Job Details
Procurement Manager
Job Summary:
The Procurement Manager is responsibility for all commodities & services and will secure long-term total quality, delivery, cost efficiency, and sustainability of material and services throughout project lifecycles.
Duties/Responsibilities:
- Responsible for all supplier relationships, securing targeted levels of cost, quality, delivery, sustainability, and supply continuity.
- Develop and coordinate with receiving department to ensure material ordered is received.
- Works with AP department to ensure timely payment of invoices for products ordered and delivered.
- Develop, implement, and manage commodity and supplier strategies that meet internal and external customer demands on a continuous basis.
- Complete and manage the lifecycle of supplier contracts including corporate agreements, annual pricing negotiations and awards, payment terms, and inventory.
- Develop and align commodity and supplier roadmaps in partnership with engineering and project managers.
- Develop, implement, and manage supplier performance and rating based on Key Performance Metrics (KPI) for Quality, Delivery, and Cost.
- Find, assess, and develop new suppliers as needed in accordance with company direction and in alignment with engineering and project management.
- Conduct detailed demand, spend, cost and market analysis using a structured approach to maintain best overall product cost.
- Work with sales, project management, finance, manufacturing, safety, and construction teams to establish an efficient and effective supply chain and support corporate goals of on-time delivery, quality, and material costs.
Required Skills/Abilities:
- Extensive knowledge of the purchasing environment to be able to analyze business procurement issues, recommend solutions and strategies and implement changes.
- Strong blueprint reading skills.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Strong negotiation skills, including and understanding of legal terms and conditions.
- Strong analytical skills, including a demonstrated ability to interpret and communicate market data and communicate that data within finance and project management.
- Strong organizational and problem-solving skills.
- Extremely organized and able to work with minimum supervision.
- Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to work with multiple work groups and develop high quality working internal and external relationships.
- Flexibility and able to adapt to a fast-paced, rapidly changing work environment with unexpected issues or events.
- Proficiency in MS Office applications (Outlook, Teams, Word, Excel, Project).
- Ability to maintain confidentiality regarding proprietary company information.
Education and Experience:
- Bachelor's degree in business management, Construction managements, or related field and/or minimum 5 years of material purchasing experience.
- Certification in Purchasing.
- Manufacturing, welding, project management, or construction experience.
- Experience in managing the following commodities: metals, machining, welding, and MRO.
- Previous experience in a high mix/low volume manufacturing/fabrication environment.
Physical Requirements:
- Prolonged periods sitting at a desk and working on a computer.
- Must be able to lift to 50 pounds at times.
- May be asked to travel to visit vendors, attend trainings or different company events.
- Must be able to navigate shop environment.