Purchasing Manager – Restraints

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute comprehensive purchasing strategies for Restraints categories, ensuring alignment with overall company objectives and financial targets.
• Actively manage supplier relationships:
  Cultivate and maintain robust relationships with key strategic suppliers, driving performance, innovation, and long-term partnerships.
• Proactively identify and mitigate supply chain risks, ensuring continuity of supply and building resilient supplier networks.
• Serve as a key interface and trusted advisor to MP&L as well as various internal skill teams, ensuring purchasing strategies support their objectives.
• Stay abreast of industry trends, market conditions, technological advancements, and evolving regulations to inform strategic decisions.
• Lead team to develop strategies that deliver cost-effective, efficient, sustainable solutions.
• Drive Purchasing discipline:
  Lean into dashboards, digital transformation and Purchasing Policy.

• Bachelor's degree required
• 5+ years of progressive experience in procurement or strategic sourcing
• Strong business acumen, team building, collaboration, and communication skills – demonstrated ability to successfully lead cross-functional teams
• Strong analytical skills - understanding of cost drivers and cost modeling
• Strong negotiation and contract management skills.