·Has responsibility for ensuring that materials supply equals demand, optimizing overall cost of Purchasing, supporting the business development effort with current and potential customers, and development / implementation of purchasing strategies.

·Associated Job Duties

-Has responsibility for Plant-wide purchasing activities.

-Develops and implements new purchasing strategies per unique customer requirements.

-Has responsibility for overall development of supplier relations and performance monitoring

-Reviews and authorizes Terms and Conditions.

-Defines and monitors key metrics such as inventory turns.

-Has responsibility for ensuring that materials supply equals demand, ptimizing overall cost of Purchasing

-Ensures Operation’s execution to Supply Chain strategies

-Supports the development of Supply Chain strategies and systems

-Indoctrinates the importance of having materials supply equal demand.

-Ensures that Materials Planners participate in determining MPS loading to create a realistic commitment that best supports customer needs.

-Maintains a disciplined process to ensure materials availability to support production activities per the Master Production Schedule without creating materials liability for company

-Disconnects between materials supply and requirements such as shortages, non-conformance, high stocks, and excess/obsolete materials are continuously monitored and eliminated

-Drives down overall cost of materials including component pricing, freight expenses, administration expenses, materials liability, and high stock.

-Ensures that MPV is optimized.

-Assures that component purchase price should be projected to accurately reflect the inventory value for the financial period in Standard Costing process.

-Ensures that quoted cost to the customer is competitive yet maximizes the amount of favorable Materials Price Variance (MPV).

-Ensures all purchase orders are placed with pricing and terms & conditions that are negotiated and agreed to by Commodity Managers and Buyers

-Ensures that Operation’s supply base contributes to success of the Operation and that suppliers are selected based on overall cost effectiveness and their ability to meet company’s requirements.

-Monitors, tracks, and provides feedback on suppliers’ performance on overall cost, delivery, and quality

-Reports to Site Materials Manager

·Bachelor\'s Degree Required in Materials Logistics Management, Business Administration or equivalent discipline.

·At least 5 years experience with at least 2 years in supervisory role.

·APICS, NAPM, or CPM certifications preferred.