Purchasing Manager

Launch Support Specialists - Flint, MI

Full-time

Flint, MI

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

About the position

The Purchasing Manager is responsible for the development and deployment of Supply Chain strategies, Scheduling, and Purchase Estimating for North America. This role requires collaboration with functional leaders and internal stakeholders to drive alignment in supply planning and sourcing priorities for various programs. The Purchasing Manager will oversee tactical supply planning and execution, as well as manage the supplier network effectively. In this position, the Purchasing Manager will collaborate with both internal and external functional leaders to design and implement programs and initiatives that enhance the supply chain process. A key responsibility includes managing and overseeing the purchasing team, providing continuous coaching, and conducting personnel reviews to ensure the team's growth and quality performance. The manager will also develop and implement departmental processes aimed at improving the quality and timing of operations within the department. The Purchasing Manager is accountable for overseeing the Sourcing Strategy for Direct, Indirect, and Services, setting departmental and personal goals that can be benchmarked through KPIs with year-over-year improvements. This role involves seeking out and capitalizing on strategic opportunities that yield significant advantages for the company, particularly in terms of quality, delivery, and cost. Building and maintaining relationships with current and new vendors is crucial to improving supplier deliveries, quality, and cost, including the creation of supplier scorecards to evaluate supplier performance. Additionally, the Purchasing Manager will negotiate prices and contracts with suppliers, schedule deliveries, and ensure on-time delivery of products. Addressing quality or on-time issues with suppliers through a corrective action process is also part of the role. The manager will maintain financial records of past orders, review these orders for cost, delivery, and vendor performance, and attend kick-off meetings and job-oriented conferences to stay updated on the latest changes in jobs, products, and proposals. Organizing departmental meetings to communicate job structures, budgets, and timing is essential, as is understanding and following safety and environmental regulations while identifying any concerns. Regular and predictable attendance is a critical function of this job.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with functional leaders and internal stakeholders to drive alignment in supply planning and sourcing priorities for programs.
• Oversee tactical supply planning/execution and supplier network management.
• Collaborate with internal and external functional leaders to oversee design and implementation of programs and initiatives.
• Manage and oversee the purchasing team, providing continuous coaching and personnel reviews for team development.
• Develop and implement departmental processes to continuously improve quality and timing.
• Oversee the Sourcing Strategy for Direct, Indirect and Services.
• Set department and personal goals benchmarked through KPIs with year-over-year improvements.
• Seek out and capitalize on strategic opportunities to improve quality, delivery, and cost.
• Develop and build vendor relationships to improve supplier deliveries, quality, and cost.
• Create supplier scorecards to rate supplier performance.
• Research and find new vendors to enhance the supply chain base.
• Negotiate prices and contracts with suppliers.
• Schedule deliveries and ensure on-time delivery of products from suppliers.
• Address quality or on-time issues with suppliers using a corrective action process.
• Maintain financial records of past orders and review for cost, delivery, and vendor performance.
• Attend kick-off meetings, buy-offs, and job-oriented conferences to stay updated on changes.
• Organize departmental meetings to communicate job structures, budgets, and timing.
• Understand and follow safety & environmental regulations and identify concerns.
• Adhere to Quality Systems and participate in continuous improvement.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent from a four-year college or technical school; or 10 to 15 years related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.