Procurement Operations Manager

Fabuwood Cabinetry Corp•Newark, NJ

114d

About The Position

The Procurement Operations Manager is responsible for leading and executing the company’s purchasing function to ensure consistent material availability, supplier performance, and cost control. This role oversees daily purchasing operations, supplier management, production alignment, and procurement process governance.

Requirements

Experience in leading and executing a company’s purchasing function.
Experience in overseeing daily purchasing operations.
Experience in supplier management.
Experience in production alignment.
Experience in procurement process governance.
Experience in managing purchase order management and supplier confirmations.
Experience in ensuring timely placement of orders aligned with production schedules and demand forecasts.
Experience in monitoring open orders, lead times, and potential supply risks.
Experience in maintaining accurate pricing and purchasing data within ERP systems.
Experience in resolving order discrepancies, delays, and invoice issues.
Experience in managing relationships with domestic and overseas suppliers.
Experience in monitoring supplier performance (delivery, quality, responsiveness).
Experience in driving corrective action plans when supplier performance falls short.
Experience in identifying and qualifying alternative suppliers when necessary to reduce risk.
Experience in partnering closely with production planning to ensure material readiness.
Experience in supporting weekly scheduling processes by ensuring procurement alignment.
Experience in developing mitigation strategies for long lead-time or constrained materials.
Experience in escalating risks proactively with recommended solutions.
Experience in reducing dependency on single-source suppliers.
Experience in developing contingency plans for high-risk materials.
Experience serving as the operational link between Procurement and Warehouse teams.
Experience ensuring inbound materials align with receiving capacity, storage constraints, and production timing.
Experience partnering with Warehouse leadership to improve material flow, issue reporting, and resolution processes.
Experience overseeing structured workflows for reporting material discrepancies, damages, and supplier defects.
Experience supporting inventory integrity through strong communication between purchasing, receiving, and QC.
Experience developing cross-functional procedures to prevent bottlenecks or breakdowns in material handling.
Experience leading resolution of inbound supply issues impacting warehouse or production operations.
Experience establishing and enforcing procurement SOPs and workflows.
Experience ensuring purchasing controls are followed across departments.
Experience improving internal request intake processes to prevent bypassing procedures.
Experience developing reporting and dashboards to provide visibility into purchasing performance.
Experience optimizing manual processes, streamlining with automation.
Experience leading and developing purchasing staff.
Experience setting clear performance expectations and accountability standards.
Experience conducting regular 1:1 meetings and performance reviews.
Experience fostering a culture of responsiveness, ownership, and operational discipline.

Responsibilities

Oversee end-to-end purchasing operations, including purchase order management and supplier confirmations.
Ensure timely placement of orders aligned with production schedules and demand forecasts.
Monitor open orders, lead times, and potential supply risks.
Maintain accurate pricing and purchasing data within ERP systems.
Resolve order discrepancies, delays, and invoice issues.
Manage relationships with domestic and overseas suppliers.
Monitor supplier performance (delivery, quality, responsiveness).
Drive corrective action plans when supplier performance falls short.
Identify and qualify alternative suppliers when necessary to reduce risk.
Partner closely with production planning to ensure material readiness.
Support weekly scheduling processes by ensuring procurement alignment.
Develop mitigation strategies for long lead-time or constrained materials.
Escalate risks proactively with recommended solutions.
Reduce dependency on single-source suppliers where possible.
Develop contingency plans for high-risk materials.
Serve as the operational link between Procurement and Warehouse teams.
Ensure inbound materials align with receiving capacity, storage constraints, and production timing.
Partner with Warehouse leadership to improve material flow, issue reporting, and resolution processes.
Oversee structured workflows for reporting material discrepancies, damages, and supplier defects.
Support inventory integrity through strong communication between purchasing, receiving, and QC.
Develop cross-functional procedures to prevent bottlenecks or breakdowns in material handling.
Lead resolution of inbound supply issues impacting warehouse or production operations.
Establish and enforce procurement SOPs and workflows.
Ensure purchasing controls are followed across departments.
Improve internal request intake processes to prevent bypassing procedures.
Develop reporting and dashboards to provide visibility into purchasing performance.
Optimize manual processes, streamlining with automation.
Lead and develop purchasing staff.
Set clear performance expectations and accountability standards.
Conduct regular 1:1 meetings and performance reviews.
Foster a culture of responsiveness, ownership, and operational discipline.