Purchasing Manager

What you will do?

• Directs the procurement of materials, components, supplies, equipment and services that meet the operation’s requirements for quality, delivery, price and terms, lead times, and inventory levels. Commitment to Quality: Purchase from suppliers evaluated for their ability to provide materials and services that conform to specified requirements.
• Comply with the guidelines and regulations of Environmental Health & Safety.

How you will do it?

• Responsible for procurement of raw material components, including electronic parts, molded parts, electromechanical, machined parts, and refrigeration components.
• Participate in negotiations of long-term contracts with tier one suppliers.
• Implement cost savings procedures in tool crib; create and implement  min-max system to assure indirect supplies/machine/fixtures spare parts are available.
• Manages procurement of materials to meet the goals of JCI regarding inventory levels, turns, cost, quality and customer requirements.
• Monitor weekly basis in compliance with the KPI reports
• Manages, develops, motivates and trains material planning staff.
• Develops and recommends procedures and methods for managing the supply chain management program.
• Complies with corporate and plant Purchasing goals, objectives, policies, strategies, and procedures.
• Teams up with design engineering functions to evaluate alternate material and process changes.
• E&O review and follow up with actions to minimize inventory impact
• Support procurement in reduction initiatives, cost & lead time reduction, supplier consolidation, inventory management programs with supply base that includes vendor stocking, consignment, vendor-managed inventory.
• Maintain inventory at lowest possible level while ensuring efficient operational processes and maintain customer delivery expectations.
• Performs special projects related to function as assigned

What are we looking for?

• Bachelor’s degree (preferably in supply chain management, industrial engineering, or operations management) with experience in a manufacturing or manufacturing support. 
• 5 years of related experience. 
•  At least two years as supervisor preferably in a supply chain role.
• Good communication skills both written and verbal (bilingual).
• Experienced, working in a fast paced high volume manufacturing environment.
• Lean manufacturing knowledge.
• Responsible, well organized, immediate response to all internal and external customers.
• APICS Certification in CPIM Preferred.