Job Description

Purchasing Manager

Location: Springfield OH

Full time Onsite only

Our client, a leading company in the Aerospace industry, is opening a new location in Springfield, OH, and is seeking a Purchasing Manager. The Purchasing Manager will be responsible for negotiating vendor terms, prices, and delivery schedules, leveraging their expertise in budget and schedule requirements. A strong mechanical and technical negotiation skill set is essential for this role.

Essential Functions:

• Develop competitive strategies to drive cost reduction initiatives with the global supply base, while meeting capacity and quality requirements.
• Coordinate the physical flows of materials, products, and tools to satisfy the continuous and constant demands of customers and suppliers.
• Estimate the quantities of products to order based on stock levels, flow forecasts, order periodicity, and delivery times from suppliers.
• Ensure the receipt of orders. Set up delivery schedules for suppliers.
• Follow up on orders until delivery. Supervise any disputes.
• Continuously update the supplier database by integrating new market data.
• Propose improvements to inventory management criteria, including adjustments to breakage thresholds and launch quantities.
• Manage the stock of new products and phase out poorly sold references.
• Execute and update program and supplier management indicators.
• Ensure customer reporting in terms of product delivery planning and activity reporting.
• Collaborate with supporting resources (engineering, quality, global supply chains, logistics, and regional teams) to achieve plans, ensure adequate cycle time to procure materials, and escalate critical materials from the supplier base to meet customer demands.
• Lead teams in identifying opportunities to meet objectives for supplier cost reduction, value creation, supply chain improvement, and customer satisfaction.
• Execute events across multiple categories and play a key role in delivering cost savings targets.
• Network across the company, build strong relationships with stakeholders, and develop negotiation strategies to support their business.

Job Requirements:

• Experience in machine shops, procurement, and sourcing.
• Ability to successfully manage complexity and multiple priorities.
• Strong knowledge in reading blueprints and technical publications.
• Experience in purchasing operations involving planning, coordinating, or evaluating procurement actions required to support multiple projects.
• Knowledge of planning, programming, budgeting, and executing purchasing and supply chain programs.

Competencies:

• Bachelor's or master's degree in mechanical engineering.
• Minimum of 2-4 years of purchasing-related experience
• Technical drawing reading skills.
• Technical capacity and ability to provide technical guidance.
• Bilingual (English French or English Spanish) preferred.

Please forward your resume for consideration to Megan Caggiano @

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