Procurement Manager - North America

Lead the team
, strengthen supplier performance, and drive procurement results that fuel business growth
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As our Procurement Manager - North America, you’ll lead the procurement team and help shape a competitive supply strategy across North America. You’ll strengthen domestic and international supplier partnerships, lead negotiations and cost-improvement initiatives, and collaborate across the business to improve supplier performance and support our growth priorities.

At Kurt J. Lesker Company (KJLC), you’ll join a global leader in advanced manufacturing and vacuum technology supporting industries including semiconductors, aerospace, medical, and optics. Our work helps enable cutting-edge technologies, backed by a culture focused on innovation, collaboration, continuous learning, safety, sustainability, ethics, and excellence.

• Lead, coach, and develop the North America Procurement team, establishing clear priorities, accountability, performance expectations, and procurement KPIs
• Oversee day-to-day procurement and purchasing operations, including purchase orders, supplier commitments, delivery management, expediting, material shortages, and escalations
• Manage domestic suppliers and partner with regional procurement teams on international suppliers to improve cost, quality, delivery, lead times, capacity, service, and supply continuity
• Drive supplier performance and development through scorecards, performance reviews, corrective actions, recovery plans, and continuous improvement
• Lead supplier negotiations involving pricing, cost reductions, payment terms, lead times, minimum-order requirements, blanket orders, and other commercial terms
• Lead strategic sourcing, competitive bidding, supplier selection, alternative-source development, and new-supplier qualification while partnering with regional procurement teams to strengthen the global supply base
• Identify and mitigate supply-chain risks related to inventory, capacity, commodities, logistics, geopolitical factors, material availability, and supplier continuity
• Partner across Supply Chain, Product Management, Sales, Customer Service, Quality, Operations, Warehouse, Logistics, and other functions to align procurement priorities with business and customer needs
• Ensure accurate supplier, purchasing, cost, and lead-time data within the ERP system to support effective procurement decisions
• Drive procurement standards, controls, and continuous-improvement initiatives across purchasing and supplier-management processes
• Track and communicate procurement KPIs, supplier performance, shortages, cost changes, sourcing initiatives, and material risks while supporting budgeting, forecasting, and business planning
• Ensure procurement activities comply with company policies, contractual requirements, approval authority, and established controls
• Other duties assigned

• Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Business, Operations, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent relevant experience
• 5+ years of progressive procurement, purchasing, sourcing, or supply-chain experience, including 3+ years of direct people-management experience
• Demonstrated experience in supplier negotiations, purchasing execution, cost improvement, supplier performance, and resolution of delivery or material-availability issues
• Experience managing domestic and international suppliers and collaborating across functions, divisions, or regions
• Experience in manufacturing, distribution, engineered products, or a similarly complex supply environment involving inventory, lead times, supplier constraints, and customer requirements
• Working knowledge of RFQs, inventory drivers, payment terms, blanket orders, supplier capacity, volume-based pricing, and commercial…