Purchasing Manager

Somacis Inc • Poway, CA

2h • $100,000 - $140,000 • Onsite

About The Position

The Purchasing Manager is responsible for leading, strategic planning, and overseeing all day-to-day procurement operations to ensure a timely, accurate, and cost-effective supply of materials and services for the plant. This role balances high-level strategy; such as cost optimization, supplier relationship management, and ERP systems oversight with tactical leadership to ensure uninterrupted continuity of supply, workflow efficiency, and transactional excellence.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Supply Chain Management, Logistics, or a related field (or equivalent blended professional experience).
• 5-7 years of progressive procurement experience in a manufacturing or industrial plant environment.
• At least 3 years in a supervisory or leadership role.
• Advanced proficiency with modern enterprise ERP platforms (e.g., SAP, Oracle).
• Advanced proficiency with data analytics tools (e.g., advanced Microsoft Excel).
• Strong leadership presence.
• Structured negotiation capabilities.
• Deep familiarity with material planning workflows.
• Must be a 'U.S. Person' as defined by 22 C.F.R. § 120.62 (U.S. Citizen, lawful permanent resident, refugee, or asylee).

Nice To Haves

• Working knowledge of MRP/MPS execution.
• Working knowledge of Inventory & buffer strategy.
• Working knowledge of Allocation & constraint management.
• Practical command of multi-region logistics (Asia-EU-US).
• Ability to dual/multi-source & risk mitigate.
• Hands-on experience with ERP Materials Management modules (MM/WM or equivalent) beyond basic transactional use.

Responsibilities

• Manage, mentor, and oversee the plant's purchasing team (including Buyers) to ensure all day-to-day procurement activities align with plant production requirements and corporate procedures.
• Oversee and audit the end-to-end purchase order (PO) lifecycle, ensuring Material Requirements Planning (MRP) signals are processed efficiently and accurately.
• Ensure team accountability regarding the timely receipt, registration, and tracking of supplier order confirmations and open delivery commitments.
• Establish, monitor, and report on key performance indicators (KPIs) regarding delivery performance, order accuracy, and procurement cycle times.
• Serve as the ultimate escalation point for critical plant supply risks, material shortages, or operational disruptions.
• Develop and execute proactive risk-mitigation strategies to safeguard the plant's production continuity.
• Maintain transparent, high-level communication with cross-functional plant stakeholders (Planning, Production, Engineering, Quality, and Finance) regarding commercial issues, long-term supplier delays, or market volatility.
• Act as the key operational and strategic point of contact for the plant’s critical or high-impact suppliers.
• Lead high-value or complex commercial negotiations, establishing favorable pricing structures, service level agreements (SLAs), and optimized delivery terms.
• Spearhead supplier performance evaluations, root-cause analyses for chronic delivery or quality deviations, and collaborative resolution of complex billing or invoice discrepancies.
• Identify localized cost-saving, cost-avoidance, and inventory optimization opportunities to drive bottom-line efficiency.
• Own the integrity and accuracy of all purchasing, pricing, and master data structures within the plant’s ERP system.
• Establish, standardize, and document compliant purchasing workflows and internal controls in alignment with corporate policy.
• Drive continuous improvement, digitalization, and automation initiatives within the local procurement function to eliminate operational inefficiencies.
• Interpret net requirements and exception messages, and re-sequence open orders under shortage or capacity-constrained conditions.
• Manage safety stock sizing, ABC/XYZ segmentation, reorder point/reorder quantity logic, and consignment stock arrangements for critical components.
• Work with Available-to-Promise/Capable-to-Promise logic and experience prioritizing supply across plants or lines when suppliers impose allocation.
• Understand multi-region logistics (Asia-EU-US), Incoterms 2020, air vs. sea freight trade-offs, customs clearance timelines, and multimodal/consolidated shipment routing.
• Qualify and activate alternate sources quickly without compromising quality standards, in line with corporate country-of-origin and supply risk guidelines.
• Utilize ERP Materials Management modules (MM/WM or equivalent) exception-driven planning views.
• Participate in plant leadership meetings, capital expenditure (CapEx) planning, and annual budgeting workflows.
• Perform other high-level administrative, auditing, or project-related duties as requested by executive leadership.

Benefits

• Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance.
• 401(k) Program.
• Company-Sponsored Life & Long-Term Disability Insurance.
• Voluntary Insurance Options: Life, Long-Term Disability, Short-Term Disability, AD&D, Accident, Hospital Indemnity, Critical Illness, Legal Insurance, Health Savings Account (HSA) and Flexible Spending Account (FSA) options.
• Paid Time Off and Sick Time.
• Education Reimbursement Program.
• 6 Company Holidays with an additional 3 floating holidays.
• Shift Differential.

What This Job Offers

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