Purchasing Manager

Job Responsibilities

Develops and provides operational level strategic direction for North American purchasing team and local purchasing activity.
Leads and facilitates efforts in support of world-class practices.
Manages department-wide programs and interfaces globally to develop new business growth opportunities.
Researches and recommends new products, processes, systems, policies, and procedures to pursue in the future.
Develops long-term corporate goals and translates them into short-term plans in support of business objectives.
Prepares and maintains yearly business plans and budget for purchasing team in support of corporate goals and objectives.
Develops, maintains, and coordinates a quality supplier base.
Manages purchasing function as assigned; ensures support of Operations and/or programs in Value Analysis/Value Engineering (VA/VE), supplier improvement, and post-launch support.
Leads and manages staff; plans, organizes, directs, implements, and maintains group strategies and objectives.
Maintains appropriate level of staff support necessary to meet business and budgetary goals and objectives.
Provides leadership and support to staff and assists in employees' skill development.
Manages purchasing function to ensure world-class quality and on-time delivery at a competitive cost.
Researches, recommends, and implements new policies, products, and strategic changes in order to meet project and program long-term objectives and goals including staffing, suppliers, products/processes, technologies, program management, etc.
Works closely with many departments to provide leadership and coordination for purchasing staff.
Establishes planning and control measures in TQM format, focusing on improvements in quality, cost, and delivery.
Monitors and controls cost, promotes cost savings, and provides leadership in support of goals and VA/VE efforts driven by tool area and other functions.
Thoroughly understands customer requirements, expectations, and contracts.
Develops and implements purchasing policies, procedures, and practices in support of company and customer standards.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in business or related field including four years materials experience; or equivalent.
• Demonstrated current knowledge of world-class practices in materials management.
• Eight years diverse professional and managerial experience including financial/budget responsibility, management leadership and strategic decision making/leadership.
• Demonstrated project management skills and proven financial capabilities to maintain quality, cost, and timing of programs.
• Demonstrated ability to develop a cohesive, world-class purchasing team.
• Demonstrated ability to lead and develop others through support, training, etc.
• Must be able to manage staff toward departmental goals.
• Demonstrated strong communication and negotiation skills to work with internal and external contacts at various levels within organizations to represent the company in a professional manner and sell concepts to customers and strategies to internal management.
• Must be able to work with peers in a positive, cooperative way and develop and maintain productive relationships with key functional areas.