Purchasing Manager

The Procurement Manager is responsible for organizing and supervising functions for Pkg/IPS purchasing team and IPS sourcing team. This includes purchasing activities, onboarding and managing suppliers, managing costs/prices, quoting, item setup and maintenance.

Key Responsibilities

Essential Functions:
- Manage departmental operations in sourcing/purchasing Work with client services, sales and account management teams to define requirements and manage issue resolution
- Maintain configuration of enterprise resource planning (ERP) system
- Manage workload balance between team members
- Supervise employees
- Manage escalations
- Provide training to employees in the following areas: Process
- Work instructions
- Enterprise resource planning (ERP) system

- Maintain relevant metrics
- Oversee data collection for performance measurement
- Report to executive management on performance
- Review and acting based on performance
- Monitor compliance with internal and external requirements
- Review and updating processes and work instructions

- Find and support opportunities for improved performance, cost-savings and efficiency
- Develop, lead and execute department strategies
- Manage team performance in the following key areas: Onboard suppliers that meet financial and regulatory requirements
- Set up pricing and payment terms
- Item set up and maintenance
- Management of regulatory compliance documentation
- Purchasing
- Inventory and service levels on stock products

Secondary Functions:
- Maintain a safe, clean and orderly work area
- Other duties as assigned

Job Qualifications

Education/Certifications:
- High school degree or equivalent (Associate’s or Bachelor’s degree preferred)
Experience:
- Minimum five years related experience and/or training
Skills and Qualification:
- Flexibility in daily hours worked based on workloads
- Ability to travel (infrequently)
Preferred Skills and Qualifications:
- Team management skills
- Strong organization skills
- Strong verbal and written communication skills
- Basic user abilities in Microsoft Office Suite
- Ability to write reports, business correspondence and instructions
- Ability to present information to managers, clients, suppliers, peers and employees
- Ability to learn and work with Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software
- Ability to follow work instructions and procedures
- Strong customer service skills
- Excellent math skills
- Problem solving ability
- Self-motivated
- Strong attention to detail
- Ability to work in a fast paced, stressful environment
- Ability to work with and meet deadlines
Physical Requirements :
- Ability to sit for an extended periods of time

Benefits

- Medical, Dental, Vision, and Life Insurance
- Flexible Spending Accounts (Medical and Dependent Care)
- 401(k) Plan with Company Match
- Generous Paid Time Off
- 10.5 Paid Holidays
- Career Development Opportunities