Purchasing Manager

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Position Overview

FUJIFILM Electronic Materials, U.S.A., Inc., is a global leader in chemical solutions which enable the semiconductor industry and the digital universe. We have an exciting opportunity at our Mesa, AZ facility for a Purchasing Manager!

The Role

The Purchasing Manager will manage raw material commodity strategies and hold suppliers accountable for top performance in Chemicals, Packaging and MRO. This role is responsible for securing best overall value while continuing to ensure that purchased materials support quality, cost, delivery, and service levels. This position works closely with Finance, Quality, Manufacturing, Engineering, R&D and Facilities, provides leadership in problem solving, price negotiations, cost containment strategies and enhancing supplier relationships.

Company Overview

FUJIFILM Electronic Materials, U.S.A., Inc. is a wholly owned subsidiary of FUJIFILM Holdings America Corporation. FUJIFILM Electronic Materials, U.S.A., Inc. supplies the world's top semiconductor manufacturers with a broad array of products and services, including chemicals and advanced materials. The company’s broad product portfolio includes high-purity acids/bases, photoresists, thin film formation materials, formulated products, CMP slurries, and polyimides for advanced packaging. The company has six state-of-the-art manufacturing facilities and research labs in the U.S., including Arizona, California, Colorado, Rhode Island, and Texas. For more information, please visit: https://www.fujifilm.com/em-global/en .

FUJIFILM Corporation is a subsidiary of FUJIFILM Holdings Corporation. FUJIFILM Holdings Corporation, headquartered in Tokyo, leverages its depth of knowledge and proprietary core technologies to deliver innovative products and services across the globe through the four key business segments of healthcare, electronics, business innovation, and imaging with over 70,000 employees. Guided and united by our Group Purpose of “giving our world more smiles,” we address social challenges and create a positive impact on society through our products, services, and business operations. Under its medium-term management plan, VISION2030, which ends in FY2030, we aspire to continue our evolution into a company that creates value and smiles for various stakeholders as a collection of global leading businesses and achieve a global revenue of 4 trillion yen (29 billion USD at an exchange rate of 140 JPY/USD). For more information, please visit: www.fujifilmholdings.com . 

For further details about our commitment to sustainability and Fujifilm’s Sustainable Value Plan 2030,click here (https://holdings.fujifilm.com/en/sustainability/plan/svp2030) .

Job Description

Key responsibilities for this role include:

• Hands-on day-to-day purchasing role and supervises 2-3 team members on procurement activities for chemicals, packaging, filters and MRO.
• Responsible for problem solving, sourcing, relationships,price negotiations, savings, avoidances, strategies and tactics and creates leverage with suppliers using feedstocks, currency, volumes and supplier escalation as needed.
• Leads internal cross functional teams and supplier meetings to drive capacity and capabilities, and cost-down roadmaps to provide competitive and aligned product pricing roadmaps to its customers.
• Evaluates potential and existing suppliers based on the required performance specifications, quality and cost.
• Partners with Business Management, Supplier Quality, Planning, Operations and our suppliers to improve quality, inventory management, and drive our supplier’s processes closer to world class performance levels.
• Proactively assesses the risk of supply interruption situations, puts in place remedial action and corrective measures. Manages emergency supply chain situations.
• Point of contact for Business Unit Directors to solve procurement issues at plant level.
• Develops and maximizes automation tools to increase productivity and value add.
• Owns and maintains site Purchasing policies, procedures and changes to ensure accuracy.
• Participates in customer audits, procurement reviews at strategic business unit meetings, and Finance budget processes.
• Maintains Service contracts and service vendors. Leads contract renewal process.
• Owns Supplier Ratings and meets with suppliers to design plans to achieve 100%.
• Leads early R&D involvement to design and target viable suppliers with desired scales, price curves and capabilities.
• Manage overall 3 rd Party Toll relationships to ensure raw material supplier, product supply, increased process efficiencies and best practices.
• Leads supplier forecasting communications with Planning to drive production campaigns, on-hand inventory, safety stocks and consignment.
  
  

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Business Management, Supply Chain Management or related field, Master’s degree preferred.
• Progressive management experience (min 8 years) in a specialty chemical manufacturing industry or related industry
• Sourcing experience with domestic and international vendor sourcing, vendor certification, and terms & contract negotiation/administration (5 years)
• Previous budget management experience (1-3 years).
• Strong negotiation abilities.
• Strong problem-solving skills.
• Demonstrated competence in SAP, software applications, Microsoft outlook, Excel, Powerpoint, and Lotus notes.
• Strong experience in developing purchasing procedures, approaches, price negotiations and supplier relationships.
• Strong verbal, written and presentation skills and independent ability to solve problems.
• Ability to manage multiple tasks, set deadlines and work well with others required.
• Teamwork, integrity and accuracy of work required.
• Ability to travel to suppliers, and other FFEM sites.
  
  

Additional Requirements

We value a professional, adaptable, and collaborative work environment. The following competencies are essential for success in any role and reflect our commitment to effective teamwork, problem solving, and workplace communication.

• Resilience - Ability to adapt to workplace challenges, maintain professionalism, and manage responsibilities effectively.
• Communication - Capacity to clearly and professionally exchange ideas, interact respectfully with colleagues and customers, and foster positive workplace relationships.
• Reasoning & Decision Making - Ability to analyze information, follow verbal and written instructions, and make logical, sound decisions.
• Comprehension - Capability to understand and complete tasks as assigned and solve problems effectively.
• Organizational Skills - Competence in managing multiple priorities, maintaining accuracy, and staying focused despite potential workplace distractions.
  
  

To all agencies: Please, no phone calls or emails to any employee of Fujifilm about this requisition. All resumes submitted by search firms/employment agencies to any employee at Fujifilm via-email, the internet or in any form and/or method will be deemed the sole property of Fujifilm, unless such search firms/employment agencies were engaged by Fujifilm for this requisition and a valid agreement with Fujifilm is in place. In the event a candidate who was submitted outside of the Fujifilm agency engagement process is hired, no fee or payment of any kind will be paid.

EEO Information

Fujifilm is committed to providing equal opportunities in hiring, promotion and advancement, compensation, benefits, and training regardless of nationality, age, gender, sexual orientation or gender identity, race, ethnicity, religion, political creed, ideology, national, or social origin, disability, veteran status, etc.

ADA Information

If you require reasonable accommodation in completing this application, interviewing, completing any pre-employment testing, or otherwise participating in the employee selection process, please direct your inquiries to our HR Department (feus.humanresources@fujifilm.com).

Job Locations US-AZ-Mesa

Posted Date 3 weeks ago (3/6/2025 12:09 PM)

Requisition ID 2025-33706

Category Purchasing/Procurement

Company (Portal Searching) FUJIFILM Electronic Materials U.S.A