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Job Title:     Purchasing Manager
Job Location:  PA: Bensalem
Pay Rate:      90-100k+
Job Length:    full time
Start Date:    2012-11-19

Company Name:  The Preston Group, LTD
Contact:       Tom Lopit
Phone:         email only
Fax:           email only

Description:   Our Client is seeking a Purchasing Manager for the following:    

- Handle a multitude of employee relation issues and resource allocation to ensure deadlines are met.

- Develop partnerships with other internal business leaders and external suppliers to continually minimize costs and streamline the processes within the procure-to-pay area.

- Direct extensive supplier relations to include staying current with suppliers on industry standards, improving organizational processes that add cost to the procurement of goods and services and actively communicate with suppliers on risks related to industry and organizational processes.

- Direct the daily operations that oversee non-stock purchases, fleet vehicle acquisition and management, capital equipment purchases/leases and contractual buying (i.e. multi-year) that utilize quotation, bidding and negotiation techniques.

- Develop and implement across the organization a Corporate Purchasing Policy with standardized procedures as it applies to supplier qualification and certification processes, internal employee buying practices.

- Ensure that all processes are in compliance with internal controls and tax regulations.

- Develop and implement across the organization a centralized Purchasing Policy with standardized procedures as it applies to supplier qualification and certification processes, internal employee buying practices and internal financial recording of the centralized purchasing function.

- Direct project management requirements of team to identify supply chain requirements that can be bid out to help generate cost savings, corporate operational efficiencies while allowing business continuity.

- This position will require 25% domestic travel as well as overtime.

- Integration and disposition of acquired businesses related to the purchasing function to ensure business continutiy while providing to acquired business the efficiencies of our current supply chain.

- Ability to direct, manage and coach team in developing RFI/RFQ across multiple spend categories and run RFI/RFQ and Reverse Auctions while ensuring competitive vendor selection does not harm business continuity of divisional supply chain requirements.

- Develop solid working relationships with all internal operations, marketing and finance teams and external suppliers to optimize information flow, understanding and customer service.

- Ensure supplier relations minimize risk and maximize business continuity without sacrificing quality.

- Transfer knowledge to team by proven managerial, leadership, contract management and strategic planning skills.

- Oversee, manage and coach employees to ensure department and Company policies and procedures are being met.

- On-board internal business leaders to actively participate in centralizing the organization's purchasing function.

Requirements:

- Undergraduate business or finance degree required.

- Five years buyer specific experience as well as ten years managing the purchasing function for an organization.

- Extensive supplier relations management; extensive internal customer relations management.

- Extensive knowledge and management of purchasing module in a large ERP system such as SAP.

- Five plus years managing an industry accepted bidding tool for competitive bid analysis.

contact c...@theprestongroup.net

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