Purchasing Supervisor

CECO Environmental•Lennon, MI

6d•Onsite

About The Position

At CECO Environmental, we’re a global leader in providing sustainable solutions for industrial air, water, and energy transition. Since 1966, we’ve been addressing the world’s most pressing environmental challenges. Our mission is to protect people, the environment, and industrial equipment, making a tangible impact across industries like renewable energy, semiconductor manufacturing, power generation, and water treatment. As a purpose-driven company, we foster a culture of innovation, collaboration, and integrity, ensuring that every project we undertake creates lasting positive change. At CECO, you’ll be part of a growing, dynamic team committed to a cleaner, safer, and more sustainable future. We are proud to share that CECO was named one of Newsweek’s America’s Greatest Companies for 2025 and that Forbes recognized CECO as one of America’s Most Successful Small‑Cap Companies for 2026, marking our third consecutive year on the Forbes list. CECO Environmental is a publicly traded company on the NASDAQ under the ticker CECO, reflecting our strong growth, financial performance, and commitment to delivering value to shareholders. As part of the CECO Environmental family of brands, Industrial Air Solutions plays a critical role in delivering specialized air solutions that protect both people and the environment. By joining our team, you’ll contribute to our shared mission of protecting global industrial operations and shaping the future of environmental stewardship. The Purchasing Supervisor is responsible for executing all aspects of purchasing to efficiently and cost-effectively support organizational operations. The ideal candidate will have prior experience generating all purchase orders for external fabrication, raw materials, equipment, tools, parts and supplies. This individual will also be required to plan and schedule deliveries to optimize inventories in support of production schedules and business demands.

Requirements

10+ years’ experience purchasing in a sub-contract, manufacturing, or project environment for Industrial Manufacturing or customs engineered products
Strong knowledge of supply chain management required
Familiarity with sourcing and vendor management
Ability to gather and analyze data
Microsoft Office proficiency with an emphasis on excel
Solid judgement, decision making skills and leadership capabilities
Highly motivated, self-directed and customer service oriented
Excellent analytical skills with the ability to manage multiple projects
Exceptional negotiation skills

Nice To Haves

Bachelor’s degree in supply chain management or business administration preferred

Responsibilities

Sources external fabrication on major equipment, along with closely monitoring the progress and schedule with the fabricator.
Sources equipment, goods, and services along with vendor identification and management
Reviews purchase requisitions and confer with suppliers to obtain product information such as price, availability and delivery schedule.
Receives price quotes from vendors, compare quotes against requirements and the budget, and purchase orders.
Negotiates purchase orders and closes deals with optimal terms.
Verifies receipt of items by comparing items received to items ordered. Resolves any shipment errors with suppliers.
Support the development and implementation of new purchasing strategies to deliver ongoing cost reductions and process simplification.
Enters purchase orders for OE, AM, and stock for multiple brands. Includes fabrication PO’s along with buyout items.
Assists in input and updating min/max data on stock/raw material.
Maintains positive and cooperative communications with all stakeholders.
Works with Quality staff to manage qualification of supplier.
Updates pricing in database on commodities (under the direction of management).
Self- lead – gather proper technical requirements for subcontract RFQ to ensure a complete & detailed RFQ is issued to sub-vendors to avoid change orders and schedule impacts later.
Demonstrate the right balance with reasoning between sole sourcing, 3 vendors, strategic negotiations and source on time, for the right delivery requirements, with just in time philosophy and the right balance of price vs risk.
Monitors vendor schedules to maximize on-time deliveries to ensure that required schedules are being met.
Maintains cost history of various products and components to support efficient retrieval of costs in support of the Sales proposal process
Ensure all procured items are delivered as per Purchase Order due dates, will proactively follow up.
Ensure subcontract PO’s are on track, resolve hurdles on a daily basis, manage subcontractor project Non Conformances and hold suppliers responsible for field back charged cost.
Other job duties as required.