Purchasing Manager

Advanced Containment Systems - South Houston, TX

Full-time - Manager

South Houston, TX

Machinery Manufacturing

About the position

The Purchasing Manager is responsible for managing the overall operations of Purchasing and overseeing all Purchasing functions company-wide. This role involves working closely with various departments to ensure that purchasing activities align with production schedules and quality standards.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for the purchasing team throughout ACSI.
• Assist managers and supervisors with related purchasing and supplier quality matters.
• Assure the plant and personnel are following the Safety guidelines and programs.
• Maintain a good working relationship with all managers to understand production schedules and deadlines for product being manufactured.
• Work within the purchasing group to procure all items needed for production to meet and complete the production schedule.
• Work with Engineering to source alternative items when lead times and availability negatively affect the production schedule.
• Assure compliance with ISO program.
• Implement and maintain cycle count program and physical inventories as needed.
• Work with the materials group to perform root cause analysis on inventory discrepancies using proven root cause analysis methodologies.
• Work with the materials manager to set safety stock limits on long lead-time items.
• Train and develop the organization to understand critical concepts and principles of LEAN.
• Control purchasing department budgets, interview and hire staff, and oversee staff training.
• Analyze market and delivery systems in order to assess present and future material availability.
• Develop and implement purchasing and contract management instructions, policies, and procedures.
• Work with current and new suppliers to shorten long lead-time items.
• Direct and coordinate activities of buying and distributing material, equipment, machinery, and supplies.
• Work with Accounts Payable to handle any invoice discrepancies as they arise.
• Negotiate costs for raw materials, purchased parts, and services to ensure ACSI is aligned with the best cost available from its vendors.
• Maintain critical vendor list.
• Work with the purchasing team to bring on new vendors to strengthen ACSI buying power.

Requirements

• Manufacturing background.
• Purchasing background.
• Strong background in negotiating costs.
• Logistics experience.
• Hands-on experience with ERP systems like SAP, M2M, and MAPICS is highly desirable.
• 5+ years in Purchasing management.