Purchasing Manager -Buyers

About the Role

The Buyer Manager reports to the Assistant Director of Purchasing and is responsible for all sourcing, procurement, supplier management, and Buyer personnel activities. Major objectives include ensuring timely procurement of materials, supplier performance, cost management, and support of project schedules.

Responsibilities

• Provide leadership and direct supervision of Buyers, including goal setting and tracking.
• Monitor and drive performance against procurement goals and KPIs.
• Forecast and implement short and long-term resources necessary to support service and operations teams.
• Utilize and provide training on program tools and databases to facilitate department goals.
• Oversee RFQ, quotation, and purchase order processes.
• Coordinate with Engineering, Product Management, Planning, Manufacturing, and Project teams to determine priorities and delivery scheduling for the procurement phase of a project.
• Drive procurement process improvements and standardization.
• Support supplier diversification and risk mitigation efforts.
• Facilitate the resolution of supplier contract and commercial issues.
• Work with Accounting to resolve supplier payment issues.
• Support Strategic Sourcing Managers in supplier qualification, sourcing strategy development, contract negotiations, and supplier performance management.
• Other responsibilities as assigned.

Requirements

• 5 years’ Purchasing/Procurement experience in a manufacturing environment with at least 2 years’ experience as a Buyer.
• 2 years leadership experience managing procurement or supply chain personnel.
• Experience in engineer-to-order or make-to-order manufacturing environments.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited university. Extensive relevant work experience may be considered in lieu of a degree.
• Strong knowledge and experience with ERP/MRP systems.
• Strong knowledge and understanding of Lean concepts and tools.
• Excellent communication skills across all levels of the business.
• PC proficiency including Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, Word, and Outlook.
• APICS, CPM, or CPSM certification (preferred).
• 5+ years procurement leadership experience with direct people management responsibility (preferred).
• Lean practitioner experience (preferred).
• ISO-certified manufacturing experience (preferred).

Skills

• Ability to build collaborative working relationships.
• Strong decision-making and problem-solving capabilities.
• Ability to initiate action and drive accountability.
• Commitment to high work standards, personal accountability, and continuous improvement.
• Strong understanding of strategic sourcing, supplier negotiations, and procurement planning.

Work Environment

• Position is at least 80% to 95% at a desk working with a computer.
• Ability to exert up to 10 pounds of force occasionally and/or a negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull, or otherwise move objects, including the human body.
• Performs other physical activities including use of fingers, sitting, stooping, bending, crouching, talking, hearing, and performing repetitive motions.
• Visual acuity requirements include color, depth perception, and field of vision necessary to prepare and analyze data and figures, operate a computer terminal, and conduct extensive reading.
• The incumbent will be subject to inside environmental conditions.

About the Company

Join a team driven to excel in all that we do! TAS is a Houston-headquartered company that is part of Comfort Systems USA, a publicly traded company with a solid reputation built on outstanding value, integrity, and customer focus. We offer our customers and employees the best of both worlds: a small company feel with the resources, talent, process, and international reach of a large company.

TAS delivers innovative packaged modular systems engineered and manufactured in one of our Houston, TX facilities and utilized in data centers, power, and commercial/industrial utility system applications. TAS has successfully delivered and commissioned over 520 packages to over 33 countries. The company has five ISO 9001 certified manufacturing facilities in Houston, encompassing 1.2 million square feet with proximity to major shipping ports and interstate highways. TAS manages all logistics and transportation, facilitating accelerated construction at customer’s facilities.

TAS’ fastest-growing business is the data center market. By applying deep expertise in cooling, thermodynamics, and power, TAS has developed an entire product line that revolutionizes data center delivery. With tremendous market potential, advanced technological systems, entrepreneurial culture, and a talented and productive workforce, we continue to set and exceed aggressive market penetration and financial goals.

TAS has a tobacco-free workplace policy, under which individuals are not allowed to smoke or use tobacco or nicotine products on the TAS premises, while conducting TAS business off premises, or take "smoking" breaks during working hours.