Purchasing Manager

The Cavco Family of Companies•Seguin, TX

About The Position

The Purchasing Manager is accountable for sourcing production materials at the lowest cost while maintaining quality standards and ensuring timely delivery to meet production schedules. At the plant level, the manager coordinates with corporate procurement and identifies and maintains local and regional suppliers to optimize supply-chain cost, quality, and reliability. The role supervises purchasing agents responsible for day-to-day material and supply purchases and is accountable for execution and continuous improvement of the purchasing process and development and coaching of the team. Responsibilities include process mapping and documentation, reengineering, quality assurance, staffing, metrics, controls, risk identification, and service-level expectations. Most of the role’s effort is spent supervising two or more employees and managing team expectations.

Requirements

At least 5–8 years of work experience in purchasing and/or costing.
Effective time-management skills.
Strong attention to detail and analytical skills.
Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and multitask.
Demonstrated work ethic based on honesty and integrity.
Experience with Microsoft Office.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor’s degree preferred.

Responsibilities

Review requisitions and verify specifications in purchase requests.
Consult vendors and suppliers about product or service information, pricing, availability, delivery schedules, and late deliveries.
Select products for purchase by testing, observing, or examining items.
Lead, coach, mentor, and train staff.
Estimate values based on knowledge of market prices and determine procurement methods, such as direct purchase or bidding.
Prepare purchase orders and bid requests and send purchase orders to suppliers and the departments that originated requests.
Review bid proposals and negotiate contracts within budgetary limitations and scope of authority.
Maintain procurement records, including purchased items or services, costs, delivery, product quality or performance, and inventory.
Address defective or unacceptable goods or services with inspection or quality assurance personnel, users, vendors, and others, determine the source of issues, and take corrective action.
Approve invoices and bills for payment, verifying supplier bills against bids and purchase orders.
Count inventory to determine whether on-hand materials are sufficient and assist with periodic plant inventory.
Compute total costs of purchased items.
Expedite delivery of goods to users.
Meet daily production requirements while controlling inventory levels across varying lead times.
Manage and continuously improve the purchasing process, including process documentation, reengineering, quality assurance, staffing, metrics, controls, risk identification, and service-level expectations.