Procurement Manager

Job Summary:

The Procurement Manager is responsibility for all commodities & services and will secure long-term total quality, delivery, cost efficiency, and sustainability of material and services throughout project lifecycles.

Duties/Responsibilities:

• Responsible for all supplier relationships, securing targeted levels of cost, quality, delivery, sustainability, and supply continuity.
• Develop and coordinate with receiving department to ensure material ordered is received.
• Works with AP department to ensure timely payment of invoices for products ordered and delivered.
• Develop, implement, and manage commodity and supplier strategies that meet internal and external customer demands on a continuous basis.
• Complete and manage the lifecycle of supplier contracts including corporate agreements, annual pricing negotiations and awards, payment terms, and inventory.
• Develop and align commodity and supplier roadmaps in partnership with engineering and project managers.
• Develop, implement, and manage supplier performance and rating based on Key Performance Metrics (KPI) for Quality, Delivery, and Cost.
• Find, assess, and develop new suppliers as needed in accordance with company direction and in alignment with engineering and project management.
• Conduct detailed demand, spend, cost and market analysis using a structured approach to maintain best overall product cost.
• Work with sales, project management, finance, manufacturing, safety, and construction teams to establish an efficient and effective supply chain and support corporate goals of on-time delivery, quality, and material costs.

Required Skills/Abilities: 

• Extensive knowledge of the purchasing environment to be able to analyze business procurement issues, recommend solutions and strategies and implement changes.
• Strong blueprint reading skills.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Strong negotiation skills, including and understanding of legal terms and conditions.
• Strong analytical skills, including a demonstrated ability to interpret and communicate market data and communicate that data within finance and project management.
• Strong organizational and problem-solving skills.
• Extremely organized and able to work with minimum supervision.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to work with multiple work groups and develop high quality working internal and external relationships.
• Flexibility and able to adapt to a fast-paced, rapidly changing work environment with unexpected issues or events.
• Proficiency in MS Office applications (Outlook, Teams, Word, Excel, Project).
• Ability to maintain confidentiality regarding proprietary company information.

Education and Experience:

• Bachelor's degree in business management, Construction managements, or related field and/or minimum 5 years of material purchasing experience.
• Certification in Purchasing.
• Manufacturing, welding, project management, or construction experience.
• Experience in managing the following commodities: metals, machining, welding, and MRO.
• Previous experience in a high mix/low volume manufacturing/fabrication environment.

Physical Requirements: 

• Prolonged periods sitting at a desk and working on a computer.
• Must be able to lift to 50 pounds at times.
• May be asked to travel to visit vendors, attend trainings or different company events.
• Must be able to navigate shop environment.