Purchasing Supervisor

Title : Purchasing Supervisor

Location : Atlanta, GA

Responsibilities :

• Mitigate supply risk, ensure timely delivery of materials and services while continuously focusing on reducing TCO and maintaining product / service quality and specifications required by using groups.
• Places orders for assigned items using current price records, purchase agreements and by means of inquiry and / or price and T&C negotiations with the most favorable suppliers
• Negotiates materials or services in excess of approval limits established by management and sends to Manager for approval
• Manage supply contracts
• Execute procurement functions consistent with established internal corporate policies and procedures and are in compliance with established Federal and state laws, including but not limited to the various antitrust statutes and the Sarbanes-Oxley Act.
• Help minimize corporate investment in inventories to the lowest possible levels while maintaining high levels of service to the user departments.
• Once fully trained, employees are expected to provide sound advice and recommendations to the Manager / Group Manager, and to think independently and creatively
• Possess the necessary judgment and communication skills to work directly with more senior positions within Sourcing as well as with various levels within internal customer groups and suppliers.
• Effectively leverage data when making major or complex purchasing decisions; respects accuracy and is good with details and has solid analytical capabilities.
• Maintain highly engaged working relationship with the assigned customer department(s) to ensure Sourcing provides continuous improvement in material procurement, cost control and reduction, a strong, competitive supply base for key materials and services, including the development of alternate materials and suppliers, total cost analysis of materials.
• Achieve and maintain a high degree of knowledge and familiarity with strategic suppliers and their representatives for assigned materials and / or service areas; maintain comprehensive knowledge of continually changing market conditions and sources of supply, including development and availability of new products, changes in existing products and suppliers, and all other pertinent data necessary to provide assistance and direction in Sourcing decision making; understand major related technological advances and challenges.
• Ensure efficient utilization of SAP procurement platform tools and related (currently SRM and ECC, with planned conversion to ARIBA and S4); continuously identify areas of improvement to reduce administrative burden and increase resources available to control and reduce TCO; maintain 80% or greater standard material catalog item count on long-term supply contracts to minimize buyer RFx queue and invoice OV workload.
• The candidate must maintain high standards of ethical conduct to ensure that all negotiations are performed free of interference, that all bids have received adequate consideration, and that objectivity is maintained.

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