Purchasing Manager

Purchasing Manager West Valley, Greater Phoenix

Our Client seeks a strong Purchasing Manager to lead procurement, supplier management, and materials planning to ensure continuity of supply while optimizing cost, quality, service, and working capital. The role develops category and supplier strategies for direct raw materials, packaging, ingredients, and Supplies/indirect goods and services; partners cross-functionally to support production, customer requirements, and profitable growth. Leads a high-performing, data-driven procurement team.

Responsibilities:

• Develop procurement strategies that mesh with business goals, customer and production needs.
• Lead sourcing events, supplier evaluation and selection, negotiations and contract management.
• Deliver sustainable savings and cost avoidance through supplier rationalization and TCO.
• Monitor capacity, lead-time, geopolitical, and supplier risks to dual source when appropriate.
• Build strategic supplier relationships and conduct regular business reviews.
• Partner cross-functionally to maintain material availability and support customer commitments.
• Optimize inventory policies while ensuring purchase orders accurately reflect approved terms.
• Drive procurement analytics, forecasts, budgets, dashboards, and executive reporting, including purchase price variance, realized savings, supplier performance, and material availability.
• Standardize procurement policies.
• Ensure compliance with company policies and quality, safety, ethical sourcing and regulatory requirements.
• Lead and develop the purchasing team.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree
• Minimum 6 years of progressive procurement, strategic sourcing, purchasing, or supply chain experience, including in CPG or Food & Beverage.
• Minimum 3 years of people-leadership experience
• Proven experience leading supplier negotiations, cost-reduction programs, and supplier performance management.
• Purchasing and materials management acumen