DIS-TRAN Steel Internal Transfer Portal - Purchasing Manager

Crest Industries•Pineville, LA

About The Position

The Purchasing Manager leads DIS-TRAN Steel’s purchasing function, team members, and purchasing processes. Reporting to the EVP, the role may have up to five direct reports and is responsible for purchasing processes, suppliers, commercial commitments, financial controls, and service to internal customers. The manager makes and supports decisions affecting cost, delivery, quality, supplier performance, and material availability, while maintaining company policies, ethical standards, and required controls. The role owns and improves purchasing procedures, controls, documentation, system workflows, and team accountability. It manages daily purchasing operations, supplier selection and performance, negotiations, purchasing data, financial and invoice issues, and approved process improvements. The position works with the Business Unit Controller, Accounting, and cross-functional partners to support reliable supply and effective purchasing operations.

Requirements

Demonstrated experience in purchasing, procurement, supplier management, materials, supply chain, accounting, or a related business function.
Experience supervising employees, leading a functional team, or directing cross-functional purchasing processes.
Working knowledge of purchasing practices, supplier management, commercial terms, internal controls, documentation, and ethical requirements.
Ability to evaluate supplier proposals, pricing, terms, lead times, service, quality, risk, and total cost and make sound decisions within assigned authority.
Strong leadership, planning, negotiation, analytical, problem-solving, organizational, documentation, and communication skills.
High attention to detail and ability to manage confidential financial, supplier, employee, and business information professionally.
High proficiency with Microsoft Excel, Word, and Outlook, and experience working in ERP, purchasing, inventory, accounts-payable, reporting, or related business systems.
Ability to lead employees with clear expectations, fair accountability, practical coaching, and consistent follow-through.
Understanding of how purchasing decisions affect production, project schedules, cost, quality, inventory, cash flow, and internal customers.
Ability to communicate clearly, address issues directly, and recognize when a decision or commitment should be escalated.
Ability to build productive cross-departmental relationships and improve processes while retaining required business controls.

Nice To Haves

DIS-TRAN Steel experience involving purchasing, supply chain, materials, planning, inventory, receiving, operations, quality, maintenance, accounting, ERP data, or cross-functional process improvement.
Experience with Epicor, MRP, supplier scorecards, electronic purchasing workflows, EDI, inventory planning, or master-data governance.
Experience working with Accounting or Finance on cost forecasts, invoice controls, cash-management information, audits, credits, rebates, or supplier-account reconciliation.
Bachelor’s degree in business, supply chain management, accounting, engineering technology, operations, or a related field; equivalent relevant experience will be considered.
APICS, ASCM, ISM, CPSM, CPIM, or related purchasing or supply-chain training or certification.

Responsibilities

Administer the purchasing process, including policies, procedures, approval limits, documentation requirements, supplier controls, and system workflows.
Develop, document, communicate, and improve purchasing procedures, standard work, forms, templates, and controls.
Train employees and affected departments on purchasing requirements, monitor compliance, address gaps, and maintain records for authorized reviews.
Lead purchasing team members by setting priorities, assigning work, balancing workloads, coaching, and maintaining accountability for timely and accurate results.
Review purchasing queues, open orders, overdue commitments, pricing changes, shortages, discrepancies, and escalated requests, and coordinate timely action.
Approve supplier selections, purchase orders, changes, exceptions, and other purchasing transactions within assigned authority and company policy.
Ensure purchase orders and supporting records accurately reflect approved pricing, quantities, items, specifications, freight, delivery, payment, and documentation requirements.
Coordinate urgent needs, remove obstacles, resolve escalated issues, and communicate significant risks or decisions to leadership and affected teams.
Evaluate suppliers based on capability, pricing, terms, capacity, lead time, delivery, responsiveness, service, quality, risk, and total cost.
Lead supplier discussions and negotiations involving pricing, terms, delivery commitments, service requirements, and corrective actions.
Monitor supplier performance, address recurring gaps, and coordinate recovery plans, corrective actions, escalation, or approved sourcing changes.
Partner with the Business Unit Controller and Accounting on purchasing commitments, cost projections, invoice controls, cash-management information, payment requirements, and system needs.
Oversee resolution of pricing, quantity, receipt, invoice, freight, tax, payment-term, credit, and supplier-account discrepancies.
Ensure accurate supplier, item, pricing, lead-time, order, delivery, rebate, freight, approval, and purchasing data in Epicor and other approved systems.
Develop purchasing metrics and use supplier information to identify trends, risks, recurring issues, cost opportunities, and process gaps.
Lead approved improvements involving standardized part numbers, master data, electronic workflows, supplier integration, reporting, automation, and data quality.
Apply company vision, values, ethical standards, and business objectives to purchasing decisions; reinforce safety controls and safe behavior.
Communicate requirements, decisions, commitments, risks, and corrective actions with employees, leaders, suppliers, and cross-functional partners.
Take ownership of purchasing results, team performance, process compliance, supplier commitments, and agreed improvement actions.