Central Purchasing Manager

Charlotte, NC, USA • Raleigh, NC, USA • Winston-Salem, NC, USA Req #429

Wednesday, September 25, 2024

The Central Purchasing Manager will lead a centralized purchasing team to support the company's network, driving efficiency, cost optimization, and service excellence. This role requires a strategic mindset, strong leadership skills, and the ability to build scalable processes in a shared service model.

Essential Functions
• Strategic Leadership & Vision: Develop and communicate a clear vision and strategy for the central purchasing function, ensuring alignment with company goals. Act as the driving force for a centralized purchasing approach, influencing stakeholders and gaining buy-in across the organization.
• Inventory Management: Establish and manage inventory targets, utilizing data-driven insights to drive Days Inventory Outstanding (DIO) improvements. Proactively identify surplus and obsolete inventory, collaborating with key stakeholders to implement effective solutions.
• Order Processing & Fulfillment: Oversee the end-to-end planning and ordering process, ensuring timely and accurate procurement of materials. Lead a team of buyers in executing the purchasing process, from request to delivery, and maintain high service levels to meet project schedules.
• Cost Optimization: Identify cost-saving opportunities within the purchasing process, developing year-over-year cost reduction initiatives. Establish and maintain cost optimization dashboards, tracking performance against targets and reporting progress to leadership.
• Process & Data Management: Map out, streamline, and optimize purchasing processes to enhance efficiency and scalability. Ensure data integrity by working with key stakeholders to maintain accurate data sources, clean up inconsistencies, and implement necessary controls.
• Team Leadership & Development: Build and lead a high-performing purchasing team, providing clear goals, performance feedback, and development opportunities. Champion a culture of accountability, continuous improvement, and innovation within the team.
• Cross-functional Collaboration: Partner with stakeholders across various departments, acting as a trusted resource and building strong relationships. Demonstrate the ability to support the network with high-quality engagement, communication, and problem-solving.
• Other relative duties as assigned

Minimum Qualifications
• 5-10 years of experience leading a purchasing team, preferably within a multi-location business.
• Bachelor's degree in Operations, Supply Chain, Business, or a related discipline.
• Building products / electronics industry preferred but not required. Strong preference for industry experience that includes both stock and highly configured product purchases.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
• Experience with ERP-driven planning/purchasing systems
• Proven experience in building and managing a team to achieve targeted outcomes.
• Strong analytical skills and a continuous improvement mindset.

Physical Demands
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk, hear and see. The employee frequently is required to stand; walk; use hand to handle or feel; and reach with hands and arms.

Work Environment
This job operates primarily in a professional office environment. This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, filing cabinets and fax machines. May occasionally require driving to project sites.

Qualification Requirements
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed above are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

EOE Minorities/Females/Disability/Veterans; VEVRAA Federal Contractor
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or national origin.

Other details

• Pay Type Salary
• Travel Required Yes
• Travel % 30