Senior Procurement Manager

Youngstown, Ohio

Employer: Gables Search Group
Industry: 
Salary: Competitive
Job type: Full-Time
New Life has a direct hire opportunity for a Senior Procurement Manager position near Youngstown Ohio

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES FOR THE SENIOR PROCUREMENT MANAGER
  • Develop and implement a focused and competitive supply chain strategy in the global arena for North America - US, Mexico, and Canada that improves product integrity, quality, and performance. This position is critical for Distribution to maintain a competitive advantage and has a direct link to the success and profitability of the company.
  • Responsible for $100M plus annual purchasing spend across a global supply base in regional and international suppliers.
  • Collaborate with Commercial team in Sales and Operations Process to align forward market demand profile to purchasing spend on long lead time products (circa 6 months).
  • Develop, plan, and manage a raw material supply base which ensures the identification of items critical to the process, enhances the internal customer process, and adds value while creating competitive buying and facilitating cost/savings/reductions between internal customers/suppliers.
  • Take a lead role in establishing procurement standards or specifications for raw material items critical to the process.
  • Measure and analyze cost reduction of raw material items. Maintain the proper inventory levels on an item basis and manage the overall inventory within proper levels.
  • Align with quality to improve supplier quality metric performance and supplier scorecard assessments.
  • This position also manages the overall office administrative staff in US and Mexico.
  • Perform all other duties and special projects as assigned.


REQUIRED FOR THE SENIOR PROCUREMENT MANAGER
  • 4-year college degree requirement, preferably in Business Management, Procurement, or related field.
  • 6+ years of relatable experience and over 6 years of management/leadership experience in a procurement capacity.
  • Experience in negotiating with Asian and European suppliers required.
  • Experience building purchasing strategies to align with P/L expectations for up to a 3-year period.
  • Experience applying management expertise to set direction, resolve problems, and provide guidance to employees in own area.
  • Ability to plan strategically and adapt area/department plans and priorities to address business and operational challenges.
  • Advanced knowledge of global mills and their capabilities to supply product.
  • Advanced knowledge of market, economic, and other factors which effect continuity of supply.
  • Customer focused.
  • Ability to structure tasks and manage changing priorities.
  • Ability to objectively evaluate others' performance.
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
Created: 2024-05-02
Reference: 3b165473-1713-4915-8723-76bbf388165d
Country: United States
State: Ohio
City: Youngstown
ZIP: 44502

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