Sr Procurement Operations Manager, Engineered Products

• Job Identification 119548
• Job Category Supply Chain
• Posting Date 09/25/2026, 10:09 PM
• Locations 800 S State College, Fullerton, CA, 92831, US (On-site)
• Job Schedule Full time
• Export-Controlled Data This position entails access to export-controlled items and employment offers are conditioned upon an applicant's ability to lawfully obtain access to such items
• Currency Code US Dollar

The Senior Procurement Operations Manager, Engineered Products oversees the execution, compliance, and optimization of end-to-end purchasing activities across NA Engineered Products regional locations. This role bridges corporate procurement strategy with regional site execution, driving process automation, supply continuity, and cost-control discipline. The ideal candidate is a hands-on leader focused on operational excellence, data-driven performance management, and building robust regional and local vendor partnerships.

• Align local purchasing strategy and day to day tactical management with corporate standard operating procedures and global category strategies.
• Source and Manage a successful supply base for complex mechanical commodities
  -such as castings, precision machined aerospace alloys, stamped parts, etc.
• Drive performance in key areas: Cost savings, Inflation mitigation and management, on time delivery performance, inventory optimization, supplier payment terms, and supplier risk mitigation.
• Provide frontline support to local procurement teams for order forecasting, sourcing bottlenecks, and critical vendor disputes.
• Manage business continuity by executing regional risk-mitigation plans against single sourced-supplier issues and market shortages.
• Standardize inventory management techniques across multiple facilities to maximize accuracy and drastically reduce localized waste.

• Aligns with Central Category Management Team to ensure the BU Procurement organization fully supports the development, the implementation, the execution and utilization of the global and regional category management strategies, tactics and contracts.

• Own regional P2P compliance (Procure-to-Pay), monitoring internal control frameworks to guarantee continuous audit readiness.
• Optimize digital workflows inside centralized systems like Oracle, QAD, or Power BI to streamline purchase order cycles.
• Synthesize spend analytics into localized dashboards, keeping executive leadership informed via early alerts on upcoming contract renewals.

• Deploy unified training programs to elevate core procurement competencies and technical systems adoption among site business partners.

• Direct major negotiations with regional, high-risk, or multi-site third-party suppliers to maximize overall value.
• Enforce supplier score carding by hosting consistent business reviews focused on tracking lead times, fulfillment, quality, and cost.
• Maintain cross-functional partnerships across Operations, Finance, Legal, and IT departments

• Steers target agreement process between BU Plants and BU Plant leads

• Manage and mentor a high-performing regional team of procurement managers, buying professionals, and sourcing specialists.
• Instill accountability metrics through clearly defined, measurable operational key performance indicators (KPIs) at each site

• Education
  :
  Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain Management, Business Administration, Operations Engineering, or a highly relevant analytical field.
• Experience
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  Minimum 5 years of broad supply chain or multi-site purchasing experience, with at least 3 years in a direct team-management capacity.
  
  Experience with Aerospace Engineered Components (castings,…