Purchasing Supervisor

CPM Holdings, Inc.•Harlan, IA

20h

About The Position

The Purchasing Supervisor will work to source and procure material and manage the supply base for a thriving business. The role provides material planning and purchasing functions for an OEM of heavy industrial process machinery. Specifically, responsible for the sourcing of machined parts, fabricated components, motors, drive components, bearings, sensors, fasteners, seals, lubrication systems, etc. from outside and intercompany suppliers worldwide. This is a working supervisor position that supports a thriving aftermarket business in the agriculture and biomass industries. This role provides leadership to the Harlan and Blenheim purchasing teams and coordinates with other plants to improve processes and drive efficiencies for CPM. This position will also work with the CPM Global Corporate Supply Chain team to develop new suppliers and best leverage our CPM worldwide production footprint.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Engineering, Business or related field
3+ plus years of progressive leadership roles within sourcing, supply chain, operations, or project management
Demonstrated experience in leading and collaborating with cross-functional teams, creating value for end customers, and driving operational excellence within areas of responsibility.
Strong financial acumen – the ability to utilize fundamental concepts of finance to manage budgets, forecast costs, and provide relevant information for data driven decision-making.
Creative thinking ability: It is essential that you can demonstrate originality and imagination in thinking while developing a solution to a problem
Communication skills: They must be able to communicate clearly both orally and in writing, and present technical information clearly and succinctly across a variety of communication settings and audience
Customer service skills: It is essential that you are customer focused – you must think and act from customer perspective
Detail-orientation: You must factor in every detail in proffering holistic solutions
Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills: clarify and resolve complex business issues by breaking them down into meaningful components to determine root cause, and to redesign internal and external business processes where necessary. It is The ability to approach problems systematically and develop scalable solutions will be critical to succeeding in this role.
The ability to function in a highly dynamic, fast paced environment
Must be organized with the ability to prioritize your time
Self manages; takes initiative and able to collaborate across geographies and functions in a matrixed environment
Establish and maintain effective working relationships with co-workers, customers, and suppliers
Stress management skills: You must be able to handle high pressure and adverse situations with composure. You must have resilience and perseverance in the face of constraints
Strong Project Management skills with the ability to set and manage to time based milestones and performance metrics
Lead and manage to the CPM Core Values
Must be able to communicate in English fluently.
Advanced knowledge in Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and Access) with PowerBI preferred
SAP Experience Preferred
Lean DNA experience preferred
Ability to use data to drive decisions

Responsibilities

Support operations in filling day to day needs for the organization
Source, select, and develop supply base and on-time delivery of the supplier base
Determine domestic versus foreign sourcing (landed costs, exchange rates, etc.) strategy.
Responsible for developing and maintaining cost estimates, forecasts, and cost models
Ensure understanding of TCO (total cost of ownership) on all purchases to increase best cost position.
Identify need for both low cost capacity of parts for projects and short lead time supply chains that enable aftermarket growth
Build cost models to aid in the forecasting and understanding of what parts and materials should cost
Define strategy for Inventory planning and control (set safety stock levels, lot quantities, etc.).
Design and optimize the MRP process for optimal inventory and service levels.
Create department metrics to measure performance including purchase-price-variance
Organize processes, procedures and working methods within the department, so that objectives and planning can be achieved.
Manage supplier’s performance and hold them accountable to pricing and on-time delivery
Work with manufacturing and quality teams to qualify new suppliers
Assist with the resolution of technical, quality, and receiving issues with suppliers and CPM resources.
Communicate effectively with manufacturing and engineering to ensure product quality
Clearly communicate to senior leaders (both internal and external), vendors and customers
Work with cross functional teams to improve business processes including BOMs, drawing revisions, and related documentation to suppliers
Coordinate the different businesses to manage supplier relationships as One CPM
Create and issue purchase orders
Perform other duties as required and assigned by Plant Manager