Manager, Purchasing

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Purchasing Manager

We are seeking an experienced operational purchasing leader who can drive material availability, supplier performance, purchasing execution, ERP discipline, issue resolution, and continuous improvement. The Purchasing Manager will lead purchasing operations and a team of purchasing professionals supporting manufacturing across multiple product categories.

• Lead, coach, and develop a team of purchasing professionals while managing workloads, training, performance metrics, accountability, and continuous improvement.
• Ensure Operational Buyers review and act on SAP MRP, reorder point, and Kanban purchasing messages in a timely manner based on manufacturing and project requirements.
• Drive material availability by monitoring supplier delivery, capacity, forecasts, inventory levels, shortages, and other issues that could affect the Master Production Schedule.
• Manage relationships with approved suppliers, regularly review supplier scorecards, oversee supplier process change notifications, and drive corrective actions and continuous improvement.
• Ensure the team develops and provides rolling 12-to-24-month forecasts to key suppliers and proactively communicates significant changes, risks, and capacity requirements.
• Develop and implement plans to achieve cost-reduction and cash-flow goals while supporting negotiation strategies and major supplier agreements.
• Maintain ERP discipline, purchasing controls, approved-supplier compliance, inventory optimization, audit readiness, and effective issue resolution across the purchasing function.

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Supply Chain, or a relevant field and 7+ years of procurement or relevant supply chain experience within a cross-functional environment.
• Previous experience leading purchasing or procurement professionals and driving a culture of accountability and continuous improvement.
• Strong operational purchasing experience supporting manufacturing, material availability, supplier performance, inventory optimization, and issue resolution.
• Excellent mathematical, analytical, organizational, problem-solving, negotiation, and communication skills.
• Strong business judgment and expert knowledge of procurement principles, product specifications, bills of materials, MRP, and data-driven decision-making.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office, particularly Excel, and experience with SAP or another ERP system; SAP and PLM knowledge is strongly preferred.
• Medical device industry experience, especially within a Class III environment, is preferred; an MBA, master’s degree, ISM certification, or APICS certification is also…