Plant Purchasing Manager

The Company

POSITION TITLE:Plant Purchasing Manager

LOCATION:  Home-based, Southeast preferred + 15% travel

JOB  SUMMARY:

The Plant Purchasing Manager (PPM) will directly support a plant/mine site or  group of plants/mine sites within one of three sub-regions in North America, providing purchasing, sourcing and project management for major purchases (typically over $50K in value).

The Plant Purchasing Manager will partner closely with key functions including procurement (daily, tactical purchasing typically under $50K purchases), maintenance, operations, logistics, engineering, finance, safety, etc.

KEY TASKS & RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Partners closely with plant procurement and operations to competitively source plant contractors and service providers

• Works with each plant to identify opportunities to reduce total cost of ownership and increase plant efficiency using supplier capabilities

• Executes bids, quotes and RFQ’s for competitive products and services

• Places purchase orders for goods and services

• Drives capex and major opex projects with project management practices, using specialized process tools – Capital Expense Request process

• Provides advice, best-practice guidance and training to local procurement teams

• Supports materials management process to meet production needs while also hitting inventory targets

• Tracks and presents on KPIs and action plans to stakeholders

Qualifications: 

• Bachelor’s Degree - Business or Engineering preferred plus 5 years related experience, or 10 years industrial purchasing experience without a degree

• Technologically savvy 

• MS Office Suite or Google suite

• Project management training a plus

• Experience working with ERP and other software-based processes, ideally SAP

• Purchasing certification a plus

• Experience in Capex purchasing in an industrial environment

• Travel approximately 10%-15%

IMERYS... Mineral Solutions to create tomorrow's world.  Imerys is a Paris based Global Leader, who transforms minerals into thousands of high valued specialty mineral products essential for our Customers' Products.

IMERYS offers competitive benefits including medical/dental insurance, 401K matching and paid vacation.

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