OUR COMPANY:

The Gonzalez group of companies is a mid-sized, 450-team member, high quality manufacturing company with three North American locations. The Gonzalez Group is U.S. owned. We value diversity, teamwork, and tradition. Gonzalez offers medical, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance, HSA contribution, 401K profit sharing, and vacation time.

SUMMARY:

This position is responsible for achieving commercial success in purchasing activities in order to meet project and company objectives. Review cost and bundling opportunities to realize purchasing efficiency. Create sourcing options via research, vendor negotiations, and analysis of vendor sources, market conditions, spend history, and future plans. Also, build supplier relationship that maximize value and mitigate risk, while ensuring business team requirements are met.

MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES & DUTIES:

• Coordinate and execute the sourcing process for all purchases
• Drive cost savings and consistently identify the best value source for items within the vendor base
• Follow and execute purchasing guidelines, policies, and procedures including vendor follow up and nonconforming product issue resolution
• Negotiate and resolve supplier recovery and claim efforts related to contract breaches
• Support the established procurement strategies and continual drive efforts to streamline purchasing activities
• Ensure project related purchases are effectively negotiated and develop/maintain good supplier relationships
• Contribute to the success of key performance indicators (KPIs) and targets for the Purchasing department
• All other purchasing related duties as assigned including but not limited to procurement of control panel, commercial components, spot buy materials, and subsystems

REQUIREMENTS:

• Ability to read and interpret engineer prints & layouts, including print tolerance and machining tolerances
• Knowledge of metals their tolerances, and machinability
• 5 years’ experience in Fabrication/Machine/Build environment
• Commercial component knowledge preferred
• Strong negotiating skills: being able to reduce costs, bundle discounts, negotiate rebates, get competitive bids
• Knowledge of supply base contacts & capabilities
• Proficient with Microsoft Office
• Previous experience with an ERP system

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• 5-7 years purchasing experience
• BA in Finance or Engineering