Purchasing Manager

Interested in a career in a rapidly growing industry that is on the cutting-edge of technology and advancement of equipment, safety, and training? Join us at CMC North America, and help us make working at height faster, safer and more reliable. Together, we provide simple solutions for difficult access.

Position:Purchasing Manager

Location: Methuen, MA

Job :209

# of Openings:1

CMC North America is a leader in selling and servicing specialized access equipment in North America. Our main products include tracked Mobile Elevating Work Platforms (MEWPs), trailers, stump grinders, and chippers. We are the exclusive distributor of CMC aerial lifts in North America and we have a passion for helping businesses work safely, efficiently, and in some of the most hard-to-reach places you can imagine.

At CMC North America, we enable our customers to grow their businesses by offering a high-quality, unique product. We back that with our first-class customer experience. Our Service team provides lift inspections, warranty claims, preventative maintenance, and technical support. Services are performed at our Massachusetts headquarters, our New Hampshire service center, or on-site, wherever our customers need us.

We are currently evolving our supply chain strategy to support future growth. With shifting global regulations and escalating logistics costs, we are implementing an ‘assembled in the USA’ business model and have the urgent need to on-shore a significant portion of our suppliers to the USA. This new position will play a key role in that transition.

We’re hiring a Purchasing Manager to lead all procurement activities across our U.S. operations. This role will define our sourcing strategy, oversee our purchasing team, and guide purchasing operations through a period of transformation, including building a local supplier base and defining and implementing a new ERP system (BOMs, Routings, BINs, MRP, WMS, etc.).

This is a hands-on leadership role that blends strategy, systems, and day-to-day execution.

• Lead the transition from full-product importing to component-based assembly by sourcing components from both international and U.S. suppliers.
• Identify and develop domestic suppliers to support a long-term ‘made-in-the-USA’ value add designation.
• Manage all vendor relationships, negotiating contracts, quality, pricing, and delivery schedules.
• Lead cost analysis, forecasting, and inventory planning. Monitor and respond to tariff changes, freight volatility, and supply chain risk.

• Manage and develop the purchasing team, including daily operations, workload distribution, and KPI tracking.
• Establish and refine purchasing processes, standard operating procedures, and documentation workflows.
• Collaborate with Finance, Service, Warehouse, and Engineering to align purchasing decisions with inventory goals, budgets, and product planning timelines.

• Serve as the subject matter expert on ERP procurement workflows, including PO generation, MRP execution, WMS, and purchasing dashboards.
• Drive accuracy in all ERP vendor related ‘master data’ - part numbers, lead times, and supplier information. Collaborate with IT and operations to resolve ERP or MRP issues affecting purchasing performance.

• 7–10 years of experience in procurement or supply chain management, with at least 3 years in a supervisory or leadership role.
• BA in Business Management, Supply Chain, or BS Engineering - or equivalent.
• Experience managing $30M+ of purchase value, ideally with global sourcing and domestic operations.
• Deep knowledge of ERP systems (Net Suite, SAP, Oracle, or equivalent) and MRP processes.
• Strong vendor negotiation skills and a track record of driving cost savings without sacrificing quality or delivery performance.
• Solid understanding of customs, tariffs, freight, and landed cost modeling.
• Results driven and personally motivated to achieve great results for internal and external customers.

• Prior experience working with European suppliers and in a low-volume high complexity product environment.
• Familiarity with capital equipment, industrial products, or component assembly environments.
• APICS, ISM, or similar supply chain certification.
• Proficiency with Excel and cost analysis tools.

Salary Range: TBD base + performance bonus potential

We take care of you, so you can take care of what matters most, our customers, our team, and yourself. Our comprehensive benefits package includes:

• Company-Paid Life & Short-Term Disability
• Supplemental Life Options
• Critical Illness, Accident & Hospital Indemnity Insurance
• Legal & Pet Insurance
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• 7 Paid Holidays + 3 Floating Holidays
• Generous PTO & 40 Hours of Wellbeing Time Off