Manager, Purchasing

The Purchasing Manager will be responsible for maintaining consistency in purchasing methodology and procedures across all buyers.
They will identify and implement process improvement with a goal to minimize transactional costs associated with material delivery to the plant.
General Responsibilities
- Manages, evaluates, and develops a team of purchasing staff to ensure the team's resources are used effectively and work schedules and targets are met
- Responsible for plans, cost estimates, and schedules for integrating these needs into existing purchasing activities
- Manages a team of buyers to ensure they follow established procedures and policies
- Supervise and evaluate the organization's overall purchasing trends to potential bulk purchases
Experience / Qualifications
- A university degree required (i.e. Bachelors degree) or equivalent relevant work experience.
- Ability to lead, coach, and develop team members
- Holds self and others acc...