Develops, manages, and oversees administration of procurement policies, methods, and systems to provide direct material and indirect materials, equipment, and supplies to all assigned manufacturing operations. Duties include managing a procure-to-pay duties for centralized control. Responsible for coordinating local purchasing negotiations, contracts, identifying needs to purchase, overseeing pricing to include fiscal year price updates in the purchasing system, consolidation of suppliers, reduction of inventory, coordinating cost savings projects, managing purchasing staff, and providing reports to management. This positions interfaces with Manufacturing, Planning, Finance, external suppliers, Sales, Engineering, and Logistics.
REPORTS TO: Director, Global Purchasing