Procurement Manager at Risus Talent Partners in Newtown Square, Pennsylvania

Posted in Other 8 days ago.

Type: full-time





Job Description:

The Procurement Manager - Commodities reports to the Vice President Supply Chain and plays an essential role in delivering on goals and metrics through effective supplier negotiations and by optimizing purchasing activities and processes to drive key sourcing metrics including productivity, working capital improvements, lead time, service level, and quality.

The Procurement Manager develops, communicates and ensures field alignment with purchasing strategies for packaging materials including corrugated, paperboard, polybags, stretch wraps, shrink films, foams, safety products, cleaning chemicals, transportation and other distribution related items. As a key contact for suppliers, the individual takes the lead in building positive, productive relationships with manufacturers and distributors, collaborates with internal teams regarding product needs and customer requirements, and provides high quality support and guidance to procurement teams and management throughout.

Key Duties & Accountabilities (Primary responsibilities & quantifiable measurements):

Deliver 5-7% YOY productivity goals and achieve KPI targets for the assigned commodities

Research, identify, and qualify best value sources of supply

Ensure adherence to working capital objectives

Create a collaborative environment for the selection of key vendors for your assigned categories

Develop and manage the relationships with preferred suppliers and act as SME for assigned categories

Coordinate with the supply chain leaders to ensure that suppliers adhere to the required delivery schedules. Take appropriate actions to maintain on-time deliveries of approved materials

Contract life-cycle management with preferred vendors

Support inventory reduction efforts on assigned categories

Manage or Participate in the Inventory council to support initiatives on assigned categories

Essential Functions (Essential/secondary functions that support the primary responsibilities):

Develop knowledge of new domestic and international markets to find new sources of supply

Provide market analysis utilizing industry-relevant indices and publish to key members of the organization

Reduce lead times in assigned commodities

Develop productive collaborative relationships with the location procurement and management teams

Develop, implement, and continuously optimize strategies for assigned commodities
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