Procurement Manager Jobs

About The Position

Requirements

• Minimum of 5 years of procurement, purchasing, or supply chain experience in an electronics manufacturing environment
• At least 3 years supervising personnel or leading procurement-related functions
• Experience should include supplier contracts and management, purchase order administration, negotiation, expediting, inventory support, and coordination with production, engineering, quality, and finance.
• Must possess strong decision-making, negotiation, problem-solving, communication, and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to lead procurement activities in a dynamic manufacturing environment, evaluate supplier performance, manage priorities, support cost and lead-time improvement initiatives.
• Proficiency in interpreting drawings, specifications, blueprints, data sheets, and purchasing requirements.

Nice To Haves

• BBA or equivalent from an accredited college or university preferred.
• Coursework or professional development in supply chain management, procurement, business administration, operations, or a related discipline is desirable.
• Familiarity with ERP/MRP systems and purchasing documentation is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Manages supplier relationships for materials, equipment, parts, outside services, and supplies, including supplier selection, price and delivery negotiations, documentation requirements, and terms of sale.
• Coordinates directly with Engineering, Quality, Production, Sales, Accounting, and suppliers to support timely and compliant procurement of materials, equipment, parts, and services.
• Oversees the requisition and purchase order process, including review of requirements, supplier quotations, negotiations, order placement, acknowledgments, and follow-up on commitments.
• Keeps requisitioners and internal stakeholders informed of delivery status, supplier constraints, schedule risks, and changes that may affect production or customer commitments.
• Ensures that critical purchases are expedited as required to maintain production schedules, repair commitments, engineering needs, and customer delivery requirements.
• Develops and implements procurement processes, procedures, and controls to standardize purchasing activities, improve supplier accountability, support inventory accuracy, and maintain proper purchasing records.
• Monitors supplier performance, including on-time delivery, quality performance, responsiveness, pricing, lead times, corrective action follow-up when required and supplier’s scorecards.
• Analyzes purchasing activity, supplier trends, cost drivers, long-lead items, shortages, and slow-moving or obsolete inventory to support operational planning and cost-control initiatives.
• Supports receiving, inspection, shipping, inventory control, and accounting activities by resolving purchase order discrepancies, documentation issues, invoice holds, and supplier-related concerns.

Benefits

• life insurance
• comprehensive medical and dental plan
• profit sharing and retirement plan
• 401(k) plan