Job Details
Job Summary:
Reporting to the Plant Manager, the Purchasing Manager is responsible for the overall strategic management of purchasing activities, processes and procedures, and manages supply chain operations to maximize efficiency and minimize cost of the organization's purchased materials. This position oversees staff and systems in the purchasing activities across American Trim sites.
Job Responsibilities:
Purchasing and Logistics Organizational Design
- Strategy Leader for all purchasing functions across American Trim sites.
- Leads negotiations, LTA's, contracts, buy agreements for all production commodities.
- Develops and leads managed systems that enables tracking and equalization of purchase price variance for all commodities related to quote, price changes, and metal price changes.
- Aligns goals and functions of the purchasing department based on corporate inventory needs and sales projections.
- Analyzes current purchasing and supply chain systems and processes to develop best business practices.
- Collaborates with production control and manufacturing to develop metrics for gauging inventory levels.
- Develops profitable ways to manage obsolete and slow moving stock to help offset losses.
- Manages relationships, contracts, strategy, and capacity to meet plant needs with critical supply base vendors
- Monitors Customer Directed Sources in regards to price to quote, inventory, capacity, delivery, quality, and inventories.
- Carries out supervisory/managerial responsibilities in accordance with the organization's policies and applicable laws. Responsibilities include interviewing, hiring, and training employees; planning, assigning, and directing work; appraising performance; rewarding and disciplining employees; addressing complaints and resolving problems.
Qualified candidates must be legally authorized on an unrestricted basis (US Citizen, Legal Permanent Resident, Refugee or Asylee) to be employed in the United States. American Trim does not anticipated providing employment related work sponsorship for this position (e.g., H-18 status).
About Us:American Trim is a local family owned and operated business with a 70+ year history in the community. We proudly serve a diverse customer base in the appliance, automotive, trucking and aftermarket industries. American Trim has multiple manufacturing locations and is the industry leader in forming and decorating metal products, working to develop and market breakthrough ideas and product concepts that improve the aesthetics, performance and enjoyment of products that can be found in every business, household, and vehicle system.