Purchasing Manager

Tenneco - Burlington, IA

Full-time - Manager

Burlington, IA

10,001+ employees

Transportation Equipment Manufacturing

About the position

The Purchasing Manager at Tenneco is responsible for planning, executing, and finalizing procurement strategies for the plant organization. This role involves managing purchasing operations to ensure high-quality materials and components are acquired at competitive prices, while also overseeing a team of analysts and project managers. The position includes global responsibilities for CAPEX sourcing, requiring effective communication of global business trends and management of capital equipment purchasing efforts.

Responsibilities

• Point of escalation for all supplier related issues in the Plant
• Responsible for strategic management of plant spend
• Works with suppliers and buyers to review market, price, delivery conditions and trends to determine present and future material availability
• Negotiates contracts with suppliers/contractors in line with company policy and procedures
• Proposes dollar authorization limits for local purchasing staff
• Oversees disposal/sale of surplus material or scrap products
• Monitors purchase order requisitions and purchasing contracts for conformance to company policy
• Engages suppliers when serious variations arise in delivery, quality, price or conditions of sale
• Trains new staff members, provides daily supervision of local staff and conducts performance appraisals
• Oversees overall plant purchasing operations to ensure an ongoing supply of materials, tools, services and indirect materials
• Implements systems and monitoring processes to prevent raw material outages while managing inventory
• Develops and manages direct and indirect material projects to achieve plant savings
• Routinely provides forecast of purchase price savings and scrap sales revenue
• Ensures targets are met for supplier Payment Terms and Days Payable
• Supports corporate requests for plant data as needed
• Manages supply base to maintain quality standard compliance
• Develops and manages the Purchasing budget
• Deploys the plant purchasing strategy in four purchasing processes
• Implements raw materials productivity actions
• Directs and manages sourcing strategies from beginning to end
• Monitors and analyzes trends in plant spending and inventory control
• Analyzes trends and market conditions for pricing, availability, lead-time, and capacity of goods and services
• Interviews, identifies, and qualifies potential new vendors or suppliers
• Monitors vendor performance to ensure quality of service
• Develops and delivers purchasing and inventory reports, bid proposals, and tender documents
• Develops and implements plans to auction, recycle or sell obsolete inventory and equipment
• Coordinates delivery of CAPEX and other collateral equipment to the plant
• Ensures good quality and on-time delivery of supplied products
• Monitors supplier quality, audits, and improvement efforts
• Optimizes the number of suppliers and pushes optimization of systems
• Establishes supplier contracts with Corporate Commodity Teams
• Coordinates with legal team to ensure contractual obligations minimize risk
• Develops understanding of Capital Equipment and Machinery
• Defines strategies to enhance global Ignition Capital equipment footprint
• Full responsibility for commercial negotiation with vendors
• Facilitates sourcing strategy meetings
• Provides recovery mechanisms for cost drivers
• Drives supplier approval process
• Capitalize on all purchasing opportunities
• Sets negotiation strategy and direction for negotiation settings
• Manages cost recovery as necessary
• Enforces supplier requirements
• Negotiates, creates, maintains & enforces all supplier contracts
• Determines contract levels and related criteria for Capex
• Travels to suppliers and other global Company facilities as required

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in business or similar
• 5 or more years of buying experience in complex high volume environment
• Experience as a supervisor in same or similar function
• Knowledge of purchasing regulations and laws
• Familiarity with purchase management software and/or automated procurement systems
• Solid working knowledge of current IT technologies, including Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint
• SAP and/or PLEX experience is preferred
• Excellent contract management skills
• Effective negotiation skills
• Ability to deal tactfully with vendors, suppliers, and contractors
• General knowledge of accounting and finance, marketing, and logistics
• Experience working both independently and in a team-oriented environment
• Ability to effectively prioritize and execute tasks in a high-pressure environment