Purchasing Manager

POSITION PURPOSE:
The Purchasing Manager is proficient in top-level purchasing strategies and practices and is adept at navigating the complexities of procurement at CSM Corporation. This role encompasses the management and execution of a comprehensive supply chain strategy to leverage company buying power, ensuring quality, cost, and delivery standards are achieved. The manager will play a key role in developing budgets, defining scopes, and managing purchasing projects for renovation projects and property improvement plans (PIPs), aligning these activities with overall business objectives.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Buyout Budgets and Planning:
  
  • Prepare and verify buyout budgets based on provided specifications.
  • Develop and support a supply chain strategy aligned with business plan objectives.
  • Focus on quality, cost, and delivery while ensuring compliance with hotel franchise standards.
  • Maintain accurate and up to date budgets, records and summary results. Coordinate closely with other team members to ensure that project timelines are met in a cost-effective manner.
  • Monitor and control procurement expenditure, ensuring adherence to budgetary constraints.
• Strategic Sourcing and Cost Reduction:
  
  • Develop and implement sourcing strategies aligned with company goals.
  • Support consolidated purchasing efforts across CSM as needed.
  • Collaborate with other team members to identify and achieve leverage and savings opportunities.
  • Assist in the negotiation of bulk discounts (especially in common capital expense categories), cost savings, and other continuous improvement opportunities.
• Purchase Order Management:
  
  • Create, review, and issue Purchase Orders (PO) after budget approvals.
  • Plan and coordinate all elements of construction/PIPs purchasing projects.
  • Validate specification accuracy prior to PO issuance.
• Vendor and Supplier Management:
  
  • Negotiate optimal pricing and freight costs.
  • Serve as primary liaison with external business partners and/or purchasing vendors.
  • Develop and execute a supplier qualification and certification process.
• Logistics, Tracking, and Systems Support:
  
  • Maintain PO tracking logs and manage vendor deliveries.
  • Responsible for overall systems administration, training, and customer support for purchasing systems (Birchstreet).
  • Leverage technology to optimize procurement processes, including Yardi and Birchstreet.
• Leadership:
  
  • Be a visible leader and role model, ensuring the highest level of service is provided to employees, internal customers and vendors
  • Lead team by providing job specific learning and development, managing performance through constructive feedback, recognition and coaching, delivering performance reviews and making employment decisions.
• Customer Service:
  
  • Address and resolve all issues that develop with the hotel properties, vendors, quality and pricing to ensure a consistent quality product is delivered in a timely manner.
  • Analyze trends proactively, identify problems and suggest recommendations to avoid future issues.

Required Skills and Experience:

• Bachelor's degree in Business or related field is preferred.
• 5-10 years of progressively responsible experience in purchasing.
• American Production and Inventory Control Society (APICS) certification is preferred.
• Experience in hospitality, multi-entity, or new construction industries is beneficial.
• Strong analytical, influencing, and negotiating skills.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to work effectively in a cross functional capacity.
• Strong PC skills, including Excel and Word.
• Experience with business systems such as Yardi or Birchstreet is preferred.
• Travel may be required intermittently.