abilities of your teammates and proactively engage those differences to come to the best possible outcome.
• Empowerment: You thrive in an environment where you can make decisions.
• Accountability: You take responsibility for your actions, and you deliver on your commitments.
• Inclusion: In all aspects of your work, you treat everyone with respect.

Skills

• Strong presentation skills with the ability to effectively communicate to the wider business
• Experience with KPI metric management and deployment
• Excellent written, verbal, and interpersonal skills to work effectively with diverse groups of people both within, and outside, of the organization
• Experience coaching, developing and mentoring procurement teams
• Experienced negotiation skills as evidenced by vendor management experience
• Proven ability to problem-solve
• Extensive experience in supplier negotiations, cost reduction programs, Lean and inventory management.
• Strong project management, communication, and analytical skills required.
• Fluent in English, both written and spoken

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Operations/Manufacturing Management, or Engineering preferred, and/or a related field or equivalent experience
• 8-10 years of experience experience in procurement or other related environment demonstrating progressive responsibility
• 3-5 years leading procurement/supply chain teams
• Knowledge of and adherence to the policies and procedures as they relate to the requirements of electrical components and ISO 9001 (current revision).
• Experience in D365 a plus
• Experience in electronics manufacturing or mechanical assemblies a plus
• ASCM or APICS certifications such as: CSCP - certified supply chain professional; CPIM - certified in planning and inventory management - CPSM - certified professional in supply management; ASQ - cert quality engineer CQE or CQA certified quality auditor preferred

Benefits

• Competitive base salary
• Organizational bonus plan
• Complete benefits package including health, dental & vision insurance, 401K, vacation, and generous parental leave
• Hybrid work available
• Paid time off
• Educational Assistance
• Professional Development training opportunities