Summary

As a Purchasing Manager, you will lead a purchasing team to ensure timely, quality, cost-effective procurement. You’ll ensure performance and results within the team, develop efficient workflows, and lead through influence. You will develop commodity strategies aligned with company goals & deliver on structural improvement objectives.

Responsibilities

• Managing the performance of the purchasing team, providing coaching, feedback, and development opportunities.
• Developing and implementing efficient workflows and purchasing strategies to optimize purchasing processes, quality and reduce costs
• Maintaining supplier relationships, negotiating contracts, and managing performance expectations while ensuring timely delivery and quality.
• Managing vendor relationships to ensure quality and reliability of goods and services.
• Developing and implementing cost-saving and structural improvement initiatives
• Support ERP implementation for Celera Motion and Novanta

Requirements:

• Demonstrate extensive expertise in purchasing or procurement, while showcasing a track record of successful outcomes
• Be able to lead a team effectively and provide coaching, guidance and support to team members
• Have excellent computer skills (Microsoft Office Suite, purchasing software, Oracle or other ERP systems
• Have excellent communication, analytical and problem-solving skills with internal stakeholders and external suppliers
• Ability to set and manage goals, allocate resources, and make high quality, timely decisions.

Travel Requirements

• May require up to 10% travel time

Physical Requirements

• Lifting up to 50 pounds, Standing long periods of time