Purchasing Manager

WEINERT Fiber Optics, Inc. (Williamsburg, VA):
Formerly LEONI Fiber Optics, Inc., we are one of the nation’s best designers and producers of high-quality fiber optic products. We serve well-respected manufacturers and other industrial and military players across various applications such as metrology, high-power and medical lasers, as well as industrial data transmission. While addressing the American market, within the global business group, our Williamsburg, VA site is an integral part of a worldwide engineering, manufacturing, and sales team with co-workers in Europe and Asia allowing for innovative and customer-specific solutions.

We are looking for a motivated full‑time purchasing manager to join our team at the Williamsburg, VA site with responsibility for all purchasing and planning activities:

• Manage our team of purchasing and planning specialists
• Create and implement an adequate reporting with the goal of developing and optimizing supply chains suitable to achieve the company’s short- and long-term sales and profit goals
• Negotiate agreements with critical suppliers and perform regular audits
• Analyze inventories and seek relative decrease of purchasing costs while reducing DIO
• Support NPI projects in terms of vendor development and material readiness
• Perform project management and other duties as assigned by superior

• Minimum:
  Bachelor’s Degree in applicable field
• >5 years of relevant working and managerial experience in a manufacturing company
• Ability to understand machine part drawings, datasheets and other technical information
• Strong working knowledge of machining methods
• Significant experience with sourcing machined parts in- and outside the United States
• Self‑Motivated and Self‑Directed with strong attention to detail and problem‑solving skills
• Communication skills, cooperativeness, and ability to work in a team
• Strong working knowledge of software tools such as MS Excel, SAP or other ERP‑systems
• Effective time management skills with ability to prioritize and execute tasks in a fast‑paced environment
• Ability to legally work in the United States