About this role
- Negotiate price and material agreements with appropriate and approved suppliers.
- Manage the full procurement process from requisition to delivery, including purchase order creation, expediting, and ensuring timely receipt of goods/services required to support production schedules.
- Lead annual cost savings initiatives through strategic supplier negotiations, resourcing projects, design optimization, and process improvements.
- Facilitate purchasing transaction activities ensuring that company purchasing controls are in place and transactions are in compliance with company policies.
- Review MRP (Material Resource Planning) and execute transactions in a timely and accurate manner.
- Collaborate with internal stakeholders to understand demand requirements, forecasting, and align procurement activities with business objectives.
- Validate purchase orders and thoroughly review and correct all confirmations to improve accuracy and reduce service errors
- Ensure timely communication within the department, company and other stakeholders.
- Resolve issues, serve as a resource in troubleshooting complex matters and ensure that calls with questions are responded to in a timely manner.
- Demonstrate leadership skills.
- Manage and maintain strong supplier relationships, including performance monitoring, issue resolution, and continuous improvement initiatives.
- Follow company Quality Business Management System (BMS). Collaborate with other departments to close operational gaps and audit requirements for material tracing.
- Follow safety activities and safety program to help promote safety culture in the entire organization.
- Maintain excellent communication, cooperation and teamwork among all stakeholders within the company.
Qualifications
- A BA or BS Degree in Operations Management, Production Planning, Inventory Management or other related business field
- 3+ years work experience. Other experience may be considered in lieu of education requirements.
- Understands computerized inventory tracking and record keeping system.
- Demonstrates logical and creative problem-solving techniques.
- Effectively communicates both verbal and written.
- Must demonstrate the flexibility to adapt to constant change, interruptions, and repetition without losing efficiency or focus.
- This position requires a need to exercise independent judgment and action
- Advanced experience with Microsoft Excel, Word, PowerPoint and Microsoft Outlook required.