Purchasing Manager

The Purchasing Manager is responsible for leading, strategic planning, and overseeing all day-to-day procurement operations to ensure a timely, accurate, and cost-effective supply of materials and services for the plant. This role balances high-level strategy; such as cost optimization, supplier relationship management, and ERP systems oversight with tactical leadership to ensure uninterrupted continuity of supply, workflow efficiency, and transactional excellence.

• Manage, mentor, and oversee the plant's purchasing team (including Buyers) to ensure all day-to-day procurement activities align with plant production requirements and corporate procedures.
• Oversee and audit the end-to-end purchase order (PO) lifecycle, ensuring Material Requirements Planning (MRP) signals are processed efficiently and accurately.
• Ensure team accountability regarding the timely receipt, registration, and tracking of supplier order confirmations and open delivery commitments.
• Establish, monitor, and report on key performance indicators (KPIs) regarding delivery performance, order accuracy, and procurement cycle times.

• Serve as the ultimate escalation point for critical plant supply risks, material shortages, or operational disruptions.
• Develop and execute proactive risk-mitigation strategies to safeguard the plant's production continuity.
• Maintain transparent, high-level communication with cross-functional plant stakeholders (Planning, Production, Engineering, Quality, and Finance) regarding commercial issues, long-term supplier delays, or market volatility.

• Act as the key operational and strategic point of contact for the plant’s critical or high-impact suppliers.
• Lead high-value or complex commercial negotiations, establishing favorable pricing structures, service level agreements (SLAs), and optimized delivery terms.
• Spearhead supplier performance evaluations, root-cause analyses for chronic delivery or quality deviations, and collaborative resolution of complex billing or invoice discrepancies.
• Identify localized cost-saving, cost-avoidance, and inventory optimization opportunities to drive bottom-line efficiency.

• Own the integrity and accuracy of all purchasing, pricing, and master data structures within the plant’s ERP system.
• Establish, standardize, and document compliant purchasing workflows and internal controls in alignment with corporate policy.
• Drive continuous improvement, digitalization, and automation initiatives within the local procurement function to eliminate operational inefficiencies.

• MRP/MPS execution: ability to interpret net requirements and exception messages, and to re-sequence open orders under shortage or capacity-constrained conditions.
• Inventory & buffer strategy: safety stock sizing, ABC/XYZ segmentation, reorder point/reorder quantity logic, and consignment stock arrangements for critical components.
• Allocation & constraint management: working knowledge of Available-to-Promise/Capable-to-Promise logic and experience prioritizing supply across plants or lines when suppliers impose allocation.
• Multi-region logistics (Asia-EU-US): practical command of Incoterms 2020, air vs. sea freight trade-offs, customs clearance timelines, and multimodal/consolidated shipment routing.
• Dual/multi-sourcing & risk mitigation: ability to qualify and activate alternate sources quickly without compromising quality standards, in line with corporate country-of-origin and supply risk guidelines.
• ERP Materials Management modules: hands-on experience with MM/WM (or equivalent) exception-driven planning views, beyond basic transactional use.

• Participate in plant leadership meetings, capital expenditure (Cap Ex) planning, and annual budgeting workflows.
• Perform other high-level administrative, auditing, or project-related duties as requested by executive leadership.

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