Purchasing Manager

About the role

Drylock Technologies in Eau Claire, WI is seeking a Purchasing Manager to support purchasing activity tied to more than $100 million in corporately sourced raw materials, while also leading local purchasing follow-through, MRO inventory performance, parts room organization, and maintenance service levels.

Responsibilities

• Support the purchasing team responsible for corporately sourced raw materials
• Partner with corporate sourcing, suppliers, operations, maintenance, and production to keep materials, parts, and services moving
• Improve purchasing follow-through, order discipline, delivery visibility, supplier responsiveness, and escalation processes
• Stabilize and improve the MRO parts room as a key operational priority, including creating better organization, clearer ownership, stronger inventory discipline, and more reliable support for maintenance and production
• Strengthen parts availability, inventory accuracy, storage organization, and service expectations for maintenance and production support

Requirements

Leadership of the purchasing team supporting corporately sourced raw materials and related purchasing activity
Local purchasing execution, including purchase orders, supplier follow-up, delivery tracking, expediting, issue resolution, and internal customer support
Partnership with corporate sourcing to align plant needs, raw material requirements, supplier communication, and purchasing priorities
MRO parts room leadership, including improving organization, accountability, service expectations, transaction discipline, labeling, storage practices, follow-through, and day-to-day issue resolution
MRO inventory strategy, including addressing excess, obsolete, hard-to-find, duplicated, or poorly classified parts while strengthening critical spares, min/max levels, cycle counts, replenishment discipline, and inventory accuracy
Parts availability and responsiveness to maintenance work orders, urgent repairs, planned shutdowns, and production support needs
Daily leadership of buyers and parts room team members with clear expectations, coaching, communication, and accountability

Qualifications

• 5–10+ years of experience in manufacturing purchasing, materials, supply chain, MRO, storeroom, maintenance inventory, or plant operations leadership
• Experience leading or supporting purchasing teams, supplier follow-up, purchase order execution, expediting, and internal customer service
• Hands-on experience improving a parts room, storeroom, MRO inventory, or plant materials function where processes, layout, ownership, inventory accuracy, and service levels needed to be strengthened
• Strong understanding of critical spares, min/max planning, cycle counts, inventory accuracy, replenishment processes, and ERP/MRP transaction discipline
• Leadership or supervisory experience in an operational setting; SAP experience is helpful

Skills

• Effective communication with purchasing, maintenance, production, warehouse, and suppliers to resolve material and purchasing issues
• Understanding of critical spares, min/max planning, cycle counts, inventory accuracy, replenishment processes, and ERP/MRP transaction discipline
• Strong organizational and inventory management skills
• Ability to lead and motivate a team

Benefits

A stable, full-time leadership role in an essential manufacturing environment
The opportunity to influence purchasing execution, supplier follow-through, raw material support, inventory accuracy, and plant service levels
A visible role supporting high-value purchasing activity and day-to-day plant reliability
A team-focused culture built around safety, quality, continuous improvement, and accountability
Work that supports essential hygiene products used by millions of people every day

Pay

N/A

Schedule

N/A

What Drylock Offers

A stable, full-time leadership role in an essential manufacturing environment
The opportunity to influence purchasing execution, supplier follow-through, raw material support, inventory accuracy, and plant service levels
A visible role supporting high-value purchasing activity and day-to-day plant reliability
A team-focused culture built around safety, quality, continuous improvement, and accountability
Work that supports essential hygiene products used by millions of people every day

What You Bring

• 5–10+ years of experience in manufacturing purchasing, materials, supply chain, MRO, storeroom, maintenance inventory, or plant operations leadership
• Experience leading or supporting purchasing teams, supplier follow-up, purchase order execution, expediting, and internal customer service
• Hands-on experience improving a parts room, storeroom, MRO inventory, or plant materials function where processes, layout, ownership, inventory accuracy, and service levels needed to be strengthened
• Strong understanding of critical spares, min/max planning, cycle counts, inventory accuracy, replenishment processes, and ERP/MRP transaction discipline
• Leadership or supervisory experience in an operational setting; SAP experience is helpful

Success Looks Like

• A purchasing team that supports high-value raw material activity with stronger follow-through, communication, and execution discipline
• Better visibility to order status, supplier issues, delivery timing, escalations, and purchasing priorities
• A more organized, accurate, labeled, accessible, and service-focused MRO parts room that maintenance and production can rely on
• Better availability of critical spares, repair parts, raw material support items, and maintenance supplies
• Better min/max discipline, cycle count accuracy, ERP transaction quality, inventory control, part identification, and replenishment consistency
• A purchasing and parts room team that understands expectations and takes ownership of plant execution