Indirect Procurement-Senior Manager

First Quality • McElhattan, PA

3d • Hybrid

About The Position

First Quality is a family-owned company with over 35 years of history, operating 8 manufacturing campuses across the U.S. and Canada. We produce personal care and household products for large retailers and healthcare organizations. We are seeking an Indirect Procurement-Sr. Manager for our First Quality Products Company, located in McElhattan, PA, or Macon, GA. This role will lead the indirect procurement department for all FQ Absorbent Hygiene (AbHy) companies. The position involves managing strategic sourcing, approving spend, standardizing and streamlining spend with functional departments, leading vendor negotiations, and ensuring consistency across AbHy plants to achieve the best value. Travel of approximately 30% to AbHy locations is required.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in business management / supply chain or a minimum of 5 years’ experience in manufacturing operations.
• Experience in negotiating, cost analysis, and supply chain or procurement.
• Strong and effective communicator, both oral and written.
• Ability to articulate and clearly convey information.
• Good interpersonal and leadership skills.
• Ability to interface with all levels of FQ’s organization structure.
• Demonstrated experience with business relationship development.
• Excellent customer service skills.
• Proven analytical, problem-solving and process optimization abilities.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment.

Nice To Haves

• Experience in supervising and leading a team of employees.

Responsibilities

• Direct and coordinate the procurement of indirect materials, supplies, spare parts, and services (MRO) for all AbHy plants.
• Promote collaboration among AbHy indirect buyers and functional departments to identify synergies and negotiate aggregated volumes for commercial benefits.
• Develop strategic relationships with key suppliers, including sourcing and negotiation strategies.
• Lead internal processes and obtain alignment with cross-functional stakeholders.
• Design and implement policies and procedures for the indirect procurement department consistent with overall FQ purchasing policies.
• Identify and track cost savings initiatives, including dollar savings and process improvements, to support FQ’s Funding the Growth (FTG) efforts.
• Lead and manage a team of indirect buyers across multiple locations, providing training, supervision, direction, and guidance.
• Establish and maintain measurable performance metrics for procurement activities.
• Approve requisitions across multiple plants in specific categories of spend, ensuring accuracy and vetting the spend.
• Provide analytics to support spend with documented notes and summaries to leadership.
• Participate in the development of cost-effective parts, equipment, and substitute equipment while maintaining quality and safety.
• Build and maintain strong relationships within the procurement department, other functional departments, finance, and plant leadership.
• Research and identify vendors for spare parts, supplies, services, and other goods for competitive bidding.
• Create or assist in creating procurement documentation such as requisition summaries, executive summaries, RFI’s, RFP’s, RFQ’s, and other spend and sourcing analytical reports.
• Build and develop the digital roadmap to drive automation, efficiency, insights, and cost effectiveness.
• Perform additional duties as assigned.

Benefits

• Competitive base salary and bonus opportunities
• Paid time off (three-week minimum)
• Medical, dental and vision starting day one
• 401(k) with employer match
• Paid parental leave
• Child and family care assistance (dependent care FSA with employer match up to $2500)
• Bundle of joy benefit (year's worth of free diapers to all team members with a new baby)
• Tuition assistance
• Wellness program with savings of up to $4,000 per year on insurance premiums

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior