Procurement Manager, Direct

Job description

Job responsibilities

• Own the supplier selection and sourcing strategy for demand relating to externally manufactured requirements from end-customers and internal factory ops needs
• Operate as the primary point of direction to the supporting functions of the org across buyers, coordinators, supplier quality, and internal factory ops and customer facing groups.
• Managing operational KPIs and taking proper action to improve performance as it relates to transactional SLAs, quality, delivery, and cost
• Develop long term strategies that support various customer and organizational objective, such as: cost down initiatives, quality improvements, supply base growth and strategy, capacity analysis and rate ramp readiness
• Operate as escalation path for negotiation, commercial resolution, and in-process order fulfillment
• Ensure compliance with all company and customer policies, requirements, procedures and government regulations while acting with integrity and prioritizing the needs of company and programs
• Present value propositions, open risks, and health of supply base and order book to leadership
• Manage the creation and evolution of governing standard operating procedures and working closely with the internal product and software team on developing adequate tool set to consistently improve operations

Job requirements

• Bachelor's or advanced degree with 5+ years of experience working in one or more of the following: Engineering (mechanical, aerospace, chemical, materials)
• Purchasing/Procurement (CNC machining, forgings, metallic raw materials, sheet metal, production tooling)
• Contract Negotiation
• Supply Chain Management
• Material / Demand Planning
• Experience in identifying and executing an optimized machining supply chain, or other complex supply chain systems in advanced manufacturing sub-commodities