Manager, Procurement

Howell Instruments Inc•Fort Worth, TX

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About The Position

Manages the company’s procurement activities, supplier relationships, purchasing processes, and material acquisition strategies to ensure timely, cost-effective, and compliant support of production, engineering, repair, and customer requirements.

Requirements

Minimum of 5 years of procurement, purchasing, or supply chain experience in an electronics manufacturing environment.
At least 3 years supervising personnel or leading procurement-related functions.
Experience should include supplier contracts and management, purchase order administration, negotiation, expediting, inventory support, and coordination with production, engineering, quality, and finance.
Must possess strong decision-making, negotiation, problem-solving, communication, and interpersonal skills.
Ability to lead procurement activities in a dynamic manufacturing environment, evaluate supplier performance, manage priorities, support cost and lead-time improvement initiatives.
Proficiency in interpreting drawings, specifications, blueprints, data sheets, and purchasing requirements.
Familiarity with ERP/MRP systems and purchasing documentation is preferred.

Nice To Haves

BBA or equivalent from an accredited college or university preferred.
Coursework or professional development in supply chain management, procurement, business administration, operations, or a related discipline is desirable.

Responsibilities

Manages supplier relationships for materials, equipment, parts, outside services, and supplies, including supplier selection, price and delivery negotiations, documentation requirements, and terms of sale.
Coordinates directly with Engineering, Quality, Production, Sales, Accounting, and suppliers to support timely and compliant procurement of materials, equipment, parts, and services.
Oversees the requisition and purchase order process, including review of requirements, supplier quotations, negotiations, order placement, acknowledgments, and follow-up on commitments.
Keeps requisitioners and internal stakeholders informed of delivery status, supplier constraints, schedule risks, and changes that may affect production or customer commitments.
Ensures that critical purchases are expedited as required to maintain production schedules, repair commitments, engineering needs, and customer delivery requirements.
Develops and implements procurement processes, procedures, and controls to standardize purchasing activities, improve supplier accountability, support inventory accuracy, and maintain proper purchasing records.
Monitors supplier performance, including on-time delivery, quality performance, responsiveness, pricing, lead times, corrective action follow-up when required and supplier’s scorecards.
Analyzes purchasing activity, supplier trends, cost drivers, long-lead items, shortages, and slow-moving or obsolete inventory to support operational planning and cost-control initiatives.
Supports receiving, inspection, shipping, inventory control, and accounting activities by resolving purchase order discrepancies, documentation issues, invoice holds, and supplier-related concerns.