Purchasing Manager

Role Overview

• Lead, develop, and coach the team; manage daily execution of PO placement, expediting, and issue resolution while maintaining a strategic focus on supplier performance and savings
• Lead and manage team performance through goal setting, coaching, and feedback; ensure consistent execution of sourcing events, supplier scorecards/QBRs, and savings governance
• Review and approve high-risk or high-spend award decisions and ensure alignment with Quality, Engineering, and Operations
• Lead and manage category strategies for top direct material families and key suppliers; oversee supplier segmentation, playbooks, and multi-sourcing plans where risk and qualification requirements allow
• Maintain performance review cadence, and manage escalation and corrective action processes with clear accountability for issue resolution
• Lead and manage standardization of RFQ/RFP processes, bid leveling, award documentation, and contract templates; ensure commercial terms protect supply assurance and change control
• Maintain governance of purchasing master data accuracy and implement audits and controls to reduce shortages and invoice discrepancies
• Lead and manage annual performance targets for savings, PPV improvement, supplier on-time delivery, quality, and reduction of expedites/past dues; validate savings using agreed methodologies
• Drive cost reduction initiatives focused on total cost of ownership
• Lead and manage cross-functional alignment with Planning, Quality, Engineering, and Operations; ensure forecast alignment, qualification timelines, and supply risk mitigation.
• Train requestors on purchasing standards and enforce requisition quality
• Lead and manage sourcing support for new product development from concept through launch; ensure supplier selection, lead time feasibility, and cost targets are integrated into project plans
• Coordinate supplier technical reviews and ensure readiness for validation, scale-up, documentation, and change control requirements.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in relevant area
• 6 to 8 years of purchasing, procurement, sourcing, supply chain, or supplier management experience, including direct materials procurement in a regulated manufacturing environment
• 3+ years of leadership experience
• Strong supplier management and negotiation skills
• ERP expertise and master data governance
• Excellent verbal and written communication
• Process improvement and operational standardization
• Team leadership, coaching, and accountability
• Cross-functional collaboration and stakeholder influence
• RFQ/RFP leadership, bid leveling, award justification, and contracting discipline
• Strong Excel and analytical capability, including PPV analysis, savings tracking, supplier performance reporting, and KPI dashboards.

Tech Stack

• ERP

Benefits

• Annual CIP bonus opportunity of up to $15,000.00
• Onsite presence is required, with occasional work-from-home flexibility available