Purchasing Manager
Elyria, OH, United States
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The Job:
The Purchasing Manager is responsible for leading purchasing activities for the SEF Rivets & Equipment Purchasing POD, supporting five manufacturing plants across the United States with an annual spend of $120M. This role drives purchasing performance, supplier reliability, procurement compliance, and continuous improvement across the procure-to-pay process. The position plays a critical leadership role in ensuring material availability, improving operational efficiency, and establishing best-in-class purchasing practices that support business objectives.
The Purchasing Manager will oversee purchase order execution, supplier performance, supply disruption management, and the digitalization of purchasing processes and KPIs. The role also provides people leadership, developing team capabilities, strengthening cross-functional collaboration, and driving operational excellence across the supported manufacturing facilities.
You’ll get to:
Lead Purchasing for the SEF Rivets & Equipment Purchasing POD, supporting five manufacturing plants across the region.
Drive strong performance across Procure-to-Pay (P2P) KPIs for the assigned POD, including purchase order cycle time, supplier delivery performance and compliance metrics.
Establish and implement best-in-class purchasing practices, standard work, and process discipline across the region.
Own and improve supplier on-time delivery performance to ensure continuity of supply and support plant operations.
Proactively identify, escalate, and resolve supplier delivery issues and supply chain constraints.
Lead and coordinate actions to manage and mitigate critical material shortages.
Oversee purchase order management across the assigned POD, ensuring timely creation, maintenance, follow-up, and closure of POs.
Ensure full adherence to procurement policies, internal controls, and company compliance requirements.
Enable and accelerate the digitalization of purchasing tasks, reporting, and KPI management to improve efficiency, visibility, and decision-making.
Partner with suppliers and internal stakeholders to improve service, responsiveness, and overall supply performance.
Support cost, service, quality, and working capital objectives through effective purchasing execution and supplier management.
Monitor purchasing performance trends and develop corrective actions where needed.
Drive continuous improvement initiatives to simplify processes, eliminate waste, and improve operational effectiveness.
Lead, coach, and develop the purchasing team, establishing clear performance expectations, driving accountability, managing talent development, and fostering cross-functional collaboration to achieve business objectives.
The Person:
You love to learn and grow and be acknowledged for your valuable contributions. You’re not intimidated by innovation. Wouldn’t it be great if you could do your job and do a world of good? In fact, you embrace it. You also have:
Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Business, Operations, Engineering, or a related field preferred.
8+ years of experience in purchasing, procurement, supply chain, or materials management, preferably in a manufacturing environment.
5+ years of people management or leadership experience, with demonstrated success in leading, coaching, and developing high-performing teams.
Experience managing purchasing operations across multiple manufacturing sites or business units highly…