Sr Purchasing Manager

Boelter•Pewaukee, WI

13d

About The Position

The Purchasing Manager is responsible for leading and executing the organization’s procurement strategy to ensure the timely, cost‑effective, and high‑quality acquisition of goods and services. This role oversees supplier relationships, negotiates contracts, manages purchasing processes, and collaborates with cross‑functional teams to support operational and financial objectives.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree required in a business/industrial related field.
Minimum of 5-8 years of experience in supply chain, sourcing, and/or material inventory planning including team leadership and supervisory experience.
Previous experience working with SAP and/or Oracle Planning and Purchasing modules strongly preferred.

Nice To Haves

APICS, CPIM, CPM, ISM or ASQ Supply Chain Certification strongly preferred.
Six Sigma or LEAN certification strongly preferred.
Multi-site leadership experience preferred.

Responsibilities

Supervise and develop purchasing staff, providing coaching and performance feedback.
Establish best‑practice processes to enhance team efficiency and accuracy.
Develop and implement purchasing strategies that align with organizational goals.
Analyze market conditions and identify opportunities for cost savings or improved terms.
Source new suppliers and evaluate them based on quality, reliability, pricing, and delivery performance.
Monitor supplier performance and address issues related to quality, delivery, or compliance.
Develop key performance indicators to track and trend performance concerning customer specific programs, fill rate performance, inventory optimization including turns, days on hand, and mitigating slow moving, excess and obsolete, having a positive effect on cash flow.
Prepare and manage department budgets and purchasing forecasts.
Actively engages in communication and process improvements utilizing cross functional teams to improve and standardize our approach to supply chain.
Troubleshooting, problem solving, performing root cause analysis to deploy appropriate solutions and action plans.
Develop and monitor inventory planning procedures to optimize inventory management strategies that lead to on time and in full orders.
Key contributor to the SIOP process for materials availability, inventory forecast, scenario planning.
Supports in assessing risk, setting forecasts, and implementing countermeasures to close any gaps to key metrics.
Troubleshooting, problem solving, performing root cause analysis to deploy appropriate solutions and action plans.
Provide insight to Product Category Managers to ensure quality, innovation, consolidations, and customer preference.