1341-Purchasing Manager

Purchasing Manager 

Concord, NC, 

Job purpose

Serve in supervisory capacity to department buyers.   Foster teamwork and effective communication within the team and among the department’s internal and external suppliers and customers. Manage the procurement process to ensure that materials, supplies, tools, and equipment are properly ordered and delivered to support the Master Production Schedule and Customer Forecast (MPS/CF), sampling, scale-up, production launch of new products, and special requests by corporate departments.

Drive profitability contribution of purchasing. Realize the best possible short- and long-term contracts, life-cycle cost, lead times, and service levels in our vendor relationships.  Recommend best strategy for sole, dual, and multi-sourcing for product families and individual SKUs.

Duties and responsibilities

• Develop and manage a process that ensures updating...