New Life has a direct hire opportunity for a Senior Procurement Manager position near Youngstown Ohio

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES FOR THE SENIOR PROCUREMENT MANAGER

• Develop and implement a focused and competitive supply chain strategy in the global arena for North America - US, Mexico, and Canada that improves product integrity, quality, and performance. This position is critical for Distribution to maintain a competitive advantage and has a direct link to the success and profitability of the company. 
• Responsible for $100M plus annual purchasing spend across a global supply base in regional and international suppliers.
• Collaborate with Commercial team in Sales and Operations Process to align forward market demand profile to purchasing spend on long lead time products (circa 6 months).
• Develop, plan, and manage a raw material supply base which ensures the identification of items critical to the process, enhances the internal customer process, and adds value while creating competitive buying and facilitating cost/savings/reductions between internal customers/suppliers.
• Take a lead role in establishing procurement standards or specifications for raw material items critical to the process.
• Measure and analyze cost reduction of raw material items. Maintain the proper inventory levels on an item basis and manage the overall inventory within proper levels.
• Align with quality to improve supplier quality metric performance and supplier scorecard assessments.
• This position also manages the overall office administrative staff in US and Mexico.
• Perform all other duties and special projects as assigned.

REQUIRED FOR THE SENIOR PROCUREMENT MANAGER

• 4-year college degree requirement, preferably in Business Management, Procurement, or related field.
• 6 years of relatable experience and over 6 years of management/leadership experience in a procurement capacity.
• Experience in negotiating with Asian and European suppliers required.
• Experience building purchasing strategies to align with P/L expectations for up to a 3-year period.
• Experience applying management expertise to set direction, resolve problems, and provide guidance to employees in own area.
• Ability to plan strategically and adapt area/department plans and priorities to address business and operational challenges.
• Advanced knowledge of global mills and their capabilities to supply product.
• Advanced knowledge of market, economic, and other factors which effect continuity of supply.
• Customer focused.
• Ability to structure tasks and manage changing priorities.
• Ability to objectively evaluate others’ performance.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.