Purchasing Manager; onsite in Fort Collins

Imagine yourself… Doing meaningful work that makes an everyday impact—on the world around you. Growing your expertise—and expanding your skillset with every project. Owning your ambition—and fueling your career growth. It’s possible with a role at Ott, where you’ll have the chance to shape the future of your career—and the future of our planet. At Ott, a Veralto company, you’ll help protect the world’s water resources with trusted, decision-ready intelligence.

Join a team delivering decision-ready intelligence that helps customers manage water with clarity and confidence—from one site to global networks. As part of Ott and the broader Veralto network, you’ll do work that matters—helping deliver solutions with real-world impact while building your skills and growing your career. We offer:
Flexible working hours Permissive Paid Time Off Professional onboarding and training options Powerful team looking forward to working with you Career coaching and development opportunities Health benefits 401(k)

The Purchasing Manager leads procurement execution and material-flow activities that support manufacturing schedules, engineering priorities, and customer commitments. You will lead and develop the Buyer team and maintain accountability for materials from purchase-order placement through receipt and delivery to production or R&D. This position is part of the materials and supply chain organization in Fort Collins, Colorado, and is an onsite role.

In this role, a typical day will look like:

• Lead, coach, and develop Buyers through clear expectations, standard work, accountability, and development planning.
• Direct daily purchasing and materials execution through Daily Visual Management, so orders and deliveries align with production schedules and customer requirements.
• Analyze demand, forecasts, inventory, purchase orders, and supplier commitments to identify and mitigate supply risks.
• Lead supplier escalations involving shortages, delivery, quality, and capacity.
• Partner with Strategic Sourcing on supplier transitions, dual sourcing, cost reduction, and supplier-performance initiatives.
• Support new-product introductions, engineering changes, product transitions, and demand-review or S&O processes.
• Lead cross-functional improvement work involving material availability, inventory, schedule attainment, and operational execution.
• Improve materials processes through Lean, Kaizen, Visual Daily Management, KPIs, standard work, ERP, and MRP.

The essential requirements of the job include:

• 5+ years of progressive experience in materials management, purchasing, inventory control, supply chain, or manufacturing operations.
• At least 3 years of leadership experience managing supply chain or materials teams
• Experience supporting manufacturing or production environments using ERP/MRP systems and inventory-control processes.
• Demonstrated knowledge of purchasing, material planning, MRP, inventory control, receiving, and warehouse practices.
• Experience analyzing demand, forecast, inventory, purchase-order, or supplier-performance data and turning findings into action.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel and ERP systems.
• Experience with S&O, demand planning, inventory optimization, Lean Manufacturing, Kaizen, or continuous improvement

It would be a plus if you also have:

• A bachelor's degree in Supply Chain Management, Operations, Business, Engineering, or related field.
• APICS/ASCM CPIM, CSCP, or related certification.
• Experience leading Buyers and warehouse or inventory personnel.

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The below range reflects the range of possible compensation for this role at the time of this posting. We may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range. This range may be modified in the future. An associate’s position within the salary range…