Purchasing Manager jobs in Kentucky

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Hands on manager able to effect change with multi-site manufacturing environment.

• Manage a small team of Supply Chain personnel.

• Review CWTent supply base for consolidation, quality, and cost savings opportunities.

• Provide leadership and innovative strategies for optimizing sourcing effectiveness

• Coordinate and work with Executive Team to support long term business strategic goals.

• Establish strong supplier relationships, effectively manage category supply base, perform advance negotiations, and oversee selection of key suppliers.

• Actively monitor vendor and internal performance against contracts, industry benchmarks, and previous baselines. Develop and submit reports to Executive management

• Identify and evaluate market changes - make appropriate fact-base recommendations

• Oversee roll-out of new vendor contracts and processes.

• Background in the Steel Market

• Ability to interface with multiple levels of an organization internally and externally

• Ability to work in a cross functional team

• Implement purchasing strategies with the objective of lower costs and JIT deliveries.

• Develop supplier relationships in support of such activities, using supplier selection criteria and performance/quality evaluation techniques.

• Assure delivery of materials at expected costs and quality levels, including purchase orders, blanked orders, and long-term agreements.

• Establish and manage systems for stores and inventory control.

• Assure compliance to ISO and QS requirements.

• All other tasks assigned

• College Degree Type: BS or related experience

• Degree Area: Business or Technical preferred

• Minimum: 3 years of experience in high volume manufacturing Purchasing

PREFERRED EXPERIENCE

• Job related work instruction and procedure training

• Background in Steel Market (highly preferred)

• ERP Platform

• Quality, IATF

• MS Office with high functional experience with Excel