MANAGER, PURCHASING

Description

Job Summary:
Manages the Purchasing Department and all procurement activities for AAON. Represents AAON in formulating policies and negotiating contracts with suppliers.

Essential Responsibilities/Activities:

• Negotiates contracts with suppliers, vendors, and other representatives.
• Evaluates contract performance to ensure compliance with contractual obligations.
• Ensures requisitions and purchase orders for supplies and equipment are prepared and executed.
• Establishes purchasing policies and procedures and directs purchasing programs accordingly.
• Coordinates activities with the Scheduling and Manufacturing Departments to ensure all deadlines are met.
• Analyzes market and delivery systems to determine present and future material availability.
• Analyzes price proposals, financial reports, and other data and information to determine reasonable prices.
• Confers with personnel, users, and vendors to discuss defective or unacceptable goods or services, and then determines corrective action.
• Maintains computerized or manual records of items purchased, costs, delivery, product performance, and inventories.
• Manages, plan and direct the work of Buyers and Purchasing Agents.
• Hire and train new staff and assigned Sr. Buyers to facilitate training.
• Develops an organization’s procurement rules and regulations.
• Establishes guidelines on how often the company gets price quotes for items, the number of bids to accept and which vendors to consider.
• Coordinates with inventory control to determine and manage inventory needs.
• Manages the maintenance of office/manufacturing equipment and machinery.
• Ensures that all procured items meet the required quality standards and specifications.
• Prepares cost estimates and manages budgets.
• Works to improve purchasing systems and processes.
• Demonstrate sense of urgency on demanding business decisions.
• Work as a Liaison amongst all business units and partner with Key Leaders to find solutions as business demands.
• Evaluates quality, price, reliability, technical support and availability of goods and services.

Qualifications

Educational Requirements:

Degree(s): Bachelor’s Degree or or minimum 8 years equivalent experience in the HVAC industry or a similar industry is required.
License(s): None
Certification(s): None

Essential Mental Functions:

• Demonstrates strong leadership abilities.
• Communicates effectively in written and spoken form.
• Exhibits good decision-making and problem solving abilities.
• Demonstrates strong multi-tasking capabilities and organizational skills.
• Works with minimal supervision.
• Works effectively in a team environment.
• Works effectively in a fast-paced high-pressure environment.

Essential Physical Functions:

• Lift up to 25lbs.
• Sit or stand for up to 95 percent of work hours.
• Periodic visits to the manufacturing facility with seasonal hot and cold temperatures, dust, and some chemical fume exposure.

Disclaimer:
Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at a time with or without notice. This job description is not an exhaustive list of all functions that the employee may be required to perform, and the employee may be required to perform additional functions. The company reserves the right to revise this job description at any time. The employee must be able to perform the essential functions of the position satisfactorily. If requested, reasonable accommodations may be made to enable employees with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the job, absent undue hardship.