Purchasing Program Manager

GTI Fabrication • Goodyear, AZ

7d • $110,000 - $130,000

About The Position

GTI is a contract manufacturing partner supporting customers in renewable energy, power generation, infrastructure, and industrial systems. We fabricate custom designed, purpose-built enclosures and skids for our customers and perform mechanical and electrical integration in-house, delivering a true turn-key product to our customers. Our scope spans Engineering, prototype builds, through full production, requiring teams that can move fast, adapt, and execute with precision. GTI Values: Safety I Quality I Customer Obsession I Speed I Agility. Position Overview: The Purchasing Program Manager (PPM) is a program-dedicated procurement role created to close the material planning and visibility gap on projects. The PPM owns the end-to-end sourcing plan, purchase order visibility, and BOM-to-purchase integrity for the program across all three commodity groups. This role does not replace commodity management or program management — it provides the connective layer between them, ensuring that program commitments are grounded in real material lead times and that material status is visible before it becomes a shortage.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain Management, Business, Engineering, Operations, or a related field, or equivalent relevant manufacturing experience.
• 5+ years of progressive experience in procurement, purchasing program management, materials management, supply chain, production planning, or a closely related manufacturing function.
• Demonstrated experience managing sourcing plans, purchase order status, material shortages, supplier commitments, and BOM-driven demand within a complex manufacturing environment.
• Strong working knowledge of ERP/MRP systems, including purchase orders, item master data, BOMs, engineering changes, demand signals, planned orders, and material availability.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills with the ability to reconcile large datasets, perform exception analysis, and produce clear program-level reporting.
• Proven ability to translate production schedules and program milestones into executable procurement priorities and to challenge commitments that are not supported by material lead times.
• Experience leading cross-functional operating reviews and driving accountability across Engineering, Supply Chain, Planning, Materials, and Production without relying on direct authority.
• Strong analytical, communication, escalation, and problem-solving skills, with disciplined attention to data accuracy and action closure.

Nice To Haves

• Experience supporting engineered-to-order, contract manufacturing, new product introduction, or high-mix/high-volume production programs.
• Experience working across multiple purchasing commodity groups and coordinating supplier capacity against aggressive program schedules.
• Working knowledge of capacity planning, production scheduling, inventory control, materials planning, and shop-floor sequencing.
• Experience with Power BI or Tableau for material-status dashboards and KPI reporting; SQL experience for data extraction or validation is a plus.
• Demonstrated application of Root Cause and Corrective Action, Lean Manufacturing, and Continuous Improvement methods in a supply chain or manufacturing environment.
• Professional certification such as APICS CPIM, CSCP, or CPSM is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Build, maintain, and execute the project sourcing plan across all three commodity groups, translating program milestones, build schedules, and bill of material requirements into time-phased purchasing actions.
• Align sourcing, purchase order placement, supplier lead times, and required delivery dates to the program schedule; identify timing gaps early and drive recovery plans before they affect production.
• Validate program commitments against quoted and demonstrated material lead times before dates are finalized, serving as the lead-time gate in scheduling, launch, and customer-commitment discussions.
• Evaluate material readiness at the program, build, and work-order level, distinguishing true clear-to-build status from items that remain exposed to supplier, engineering, logistics, or transactional risk.
• Own the program's single source of truth for on-order status by tracking open purchase orders, acknowledgements, promised dates, quantities, changes, and receipts against project build requirements.
• Develop and maintain program-level material dashboards and KPI reporting that provide clear visibility to shortages, late purchase orders, supplier constraints, uncommitted demand, and recovery actions.
• Use ERP/MRP data and advanced Excel analysis to identify exceptions, reconcile conflicting information, and surface risk before it impacts shop-floor throughput or customer delivery.
• Escalate material risk, supplier capacity constraints, and conflicts between program commitments and purchasing reality to the Vice President of Supply Chain with clear impact, ownership, and recommended actions.
• Drive BOM-to-purchase integrity for project by confirming that approved bill of material requirements are accurately represented in the ERP/MRP system and translated into appropriate purchase actions.
• Identify and resolve duplicate demand, duplicate purchase orders, quantity discrepancies, obsolete requirements, missing components, and other conditions that create cost, inventory, or production risk.
• Partner with Design Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Materials, and Supply Chain to ensure engineering changes are released with sufficient lead-time awareness and are reflected in open orders, cancellations, reschedules, and supplier communications.
• Apply Root Cause and Corrective Action methods to recurring BOM, purchasing, and material-visibility failures; implement standard work and controls that prevent recurrence.
• Act as the bridge between Design Engineering and Supply Chain, establishing clear owners, dates, and decision points while holding functions accountable to project milestones and commitments.
• Lead a standing weekly operating review with all three commodity managers to reconcile program demand, sourcing status, supplier capacity, purchase order coverage, and open recovery actions.
• Partner closely with the Value Stream Planner to ensure material constraints, confirmed availability, and supplier recovery dates are reflected in production scheduling and shop-floor sequencing decisions.
• Coordinate with Operations, Production, Quality, Materials, Planning, Logistics, and Maintenance as needed to resolve constraints affecting line readiness, throughput, and customer delivery.
• Support disciplined change control and program reviews by presenting fact-based material status, decisions required, risk exposure, and action closure to Supply Chain and program leadership.
• Establish standard work for program sourcing visibility, purchase order reconciliation, shortage escalation, engineering-change follow-through, and material readiness reporting.
• Define and monitor KPIs such as purchase order coverage, supplier promise-date adherence, shortage aging, BOM-to-PO accuracy, engineering-change closure, and material readiness to build schedule.
• Apply Lean Manufacturing and Continuous Improvement principles to reduce transactional waste, improve information flow, shorten issue-resolution cycles, and strengthen accountability across the program.
• Analyze material, purchasing, and schedule data to identify systemic constraints and recommend practical improvements to ERP discipline, supplier execution, inventory control, and cross-functional planning processes.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• 401(k) with company match (where applicable)
• Paid Time Off (PTO) and paid holidays
• Sick time in accordance with state and local requirements
• Company-paid life insurance and disability coverage
• Career advancement opportunities within a rapidly growing organization
• Exposure to advanced manufacturing, modular infrastructure, and large-scale industrial projects
• Collaborative, fast-paced environment with strong operational and engineering leadership
• Employee-focused culture centered on safety, quality, accountability, and continuous improvement

What This Job Offers

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