Purchasing Manager

Open Position

Location: Greer. SC
Reports to: Supply Chain Director

    Essential FunctionsKnowledge, Skills, and Experience
    • Directly supervise Buyers in the procurement and on-time delivery of components including direct-buy, repairs, and value-add services to consign inventory.
    • Coordinate Buyers for the consigned inventory process including requesting/tracking inventory to be picked and shipped, purchasing of the value-add service, managing delivery timing in work orders, and tracking and disposition of scrap at suppliers.
    • Lead Buyers in coordinating suppliers in the re-work or commercial recovery of nonconforming products.
    • Maintain Purchasing (PR) procedures to ensure quality of standard work and to improve efficiency for the procurement team.
    • Forecasting procurement cashflow based on accurate open POs maintenance.
    • Management of the inputs to the Part Approval process to link an existing supplier to a part.
    • Foster strong relationships with leadership at the supply base.
    • Develops and implements a Purchasing strategy that aligns with the sourcing function strategy to drive benefits for procurement.
    • Develop talent within the Purchasing team.
    • Contributes to vendor selection and supports the supplier development process.
    • Ability to interface effectively with manufacturing, engineering, finance, and program management functions with a strong customer satisfaction mindset.

    REQUIRED:

    • Bachelor’s Degree or 5 to 10 years of applicable professional experience in procurement.
    • 5 to 7 years of procurement experience in a manufacturing environment.
    • Minimum of 3 years managerial or supervisory experience in procurement or manufacturing.
    • Thoroughly familiar with business processes related to purchase order processing.
    • Hands-on experience with ERP systems, Dynamics Business Central, or equivalent.
    • Familiarity with standard terms and conditions in supplier relationships.
    • Detail oriented, diligent, and well organized.
    • Demonstrated self-starter with ability to handle multiple tasks simultaneously in a fast-paced and dynamic environment.
    • US Citizen or permanent resident status required

    DESIRED:

    • Experience with bills of material, source control, technical drawings, and manufacturing of industrial products and services.
    • Knowledge of manufacturing processes (i.e. fabrication, castings, forgings, machining, special processes etc.).
    • Experience negotiating efficient and cost-effective recoveries with suppliers.
    • Ability to independently perform financial analysis and justifications to leadership.
    • Familiarity with aero-derivative gas turbine components.
    • Strong written and oral communication skills.
    • Ability to travel 20%.

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