APICS Fairfield County Chapter Job Board: Purchasing Manager

Date: 6/18/2010
Company: Sea Tel, Inc
Address: 4030 Nelson Ave
City State Zip: Concord, CA 94520

Title: Purchasing Manager
Openings: 1
Location: Concord
StartDate: immediately
Salary: 90-105K

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

EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE: Bachelors degree in Supply Chain or related field required, and 7+ years of experience with 5 or more years experience supervising staff preferably in capital equipment manufacturing. MBA in procurement or CSCP certification preferred.

LANGUAGE ABILITY: Ability to read, analyze and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, and technical procedures. Ability to write reports, business correspondence and procedure manuals. Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, internal customers, vendors and suppliers.

MATH ABILITY: Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. Ability to compute rate, ratio and percent.

REASONING ABILITY: Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions. Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables.

TECHNICAL SKILLS: Knowledge of professional purchasing standards and ethics, standard contract terms and conditions is required. Demonstrated expertise with MRP and DFT/JIT methods of planning and controlling materials.

COMPUTER SKILLS: Intermediate level knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite, full working knowledge of MRP/ERP systems required, Pointman or Oracle experience a plus.

CERTIFICATES AND LICENSES: CPIM certification highly preferred, APICS certification a plus.

EQUIPMENT AND DEVICE OPERATION: No special equipment required

OTHER ESSENTIAL SKILLS
Must be an excellent negotiator and understand the elements of supplier pricing
Ability to multi task and provide accurate information in a fast paced setting
Full working knowledge of warehouse operations, FGI movements, and inventory/accuracy controls
Dependability - Follows instructions, responds to management direction; takes responsibility for and own actions; keeps commitments; commits to long hours of work when necessary to reach goals; completes tasks on time or notifies appropriate person with an alternate plan
Initiative - Volunteers readily; seeks increased responsibilities; takes independent actions; looks for and takes advantage of opportunities; recognize, initiate projects, asks for and offers help when needed
Problem Solving - Gathers and analyzes information skillfully and provides solutions in complex situations. Identify items requiring additional information or action
Oral Communication - Speaks clearly and persuasively in positive or negative situations; Listens and gets clarification; Responds well to questions; Demonstrates group presentation skills; Participates in meetings
Judgment - Displays willingness to make decisions; Exhibits sound and accurate judgment; Supports and explains reasoning for decisions; Includes appropriate people in decision-making process; Makes timely decisions.

This is a demanding position, in a fast-paced and challenging environment.

WORK ENVIRONMENT
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

The work environment is in an office setting. However, some time will be spent in an open factory environment. On the factory floor the temperature fluctuates relative to the outdoor weather do to large roll up doors in constant use. There is some excessive noise on the production floor. The immediate work area has no caustic chemicals or fumes. Some travel is required.

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. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing their duties, 25% of the job is performed while standing and 75% while sitting. May be required to stoop, kneel, crouch and reach above shoulder height. Unassisted lifting may be required up to 35 pounds.

Duties: BASIC FUNCTION
The Purchasing Manager manages procurement activities for the company and is to maintain the correct level of material supply. This is person will be responsible for the management of production and MRO buyers; standard work practices consistent with modern purchasing techniques and systems, supplier performance, management and review; supply chain risk management, cost saving programs and management. Furthermore, this person will manage the NPI (New Product Introduction) and assist in the timely implementation of ECOs (Engineering Change Orders) and inventory goals, which includes all supplier management.

LEADERSHIP RESPONSIBILITIES
Responsible for a team of buyers and supplier quality engineers. Provides detailed reports to management on functional areas; recruit, train and develop direct reports; develop strong relationships with peers.

Positions Supervised
Buyers level 1-4, and Supplier Quality Engineers

Supervision
Expected to manage the day-to-day duties of planning staff and maintain all aspects of the department with no direct supervision from the Supply Chain Manager.


ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES AND PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTABILITIES
Denotes "essential functions" in accordance with the guidelines of The Americans with Disabilities Act. The essential functions of this position include, but are not necessarily limited to, those specifically identified in this description. The position and its essential functions may change over time and these changes may not necessarily be reflected in the position description. The Company may, at its sole discretion, add to, change, or expand the essential or marginal functions of the position.


Management of buyers
Creates, trains and supports purchasing buyers on standard work, in order to maintain consistency in quality and quantity of work output
Purchase order approval
Balance buyer(s) workload
Select, train, and develop skill level of subordinate personnel
Determine headcount requirements and organization infrastructure to support corporate and divisional requirements
Lead buyers to meet target metrics
Management of overall team performance including annual appraisals
Responsible for effective implementation of Engineering Change Orders (ECOs) for all buyers
Supplier Management
Ensure suppliers meet on time shipment performance goals
Manage kanban performance for suppliers. Assess each vendors kanban management
Create 1-2 year supply strategy plan (capacity planning)
Create business interruption plan (supply risk assessment)
Conduct supplier audits, and sourcing
Perform high level forecast reviews with key suppliers
Evaluate supplier risk to meet the Master Production Schedule (MPS)
Production Support
Track all line down occurrences, and perform root cause analysis
Implement corrective actions to remove supply chain risk
Ensure expeditious delivery of all critical material
Present purchasing improvement initiatives, and supplier performance with production management
NPI
Create transition plans for new products to the production buyers
Attend and provide support for Final Design Review (FDR) meetings for new products
Implement material strategies to offset new product supply chain risk
Cost
Create annual cost reduction plan to achieve corporate initiative plan
Lead implementation of cost reduction plan
Support cost roll-up activity

Inventory Management
Implement Kanban principles to increase raw material inventory turns
o Add new suppliers to the Kanban program
o Increase percentage of web based Purchase Orders
o Manage excess and obsolesces review process
ERP
Increase productivity of buyers by reducing/eliminating administrative tasks required by ERP system
o Consignment / control cycle
o On line quoting
o Paperless Filing
o Drawings / Spec sheets
o Regulatory OEM complaints
Improve ERP system reports, create new reports/tools
Must adhere to and support the companys Safety Health & Environmental (SHE) program
All other duties as assigned

Contact: Kortney Riddle
Address: 4030 Nelson Ave, Concord, CA 94520
Phone: 925-798-7979
Fax:
E-mail: seatel.hr@cobham.com

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