Purchasing Manager - Assembly

 

Summary

The Purchasing Manager - Assembly provides leadership to the Purchasing team at the Wallingford, CT location. 

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Drive Strategic procurement activities
• Support the GM and the Executive team in the gathering and analysis of spend and investment for key programs and ensure alignment with vision of company business and growth strategies
• Be up to speed on upcoming programs and opportunities to ensure best procurement decisions are made early in the process
• Maintain close alignment with Engineering to ensure the procurement aspect of "design for manufacturing" is considered and integrated into future designs
• Collaborate with other departments to close operational gaps
• Place PO's & expedite materials
• Drive total cost of ownership TCO reduction, through joint process improvements with suppliers
• Create process to Identify and lead implementation of sourcing strategies such as vendor consolidation, annual contracts, and contracted volume-based price reductions
• Develop formal Commodity Strategies such as spot buys, forward buys or forward contracting
• Measure and identify commodity risk profile of key suppliers. Provide updates to the Executive team
• Perform periodic vendor audits to ensure supplier quality, on-time delivery, and continuous supplier base improvements are being achieved
• Develop RFP's and negotiate new contracts with commodity suppliers to ensure cost reduction and service improvements
• Research and Identify potential new suppliers
• Identify areas where single source supply is a risk
• Develop and review AVL – Quality
• Handle communications and negotiations with suppliers
• Develop and maintain matrix showing key suppliers and associated supply agreement status
• Create a core process to ensure strategic procurement includes the proper due diligence and integration needed for long-term master contracts
• Create standardized metrics that are shared with suppliers on a regular basis with targets and action log
• Create and report on TCO metrics for key suppliers
• Provide the necessary management, tracking and reporting on supplier quality programs

Qualifications/Requirements

• High-level leadership and decision-making skills
• Strong leadership presence to motivate, influence, and train
• Lean practices and tools – able to move from the theoretical to practical implementation
• Able to interact with a variety of company functions and a diverse group of personalities
• Solid interpersonal and communication skills, both written and verbal, including the ability to interact well with suppliers
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, high growth industry; willing to be hands-on and take initiative
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills
• High sense of urgency
• Proficient in MS Office suite
• Proficient with ERP software and reporting tools; Oracle preferred

 

Equal Opportunity Employer - Disability and Veteran