Purchasing Manager II

Company is in the business of manufacturing Medical Devices

This position is with my direct client

Location:

CORNELIA, GA
Duration:
11+ Months (Contract, with possible extension) on W2

Our client is looking to hire Purchasing Manager II

Job Title:
Strategic Sourcing Assistant Manager

Hours:

8am - 5pm

Manager is looking for candidates with the following experience:

FDA, chemicals used in the medical device, or pharma industry. Also a candidate with strategic sourcing experience would be ideal.

Detailed

Job Description:



• Act as support to the Strategic Sourcing Manager for Chemicals in Client's manufacturing plant

• Multi-task and problem solve continuity of supply issues within all levels of authority internally (e.g. engineering, operations, marketing, quality and R&D) and externally (suppliers).

• Assist in the execution of day to day sourcing activities within the plant (specifications, ASL, etc updates)

• Partner with key stakeholders and partners to address technical issues for components and processes

• Identify, recommend and execute opportunities to mitigate and reduce risk to support business continuity planning

• Identify, recommend and execute opportunities to reduce cost

• Identify, recommend and execute opportunities to improve and enhance resource efficiencies (streamline processes, take the "work out”, etc)

• Manage supplier capabilities including but not limited to capacity planning, tooling and resource investments including inventory management

• Upgrade supplier skills (ship-to-stock, emerging technologies, etc.)

• Track and manage performance of suppliers and ensure that performance issues are quickly addressed

Knowledge of:

• Purchasing procedures

• Supplier manufacturing processes

• Production systems

• Receiving and inspection procedures

• Quality, Compliance and Regulatory procedures

• Database management

• Negotiation approaches

• Contract law

• Statistical methods

GLP's / Personal Attributes

• Excellent interpersonal skills required

• Excellent written, oral, and presentation skills required

• Creative & decisive problem solving skills

• Ability to influence/collaborate to get to desired result

• Customer focus (internal & external)

• Adaptable to meet rapidly changing priorities

• Strong Credo values

• Proficient in Microsoft Office applications

• SAP/JDE experience a plus

Education / Experience

• Bachelor's degree in logistics, business administration, operations or equivalent experience

• APICS (American Production & Inventory Control Society) or CPM (Certified Purchasing Manager) certification preferred ,or certified member of CIPS(Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply)

• 7 years Purchasing Manager experience (Responsible for chemicals preferred) in a manufacturing plan for a highly regulated organization

• 7 years of Materials / Supply Chain experience is required.

Many Thanks

Technical Recruiter

Integrated Resources Inc.

IT REHAB CLINICAL NURSING

Inc. 5 0 0 0 –  (8th Year)

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