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Key Responsibilities
Procurement & Supply Chain Management
- Lead purchasing activities to ensure uninterrupted material flow for manufacturing operations.
- Develop and implement procurement strategies that support business goals and production requirements.
- Monitor supplier lead times, inventory levels, and material availability.
- Coordinate purchasing activities with production, planning, engineering, and project teams.
- Reduce material shortages, expedite costs, and supply chain disruptions.
- Support inventory management initiatives to balance availability with inventory efficiency.
Vendor Development & Strategic Sourcing
- Establish and expand external supplier networks to support future business growth.
- Source, evaluate, qualify, and onboard new vendors and service providers.
- Develop alternative sourcing strategies to reduce supply risk and improve supply chain resilience.
- Build long-term supplier partnerships focused on quality, delivery, responsiveness, and cost competitiveness.
- Lead supplier evaluations, negotiations, and performance reviews.
Supplier Performance & Cost Management
- Track and improve supplier performance metrics, including quality, delivery, and cost.
- Partner with quality and engineering teams to address supplier-related issues and corrective actions.
- Negotiate pricing, contracts, and purchasing agreements with key suppliers.
- Analyze spending trends and identify opportunities for cost savings and purchasing efficiencies.
- Monitor market conditions affecting materials such as steel, copper, aluminum, and other manufacturing commodities.
Operational Support
- Collaborate with engineering and operations teams on make-versus-buy decisions.
- Support purchasing approvals, purchase order execution, and procurement process improvements.
- Resolve material shortages that may impact production schedules.
- Maintain accurate purchasing, inventory, and supplier information within ERP/MRP systems.
- Participate in continuous improvement initiatives across procurement and supply chain functions.
Qualifications
Required
- Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain Management, Business, Engineering, Operations, or a related field; equivalent experience will be considered.
- 5-10 years of experience in procurement, purchasing, sourcing, or supply chain management within a manufacturing environment.
- Experience supporting custom manufacturing, fabrication, engineer-to-order (ETO), or make-to-order operations.
- Strong understanding of manufacturing materials including sheet metal, busbar copper/aluminum, hardware, and electrical components.
- Experience working with ERP and MRP systems.
- Demonstrated experience developing supplier relationships and onboarding new vendors.
- Strong negotiation, problem-solving, analytical, and organizational skills.
Preferred
- Experience supporting sheet metal fabrication, busbar fabrication, electrical equipment manufacturing, switchgear, or industrial manufacturing operations.
- Knowledge of inventory optimization and lean manufacturing principles.
- Experience managing supplier performance programs and corrective action processes.
- Exposure to commodity-based purchasing environments involving steel, copper, aluminum, or similar materials.
- Experience supporting engineer-to-order (ETO) manufacturing environments.
Success in This Role
- Improved supplier quality and on-time delivery performance.
- Reduced material shortages and production interruptions.
- Successful development of new vendor partnerships and sourcing channels.
- Increased procurement efficiency and cost savings.
- Accurate inventory management and material planning.
- Strong alignment between procurement activities and production demands.
