Senior Purchasing Manager (North/Manufacturing)
11 months ago
Responsibilities:
Define and implement team objectives aligning with the corporate procurement strategy. Ensure compliance with objectives and poli..
Responsibilities:
- Define and implement team objectives aligning with the corporate procurement strategy. Ensure compliance with objectives and policies while continuously improving organizational and individual performance metrics.
- Foster a culture of accountability, commitment, and transparent communication within project teams.
- Implement and communicate department metrics, ensuring understanding among subordinates and stakeholders. Influence peers, cross-functional processes, subordinates, and stakeholders to drive measurable improvements.
- Monitor on-time delivery to customers and supplier performance metrics, including OTD, Lead Time, Cost, RTV, and Supplier Capacity.
- Expedite materials and manage escalations with suppliers. Coordinate information with internal stakeholders and drive timely issue resolution. Oversee an extensive network of outsource service suppliers.
- Perform opportunity analysis to identify and execute projects that deliver efficiency gains, cost savings, and inventory reductions.
- Collaborate in New Product releases by managing purchasing, item and quote master settings, and expediting materials.
- Maintain accurate procurement item and quote master MRP settings and supplier delivery information within the ERP systems.
- Prepare management status reports on metrics, projects, and programs.
- Foster a culture of transparent communication, early issue visibility, and urgency for corrective action within project teams.
- Emphasize root cause understanding and continuous improvement.
Requirements:
- Minimum Bachelor's degree in Business or Engineering.
- 7+ years of relevant experience with a minimum of 2 years managing direct reports.
- Experience across multiple operational disciplines in a manufacturing environment.
- Strong understanding of contract manufacturing environments.
- Proven record of managing and driving continuous process improvement.
- Experience with tier one ERP & PLM systems (e.g., Oracle, SAP, Agile).
- Experience implementing ERP systems is a plus.
- Flexibility to work with US counterparts and frequent communication with cross-functional teams in the US and Singapore.
- Strong interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills.
- Proactive, detail-oriented, hands-on, and results-driven leadership.
- Comprehensive knowledge of purchasing, supplier selection, cost analysis, and negotiation.
- Ability to work independently in a fast-paced environment.
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