Purchasing Supervisor

Burnout Brands•Bardstown, KY

6d•Onsite

About The Position

Brian Tooley Racing (BTR), founded in 2012, designs, tests, and manufactures high-performance camshafts, valvetrain systems, and precision-engineered components for modern American pushrod engines. The Purchasing Supervisor leads the day-to-day activities of the Purchasing Department and ensures materials, components, and services are available when needed at the best overall value. Reporting to the Director of Purchasing, this role supervises the Purchasing team, manages strategic supplier relationships, and drives cost reductions and process improvements through negotiations, strategic sourcing, data analysis, standardized workflows, and continuous improvement. The position collaborates with Operations, Production Planning, Engineering, Quality, Finance, and Inventory Control to support production, reduce supply-chain risk, and improve supplier performance. This is a fully onsite position at BTR’s Bardstown, Kentucky location. The work environment includes office and production-facility settings, with periodic entry into production, warehouse, and shipping areas. Occasional domestic or international travel may be required, up to 33%. Steel-toed footwear and other personal protective equipment are required in designated areas; occasional lifting of up to 50 pounds may be required for product reviews.

Requirements

Minimum five years of progressive purchasing or supply-chain experience in a manufacturing environment.
Minimum two years of supervisory or team-lead experience.
Demonstrated success achieving measurable cost reductions, conducting supplier negotiations, and improving purchasing processes.
Strong knowledge of purchasing practices, strategic sourcing, supplier management, commercial terms, inventory principles, and manufacturing supply chains.
Proficiency with an ERP system for purchasing, materials planning, supplier management, and reporting.
Advanced spreadsheet and data-analysis skills, including the ability to translate purchasing information into priorities, actions, and measurable results.
Strong negotiation, problem-solving, planning, communication, and stakeholder-management skills.
Ability to manage competing priorities, respond effectively to urgent supply issues, and maintain accuracy in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.
High degree of integrity, sound judgment, accountability, and professionalism.
Must be legally authorized to work in the USA.
An equivalent combination of education and experience may be considered.

Nice To Haves

Post-secondary education in supply chain management, business, operations, or a related field is preferred.
A supply-chain designation or certification such as CSCP, CPIM, or CPSM is an asset.
Experience with SAP B1 is an asset.

Responsibilities

Manage the full purchasing cycle, from requirements review and requests for quotation through supplier selection, purchase-order placement, expediting, delivery follow-up, and discrepancy resolution.
Manage a hands-on portfolio of strategic and complex suppliers, including international suppliers, and ensure team members maintain appropriate supplier portfolios.
Lead supplier negotiations covering pricing, payment terms, lead times, minimum order quantities, freight, tooling, warranties, rebates, and other commercial terms.
Develop a measurable cost-reduction pipeline aligned with financial targets and operational priorities; use competitive bidding, supplier consolidation, specification review, value analysis, alternate sourcing, volume leverage, and total-cost analysis.
Establish savings baselines with Finance, track forecast and realized savings, distinguish cost avoidance from verified savings, and report results against targets.
Analyze purchasing spend, purchase price variance, supplier concentration, freight costs, order frequency, and transaction costs to identify savings and working-capital opportunities.
Partner with Engineering, Quality, Operations, and Finance on supplier transitions, make-versus-buy analyses, design-to-cost opportunities, and other cost-reduction initiatives.
Evaluate, qualify, and develop suppliers with Quality and Operations, including identifying alternate and dual sources for critical materials.
Monitor supplier cost, quality, on-time delivery, responsiveness, and lead-time performance; conduct performance reviews and implement corrective action plans as needed.
Coordinate supplier non-conformances, returns, credits, warranty claims, and commercial disputes to achieve timely resolutions.
Identify and communicate supply risks, shortages, capacity constraints, and market changes; develop and implement mitigation plans.
Measure purchasing performance using KPIs, including verified savings, purchase price variance, supplier on-time delivery, overdue purchase orders, supplier quality, lead-time performance, and purchase-order accuracy.
Standardize purchasing workflows, approval controls, supplier records, and departmental procedures to improve speed, consistency, compliance, and audit readiness.
Maintain accurate supplier, pricing, lead-time, order-quantity, and purchasing information in the ERP system.
Reduce manual effort and unnecessary transactions through workflow improvements, blanket purchase orders, supplier scheduling, reporting tools, automation, and other practical process changes.
Develop and maintain purchasing procedures, work instructions, and standard work; monitor compliance and conduct follow-up reviews to sustain improvements.
Build effective relationships with internal stakeholders and communicate purchasing decisions, supply risks, and supplier commitments clearly and promptly.
Protect confidential supplier, pricing, commercial, and company information and ensure purchasing activities comply with company policies and delegated authority.
Perform other duties as assigned by the supervisor.
Hire, develop, coach, and manage a team of purchasing professionals; establish departmental priorities, service expectations, performance objectives, and cost-reduction targets.
Provide regular direction, feedback, training, and development opportunities; complete annual performance reviews and address performance or conduct concerns with Human Resources.
Manage departmental workload, staffing coverage, attendance, and timecards.
Promote accountability, collaboration, continuous improvement, and data-based decision-making.
Ensure employees comply with health and safety requirements, receive required training, report hazards and incidents, and use required personal protective equipment.