DIS-TRAN Steel Internal Transfer Portal - Purchasing Manager

Crest Industries•Pineville, LA

About The Position

DIS-TRAN Steel is seeking a current employee to lead its purchasing function and strengthen purchasing processes, supplier relationships, commercial commitments, financial controls, and service to internal customers. The Purchasing Manager reports to the EVP, leads purchasing team members, and may have up to five direct reports. The role involves making decisions that affect cost, delivery, quality, supplier performance, and material availability, while coordinating with teams across the business. The manager owns the purchasing process and its policies, procedures, approval limits, documentation requirements, supplier controls, and system workflows. The role also leads daily purchasing operations, supplier financial and performance management, purchasing data and systems, and approved process improvements. The position works with the Business Unit Controller, Accounting, Operations, Supply Chain, Quality, Engineering, and other teams to support reliable purchasing, sound controls, and improved business results.

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.
Experience working in ERP, purchasing, inventory, accounts-payable, reporting, or related business systems.

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 purchasing 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 timely 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.