Purchasing Manager

At Cat i Glass, we pride ourselves on our culture and our ability to make our company a place that employees enjoy coming to work each day. We believe hard work is important but we also know that balance is essential. We encourage employees in becoming their best, both personally and professionally.

Everything we produce is a result of the hard work and talent of our team members. We believe that when good ideas are shared, even better things can happen. Join the Cat i Supply Chain team today!

Job Summary:

The Purchasing Manager will develop and manage key aspects of the supply change to ensure timely, cost sensitive delivery of components and supplies for a growing US based manufacture. He or she will collaborate with the management team to drive improvement of key metrics including Safety, Quality, Delivery, Cost and Inventory. The qualified candidate will have a can do attitude and be able to develop innovative solutions to today’s supply change problems.

Essential Job Functions:

• Develop, lead and execute purchasing strategies including Kanban systems
• Track and report key functional metrics to reduce expenses and improve effectiveness
• Partner with stakeholders to ensure clear requirements documentation
• Assess, manage and mitigate risks
• Seek and partner with reliable vendors and suppliers
• Negotiates with vendors for goods and services, negotiation the best possible price and service guarantee
• Establishes purchasing policies and ensure compliance
• Establishes account/credit and terms
• Complies with safety and corporate guidelines on business ethics
• Coordinate all international shipments for purchased goods including all paperwork required to have shipments clear customs in a timely manner
• Develops and tracks key supplier scorecards
• Manage other associates of the purchasing team

Qualifications:

• Knowledge and experience applying Kanban systems that are not ERP system dependent
• Familiarity with sourcing and vendor management
• Interest in market and commodity dynamics along with business sense
• A knack for negotiation and networking
• Ability to gather and analyze data and to make informed business decisions
• Innovative problem solver that finds solutions to supply chain challenges
• Lean manufacturing knowledge - preferred
• Experience integrating an ERP system - preferred

Education/Experience:

• High school or equivalent
• 3+ years of proven working experience as a Purchasing Manager, agent or officer - preferred
• BS degree in supply chain management, logistics or business administration - preferred.

Physical Demands and Working Environment:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Perform job duties in an office environment by operating basic office equipment; fax machine, scanner, copier, desktop computer, phone.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; and talk or hear, repetitive.
• The employee frequently is required to stand, walk, and stoop.
• The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 5 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

Disclaimer

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this classification. They are not to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required of personnel so classified. All personnel may be required to perform duties outside of their normal responsibilities from time to time, as needed.

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