Purchasing Manager (Project Management)
Wieland Designs is the premier employer for furniture in Elkhart and LaGrange Counties. Join our team today and experience beauty in community.
This position reports to the COO.
PRINCIPAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
Administrative and Business Skills:
- Work with Senior Supply Chain Strategist for managing the negotiation of new and existing contracts for purchased goods and services including long-term agreements, consignment programs and outsourcing requirements
- Ability to participate in strategic sourcing activities to procure required goods and services
- Refine the SCM organization's infrastructure incorporating policies, procedures and processes while ensuring they are maintained and adhered in accordance with overall company policies and guidelines
- Assists the supervisor with the establishment of annual goals/objectives, strategies, and tactics to drive managed results favorable to Wieland Designs
- Establish common processes, performance metrics, standards and a supplier quality program working with our Quality Manager.
- Work with Senior Supply Chain Strategist to rationalize the current supply base to maximize purchasing leverage and reduce risk
- Deliver annual savings targets through well-developed purchasing strategies
- Responsible for the maintenance of ISO-related documentation relevant to the procurement function
- Work with Senior Supply Chain Strategist for new product development purchasing requirements
Technical Skills:
- Proactively contacts suppliers to facilitate and assist in the resolution of production, design, quality, and/or delivery problems; determine status of orders
- Develop and implement communication methods to provide information to assist our supply chain partners success
- Ability to analyze demand data, create purchasing strategies and implement into ERP system such as min/max, min on hand, safety stock, Kanban, MOQ, JIT to support overall company requirements
- Execute the effort of continually ordering and receiving all parts as order points are reached and safety stocks are used in coordination with the needs of the internal customers.
- Monitor material inventories, track progress of production schedules, and review factors that affect inventory. Maintain inventory dollars without affecting on-time delivery.
- Thorough understanding of Engineering processes and services.
Interpersonal Skills:
- Ability to engage cross-functionally within the company
- Demonstrate appropriate internal customer-supplier relationship skills
- Develop and maintain effective, professional relationships with suppliers while enforcing the company Supplier Business Practices policy
- Contribute to the maintenance and development of supplier relationships
- Coach, develop and direct staff consistent with company philosophies
- Participate in NPD project update meetings as required
Physical Demands and Work Environment
The physical demands and work environment characteristics 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.
Physical demands:
- Must have good visual ability to determine colors, shapes, and size of materials.
- Must be able to lift up to 10 – 40 pounds consistently.
- Regular attendance.
Work environment:
- Consistent low noise level from production tools and equipment.
- Small airborne dust particles are created from handling cloth fabrics.
Mental demands:
- Must be able to process procedures on the computer.
- Must have the mental ability to perform basic math functions.
- Must have the mental ability to communicate, train others, and problem-solve with accuracy in verbal and written formats.
MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:
- Bachelor's degree, with additional APICS certification or similar coursework completed
- 5 – 10 years' experience in sourcing, purchasing and supply chain management in an ERP/MRP - based manufacturing environment
- In depth knowledge of current supply chain management and manufacturing processes and systems
- Track record of driving operational excellence and best practices across the supply chain organization
- Solid negotiation, financial and analytical skills
- Experience in sourcing of purchased goods and services needed for manufacturing operations
- Computer literacy in word processing, spreadsheet, database, and in an ERP environment
- Engaging leadership style, with track record of mentoring and developing teams
- Effective communicator with ability to be clear and concise, with active listening skills and to synthesize information
