Purchasing Supervisor
Location: Orange County, California
The Purchasing Supervisor will report to the Director of materials and Customer Support and will support the whole purchasing team to achieve targets set. Ensuring training and development of the team is kept at the forefront of daily activities and support all members of the purchasing and operations team.
The role will have a clear project focus, supporting the purchasing function at a strategic level to help achieve objectives required to aid production of existing and new product development.
Managing and controlling all the company's external suppliers with particular emphasis on the purchase of Materials and finished parts for production.
Ensure parts and materials are bought at the most competitive price and delivered on time for production.
Establish strategic relationships with key suppliers (probably turnkey including design) who are aligned to the company's needs.
Identify new suppliers, agree terms and negotiate supply agreements where appropriate, including discount structures and volume rebates.
Foster close working relationships with associated departments eg. Planning, Engineering and Quality Assurance
Continually improve purchasing methods and drive down external spends.
To carry out a comprehensive review of the Purchasing function and its methodology and identify and implement improvements.
Material Costs - stringent material control is required to assure company targets are met. The includes spend, usage, scrap, inventory levels etc
Full involvement specifically with Engineering on the evaluation of new and existing materials and their successful integration to the production end of the business.
Requirements
Degree qualified or equivalent in a business related subject
Minimum 5 years previous experience in a Purchasing role
3 years supervisory experience
High competency level in use of Microsoft Office (Excel, PowerPoint, Word, as a minimum)
Proven track record of controlling and reducing external spend whilst developing a robust supplier base.
Able to bring a new dimension to procurement activities.
Fully conversant with modern procurement and purchasing techniques.
Experience of working with MRP systems is essential.
Experience of outsourcing to low cost countries would be an advantage.
Direct Supplier and Commodity management for a specific number of Commodities/Suppliers.
Representing the section at internal meetings and presenting Purchasing performance achievements
Supervise and coordination of Purchasing activities
Supervise and coordination of Purchasing activities with relation to Cost, Delivery and Quality performance
Coordinating and managing with Quality personnel, resolutions to Supplier Quality concerns, ensuring timely and effective containment and long term resolution of each concern
Ability to travel to various company facilities and suppliers
Continuous development of self and individual team members
Strong leadership skills and proven experience in staff development
"Hand on" approach to all tasks
Ability to take a proactive approach to overcome challenges and achieve results
Versatile, tenacious and people orientated
Result orientated and confident
Proven appreciation of customer service expectations and cost demands of business
Commercial and financial acumen
Location: Orange County, California
The Purchasing Supervisor will report to the Director of materials and Customer Support and will support the whole purchasing team to achieve targets set. Ensuring training and development of the team is kept at the forefront of daily activities and support all members of the purchasing and operations team.
The role will have a clear project focus, supporting the purchasing function at a strategic level to help achieve objectives required to aid production of existing and new product development.
Managing and controlling all the company's external suppliers with particular emphasis on the purchase of Materials and finished parts for production.
Ensure parts and materials are bought at the most competitive price and delivered on time for production.
Establish strategic relationships with key suppliers (probably turnkey including design) who are aligned to the company's needs.
Identify new suppliers, agree terms and negotiate supply agreements where appropriate, including discount structures and volume rebates.
Foster close working relationships with associated departments eg. Planning, Engineering and Quality Assurance
Continually improve purchasing methods and drive down external spends.
To carry out a comprehensive review of the Purchasing function and its methodology and identify and implement improvements.
Material Costs - stringent material control is required to assure company targets are met. The includes spend, usage, scrap, inventory levels etc
Full involvement specifically with Engineering on the evaluation of new and existing materials and their successful integration to the production end of the business.
Requirements
Degree qualified or equivalent in a business related subject
Minimum 5 years previous experience in a Purchasing role
3 years supervisory experience
High competency level in use of Microsoft Office (Excel, PowerPoint, Word, as a minimum)
Proven track record of controlling and reducing external spend whilst developing a robust supplier base.
Able to bring a new dimension to procurement activities.
Fully conversant with modern procurement and purchasing techniques.
Experience of working with MRP systems is essential.
Experience of outsourcing to low cost countries would be an advantage.
Direct Supplier and Commodity management for a specific number of Commodities/Suppliers.
Representing the section at internal meetings and presenting Purchasing performance achievements
Supervise and coordination of Purchasing activities
Supervise and coordination of Purchasing activities with relation to Cost, Delivery and Quality performance
Coordinating and managing with Quality personnel, resolutions to Supplier Quality concerns, ensuring timely and effective containment and long term resolution of each concern
Ability to travel to various company facilities and suppliers
Continuous development of self and individual team members
Strong leadership skills and proven experience in staff development
"Hand on" approach to all tasks
Ability to take a proactive approach to overcome challenges and achieve results
Versatile, tenacious and people orientated
Result orientated and confident
Proven appreciation of customer service expectations and cost demands of business
Commercial and financial acumen