Manager, Purchasing (Space Systems)

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Elevate your career at Marotta Controls, a New Jersey Top Workplace three years running! Dedicated to innovation, quality and excellence, we deliver cutting edge control systems for the Aerospace & Defense industry. At Marotta, we value bold thinking and teamwork, and we empower our employees to push boundaries while delivering top-tier solutions to our customers. Our team fosters a fun, collaborative culture where creativity and technical excellence thrive! Your next big opportunity starts here. Be part of a company where your work supports a mission that makes a difference—apply today!

Manager, Purchasing (Space Systems)

Responsible For

• Tactical management of day-to-day procurement operations.
• Implements the strategy to provide the materials and services to meet organizational requirements for quality, volume, availability, and pricing.
• Maintains strategic supplier relationships, negotiates pricing, monitors performance, and expedites to respond to changes in demand or disruptions in the supply chain.
• Focus on building a supply chain (including travel to suppliers and core competency review) and utilizing lean techniques.
• Management of a $25M-$30M annual purchasing portfolio.
• Collaborates with other functions to meet current and future inventory requirements and manage inventory levels.
• Balancing supply risk (i.e. capacity, constraints) with improvement opportunities.
• Hands on activity to solve external and internal issues as they arise.
• Influence metric improvement for procurement to internal and external customers.
• Strong managing of staff in a highly transactional organization and mentoring to facilitate employee development.
• Ability to drive price reductions, holding suppliers accountable to meet delivery and cost targets.
• Ability to understand big picture of procurement and implement a cross-product strategy to drive down cost and lead time to optimize schedule and financial results.
  
  

Minimum Requirements

• Sourcing, Purchasing, Planning or Supply Chain experience (5 years minimum)
• Knowledge of raw materials, machined components, electro/mechanical components
• Ability to develop dashboards, KPI’s and metrics
• Strong negotiations skills
• Education: Bachelor's Degree in Business or Engineering or over 10 years experience in related field.
• Location: New Jersey
• US Citizenship required
  
  

Background Preferred (but Not Required)

• Relevant industry experience
• Industry relevant certifications (i.e. LEAN, CPIM, APICS, Six Sigma)
• Advanced Degree (MBA or MS)
• Understanding of ERP, MRP systems (Epicor preferred)
  
  

Other Essential Abilities And Skills

• Results Driven
• Demonstrates Leadership
• Advanced Problem Solving
• Strong organization and relationship management skills
• Excellent written & verbal communication
  
  

Work Environment

• This job interacts both in a professional office environment and a manufacturing/machine shop environment. This role uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, filing cabinets and fax machines, as well as environments inclusive of the appropriate eye, hearing and foot protection (as required).
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee may be exposed to conditions typical of a manufacturing/machine shop environment, including, but not limited to: fluids, fumes or airborne particles, moving mechanical parts, noise and vibration
• Temperature of work environment may be affected by outside/external temperatures, machining processes, etc.
• This is a full-time position. Days and hours of work are 10 hours, Monday through Thursday. Overtime and weekend work are required, as job duties demand.
• Some travel may be expected for this position (up to 25%)
  
  

Physical Requirements

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk and hear.
• The employee is frequently required to reach with hands and arms, and to use hands to finger, handle or feel
• The employee is regularly required to stand, sit, walk, stoop, or crouch, and move about the facility.
• The employee may be required to lift and/or move items weighing up to 25 pounds.
  
  

Many of our contracts require proof that you are a U.S. citizen and/or that an export license has been obtained for employees who are citizens of certain countries. Your employment, both initially and continually thereafter, is conditioned on production of such proof of citizenship and/or any export license that may be required to comply with any and all applicable laws, regulations, or executive orders, or required by Federal, State, or local government contracts.

We offer a highly competitive compensation package for this outstanding position plus a quarterly bonus along with a full range of top quality benefits and employee services including: medical, prescription, dental, vision, life and disability income insurance programs, 401k retirement plans with company match, generous tuition aid program, paid vacation, sick and personal days, paid holidays and flexible work hours with compressed work week options. We recognize and reward our employee's accomplishments and host several employee engagement events per quarter.

If you are looking to grow or accelerate your career and be part of a best in class organization while enjoying a work-life balance, please visit our website at www.marotta.com to learn more about us and to apply. Check out all our openings at https://marotta.com/job-openings/

We are an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity employer M/F/IWD/Veterans

VETERANS ARE ENCOURAGED TO APPLY

No agencies, please.