Plant Purchasing Manager ALA

Nemak • Sylacauga, AL

5d

About The Position

The Plant Purchasing Manager drives plant purchasing and warehouse performance by ensuring supply continuity, optimizing inventory and working capital, delivering annual cost improvements, developing strategic supplier relationships, and leading cross-functional initiatives that improve operational, financial, and customer results. The role serves as the plant leadership team's primary point of contact for purchasing and partners with operations and support functions to align on inventory controls, purchasing priorities, and new program launches.

The manager leads purchasing activities supporting production, maintenance, engineering, indirect materials, and capital expenditure execution in accordance with EXCEL and Global Purchasing Policies, coordinating strategy implementation with the Center of Excellence team. The position also ensures uninterrupted material flow, manages critical supply escalations, monitors purchasing and warehouse KPIs, and leads warehouse operations through safety, staffing, inventory accuracy, service levels, process standardization, and continuous improvement.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in engineering, business administration, supply chain management, or a related field.
• At least 8 years of relevant experience in purchasing, supply chain, materials management, or logistics; operations experience is suggested.
• At least 3 years of experience leading teams in a manufacturing environment.
• Experience managing warehouse operations and inventory control.
• Experience managing suppliers and operational purchasing activities.
• Experience leading cross-functional projects.

Nice To Haves

• Bilingual English and Spanish.
• Automotive manufacturing experience is strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the plant leadership team's single point of contact for purchasing topics and build partnerships with operations and support functions.
• Align stakeholders on inventory controls, purchasing priorities, and new program launches.
• Lead plant purchasing for production, maintenance, engineering, indirect materials, and CAPEX execution in accordance with EXCEL and Global Purchasing Policies.
• Coordinate purchasing strategy implementation with the Center of Excellence team.
• Ensure uninterrupted material flow for manufacturing and manage escalations of critical supply issues affecting production.
• Deliver annual savings objectives by supporting regional and global sourcing strategies and leading local cost-reduction initiatives.
• Develop supplier relationships that support long-term operational stability through supplier management.
• Monitor purchasing and warehouse KPIs and implement corrective actions as needed.
• Lead warehouse operations, including safety, staffing, inventory accuracy, and service levels, through process standardization and continuous improvement.

What This Job Offers

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