Global Strategic Sourcing and Purchasing Manager

Ametek - Mount Prospect, IL

Full-time - Senior

Mount Prospect, IL

10,001+ employees

Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing

About the position

The Global Strategic Sourcing and Procurement Senior Manager will be responsible for planning, organizing, and directing Atlas' Supply Chain related activities. This position will oversee all strategic sourcing activities related to the procurement of commodities from intent through delivery. The role involves scheduling, coordinating, and closely monitoring all production activities for the manufacturing team while optimizing inventory control processes. The manager will develop organizational strategies, practices, processes, and metrics that will provide the company with a world-class purchasing and production planning organization. In this role, the manager will effectively lead, hire, develop, and enable the Procurement Organization to achieve strategic objectives in a continuous improvement environment. They will analyze, develop, and maintain a consolidated supplier base to meet the current and future needs of all purchased materials and services. The manager will also manage and facilitate all facets of procurement activities, including vendor evaluations, site audits, and continuous improvement processes for all suppliers. Additionally, the manager will understand and monitor key spending trends, cost drivers, market factors, geographic considerations, and the strategic importance of critical commodities to implement appropriate sourcing strategies. They will develop metrics, including external benchmarks, to monitor performance and ensure that these metrics support corporate objectives and performance indicators. The manager will be directly responsible and accountable for material spend/cost reduction, supplier performance, and inventory management. They will partner and collaborate with other functions to support strategic goals for sourcing materials, equipment, and services while ensuring ethical principles and standards of purchasing practices are upheld. The role also includes developing, monitoring, and controlling departmental operating and capital budgets, ensuring compliance with all applicable safety, regulatory, and quality system requirements, and driving continuous improvement in all aspects of the procurement process using tools such as Lean Six Sigma. The manager will create and manage business unit processes around supplier contracts, supplier qualification, and the engineering change approval process, while staying abreast of best practices, current and future policies and procedures, regulatory and trade requirements, and market dynamics relevant to the function.

Responsibilities

• Develop organizational strategy, practices, processes and metrics for purchasing and production planning.
• Lead, hire, develop and enable the Procurement Organization to achieve strategic objectives.
• Analyze, develop and maintain a consolidated supplier base for purchased materials and services.
• Manage and facilitate procurement activities including vendor evaluations and site audits.
• Monitor key spending trends, cost drivers, and market factors to implement sourcing strategies.
• Develop metrics to monitor performance and support corporate objectives.
• Accountable for material spend/cost reduction, supplier performance, and inventory management.
• Collaborate with other functions to support strategic sourcing goals.
• Ensure ethical principles and standards of purchasing practices are upheld.
• Control departmental operating and capital budgets.
• Ensure compliance with safety, regulatory, and quality system requirements.
• Drive continuous improvement in procurement processes using Lean Six Sigma.
• Create/manage processes around supplier contracts and qualifications.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain Management, Business Administration, or a related field; advanced degree preferred.
• Minimum of 10 years of experience in strategic sourcing, procurement, materials management, or production planning in an equipment or heavy industry environment.
• Experience in a global, multi-site organization preferred.
• Sourcing/Procurement/Quality certification such as CPM, CPIM, CIRM, CQE preferred.
• Practical knowledge of leading-edge procurement strategies and business planning processes.
• Strong analytical skills including benchmarking, data collection, and trend analysis.
• Experience in continuous process and productivity improvement, particularly in six sigma and lean initiatives.
• Demonstrated success managing global spend in excess of $20M.
• History of developing programs for annual material savings above inflation.
• Experience in leading supply chain development and supplier negotiations.
• Expertise in identifying and developing new suppliers for cost reduction and product introduction.
• Proven track record in change management in procurement and business process re-engineering.
• Excellent leadership, collaboration, and communication skills.
• Strong understanding of ERP systems and prior experience leading ERP implementation projects.

Nice-to-haves

• Experience in heavy industry environments.
• Knowledge of advanced procurement technologies and tools.
• Familiarity with international trade regulations and compliance.