Purchasing Manager Direct

Job Posting Start Date 06-20-2025 Job Posting End Date 08-20-2025

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Job Summary

To support our extraordinary teams who build great products and contribute to our growth, we’re looking to add a/an Purchasing Manager Direct located in US South Carolina Columbia.

Reporting to the Materials Director the Purchasing Manager Direct will been in charge of overseeing activities related to the procurement of Direct materials, parts, components and equipment. Directs and coordinates activities of personnel engaged in procurement consistent with delivery requirements and quality specifications.

What a typical day looks like:

• Prepares instructions regarding purchasing systems and procedures.

• Establishes goals for purchasing department.

• Follow-up policies and procedures for the operation of procurement activities.

• Manage and guide a team of buyers and expeditors to meet procurement and supplier management goals

• Interface with procurement groups in updating and maintaining company procurement strategies

• Implement processes with suppliers to improve on time delivery and Purchase Price Variance

• Helping implementation of Vendor Managed Inventory models

• Supervise the team in the management of the supply chain to achieve continuous timely supply of parts and services

• Approves purchase orders and change notices through subordinates.

• Reviews purchase order claims and contracts for conformance to company policy.

• Ensures continuity of raw material supply to help production schedules and balances with achieving inventory level targets.

• Investigates inventory levels. Helps process to manage excess and obsolete material.

• Conduct supplier performance reviews and help the team to maintain supplier consistent on time delivery and implement processes with suppliers to ensure on time delivery and quality of product / service

• Keep senior management informed of present/future trends in availability and cost of materials, components and equipment

• Monitors on-time supplier deliveries, inventory turns, MRP execution, Purchase Price Variance, processing time reduction, supplier performance and cost investigation.

• Act as first point of escalation with suppliers and communicate all unresolved issues to the Senior Purchasing Manager

• Work closely with the team to ensure purchasing compliance to corporate directives

• Implement appropriate HR strategies and actions to recruit and retain a qualified and motivated workforce

The experience we’re looking to add to our team,

• 5 - 7 years of experience in a similar position

• Bachelor’s degree or related field or equivalent experience.

• Electromechanical supplier previous experience (metal, plastics)

• Medium volume manufacturing previous experience

• Knowledge of the MS Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint)

• Leadership previous experience

• Customer-facing experience

• Communication skills

• BAAN

• KPI

Here are a few of our preferred experiences:

• Rapid Response 

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What you'll receive for the great work you provide:

• Full range of medical, dental, and vision plans
• Life Insurance
• Short-term and Long-term Disability
• Matching 401(k) Contributions
• Vacation and Paid Sick Time
• Tuition Reimbursement

Job Category

Global Procurement & Supply Chain

Is Sponsorship Available?

No

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