Manager, Facility Purchasing

AESC BOWLING GREEN LLC - Bowling Green, KY

Full-time - Manager

Bowling Green, KY

About the position

The Facility Purchasing Manager at AESC is responsible for overseeing procurement activities at the facility level, ensuring efficient order placement, delivery, and after-sales support. This role involves managing supplier relationships, optimizing procurement processes, and collaborating with business leaders to align procurement strategies with operational needs. The position plays a crucial role in enhancing team performance and maintaining a competitive material price database while ensuring compliance with quality and environmental standards.

Responsibilities

• Oversee facility-based procurement activities, including order placement, tracking, delivery, and after-sales support for each facility.
• Manage the signing, performance, quality assurance, and auditing of service procurement contracts.
• Ensure timely delivery of spare and non-standard parts by implementing effective procurement strategies.
• Collaborate with business leaders to align procurement activities with delivery requirements.
• Handle emergency procurement needs within authorized limits to support urgent operational requirements.
• Streamline procurement processes to enhance team performance and cultivate talent within the organization.
• Facilitate collaboration between facilities and the procurement center to identify and leverage centralized purchasing opportunities, optimizing supplier integration and cost efficiency.
• Continuously refine indirect procurement category management and maintain a dynamic cost-competitive material price database.
• Manage supplier relationships, actively sourcing high-quality suppliers and building a robust supplier database focused on reliability and delivery performance.
• Identify and resolve inefficiencies within existing procurement processes.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in a relevant field; a background in science or engineering from a top university is preferred.
• Over 5 years of procurement experience, with at least 3 years in a management role; experience in the lithium battery industry is a plus.
• Proven experience collaborating with international suppliers.
• Strong negotiation skills and effective communication abilities to secure optimal purchasing conditions.
• Experience working in the manufacturing industry.
• Understands and follows all standards of IATF16949 and VDA 6.3 quality standards.
• Understands and follows all standards of ISO14001 environmental standards.

Nice-to-haves

• Relevant certifications in procurement or supply chain management (e.g., CPSM, CIPS) are highly desirable.

Benefits

• Comprehensive compensation packages including a competitive salary and a rewarding bonus program.
• An inclusive and diverse work environment that fosters and encourages professional and personal development.
• Highly automated, clean, safe, and temperature-controlled production environment.
• Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance.
• HSA and Flexible Spending Accounts.
• 401K with company match.
• Life Insurance (Company paid and additional voluntary life available).
• Paid Vacation and 14 Paid Holidays.
• Short term and long-term disability coverage (Company Paid).
• Tuition reimbursement.