Strategic Sourcing Manager

About the role

The ideal candidate has a can-do attitude, high integrity, and a growth mindset. Hi-Line is a nationwide distributor of over 100,000+ industrial aftermarket products across industries like transportation, aviation, facilities maintenance, aerospace, medical, military, marine, power generation, manufacturing, and heavy equipment.

Responsibilities

• Minimize back orders by using data to make proactive decisions.
• Execution-oriented and creative leader who solves problems.
• Partner with Product Manager to build and execute the full life cycle from adding new products to sunsetting discontinued products.
• Research and evaluate suppliers based on quality, price, selection, service, support, availability, reliability, and supplier’s reputation.
• Awareness to respond to changing conditions in product supply as well as commodity and market trends affecting pricing and availability.
• Negotiate with suppliers and vendors to secure advantageous terms.
• Communicate with suppliers effectively in various ways including vendor scorecards.
• Ability to understand process and analysis by 3rd party to reset forecast parameters such as lead time and min/max levels.
• Daily/weekly tasks such as inventory purchases, part # set up/maintenance, discrepancy review, KPI reporting, etc.
• Build and maintain a list of multiple vendors for all SKUs.
• Identify and present opportunities for strategic purchases.
• Lead buying team and own results.

Requirements

• Minimum five years of experience
• Bachelor’s Degree preferred
• Strong research, analytical and problem-solving skills
• Procurement Certifications preferred
• Advanced knowledge in Excel
• Experience in Distribution preferred
• Proficiency in ERP and inventory management software programs
• Experience in industrial MRO products
• Detail-oriented with exceptional accuracy and great organizational skills
• Strong communication skills (written and oral)
• High level of interpersonal skills to handle sensitive and confidential situations
• Effective communication, persuasion, strategizing and negotiation skills

Qualifications

• “Disabled veteran” is one of the following:
• a veteran of the U.S. military, ground, naval or air service who is entitled to compensation (or who but for the receipt of military retired pay would be entitled to compensation) under laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs;
• a person who was discharged or released from active duty because of a service-connected disability.

Skills

• Strong research, analytical and problem-solving skills
• Procurement Certifications preferred
• Advanced knowledge in Excel
• Experience in Distribution
• Proficiency in ERP and inventory management software programs
• Experience in industrial MRO products
• Detail-oriented with exceptional accuracy and great organizational skills
• Strong communication skills (written and oral)
• High level of interpersonal skills to handle sensitive and confidential situations
• Effective communication, persuasion, strategizing and negotiation skills

Benefits

• Paid vacation and sick leave
• 401(k), health, dental, and life insurance
• Opportunities for career growth and advancement
• A 60-year history of steady growth as a privately held, Dallas based company
• Friendly and comfortable work environment
• Security of working for an essential business that is debt-free