Purchasing Manager

LOOKING FOR A PURCHASING MANAGER to join the supply chain team of an organization specializing in the design, manufacture, and sales of consumer products.

The Purchasing Manager will be seen as the "go-to" leader for the purchasing department and will oversee a team of 6-8 buyers. Should have:

• a minimum of 5-7 years of supply chain management experience
• Proficient and successful in cost reduction
• Experience with global sourcing and strategic sourcing processes

Typical job responsibilities of the Purchasing Manager:

- Coordinating activities of personnel engaged in purchasing and distributing materials, and supplies across the organization.

- Supervising the work of buyers in the purchasing department who are responsible for the purchase of materials and supplies.

- Stay informed on economic, industrial and other trends that affect markets and prices.
- Plans, organizes, directs, and controls activities related to the procurement function.
- Ensures compliance with instructions regarding purchasing systems and procedures.
- Analyzes market and delivery conditions to determine present and future material availability, and prepares market analysis reports.
- Uses skill of strategic sourcing and global sourcing to ensure the development of the lowest total cost value chains are developed.
- Ensure proper department execution to evaluate vendor quotations that utilizes appropriate negotiation and purchasing techniques to ensure quality, price, delivery, and service.
- Designs, implements, manages, and monitors procurement reporting systems, such as inventory, spend, financial forecasting, to meet company requirements.
- Finds, develops and maintains suppliers that provide high quality products and services at a better price while maintaining the highest code of ethics and conduct.

- Reviews purchase order claims and contracts for conformance to company policy.
- Prepares and reviews contracts, bids, proposals, and vendor agreements for legal correctness, price, and acceptability of items to specifications.
- Manage the organization and project management of the departments cost reduction activities
- Oversees all activities related to procurement of a commodity, from intent to purchase through delivery of commodity.
- Assigns procurement requests to the appropriate personnel.
- Negotiates or supervises the negotiation of complex requests for equipment, supplies, and services from suppliers and subcontractors.
- Develops and installs clerical and office procedures and practices, and studies work flow, sequence of operations, and office arrangement to determine expediency of installing new or improved office machines.
- Arranges for disposal of surplus materials.

About Aerotek:

We know that a company's success starts with its employees. We also know that an individual's success starts with the right career opportunity. As a Best of Staffing® Client and Talent leader, Aerotek's people-focused approach yields competitive advantage for our clients and rewarding careers for our contract employees. Since 1983, Aerotek has grown to become a leader in recruiting and staffing services. With more than 250 non-franchised offices, Aerotek's 8,000 internal employees serve more than 300,000 contract employees and 18,000 clients every year. Aerotek is an Allegis Group company, the global leader in talent solutions. Learn more at Aerotek.com.

Aerotek is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.