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The Purchasing Manager position will support the Director of North American Supply Chain and will have a team of 3-5.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Oversees the purchase of raw material, standard parts, custom parts, auxiliaries and facilities requirements in a timely and economical manner.

• Provides training and coaching to team on purchasing process, tools and best practices.

• Completes employee evaluations and development plans.

• Acts as key point of contact for operational issues that need to be escalated (late deliveries, capacity constraints, quality issues).

• Ensures purchase order guidelines (authorization levels, confirmation dates, past due PO’s, pricing) are adhered to by the team.

• Implements sourcing strategies and ensures all Change Communication forms are actioned within a timely manner.

• Monitors and drives improvement to the purchasing “on-time to operation” metric. Develops and implements other KPI’s as required

• Supports product specific lead time reduction efforts.

• Responsible for item master data integrity and its on-going maintenance. Ensures ordering parameters are consistent with business unit requirements and supplier capabilities.

• Communicates and prioritizes supplier needs and issues to the sourcing team.

• Provides input to supply chain strategies.

• Ensures efficient use of inventory to meet business unit requirements.

• Attends weekly / monthly production meetings as required.

• Other duties as assigned by manager