Supervisor Jobs

About The Position

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in purchasing, supply chain, or a related operational environment.
• Prior experience leading, mentoring, or supervising a team — formal or informal.
• Strong hands-on experience with ERP systems, preferably Microsoft Dynamics 365 (AX, SAP, or similar also considered).
• Proven ability to manage supplier relationships, resolve escalations, and make sound purchasing decisions under pressure.
• Available to travel between sites as needed, with occasional on-site presence to support the team, suppliers, or cross-functional priorities.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills; comfortable with data analysis and reporting.

Nice To Haves

• Natural leader who leads by example and builds trust with peers and direct reports alike.
• Strong sense of urgency with the ability to triage and prioritize in a fast-paced, multi-site environment.
• Highly organized, detail-oriented, and able to manage multiple files and priorities simultaneously.
• Excellent communicator — clear and effective with suppliers, team members, and cross-functional stakeholders.
• Collaborative problem-solver with a continuous improvement mindset.
• Resourceful and results-driven, motivated by team success as much as individual contribution.
• Strategic mindset paired with strong operational execution.

Responsibilities

• Act as the primary day-to-day resource and first escalation point for site buyers, providing guidance on purchasing decisions, supplier issues, and cross-functional coordination.
• Help the team prioritize urgent needs, shortages, and competing demands across multiple sites.
• Support onboarding, training, and the ongoing development of procurement team.
• Monitor team purchasing activity and flag risks or escalations to the Procurement Manager as needed.
• Ensure purchasing controls, documentation standards, and process consistency are maintained across the team.
• Run regular team check-ins, support workload balancing, and contribute to performance feedback, objective follow-up, and coverage planning.
• Contribute to continuous improvement by identifying process gaps and helping implement practical improvements across the team.
• Lead resolution of escalated supplier situations requiring senior judgment — pricing disputes, lead time negotiations, and critical shortages.
• Communicate supply risks, delays, and changes to internal stakeholders clearly and in a timely manner.
• Track and report KPIs — on-time delivery, cost savings, PO cycle time, supplier performance — and drive corrective action when targets slip.
• Enforce purchasing policy, approval workflows, and internal controls, and maintain audit-ready purchasing records across the team.
• Partner with Planning and Operations to support inventory health, MRP review, min/max accuracy, shortage prevention.
• Support master data quality across the team's work in D365, including item masters, vendor setups, UOM configurations, and item-vendor relationships.
• Review and support approval of data changes that carry operational or financial risk.
• Ensure data accuracy across sites to support reliable purchasing, planning, and inventory reporting.
• Support change management for D365, reporting tools, and new procurement processes by helping train users, reinforce adoption, and identify gaps after implementation.
• Serve as a senior procurement point of contact for Operations, Logistics, Customer Service, Finance, and Yard teams when escalations or cross-site issues arise.
• Help the team navigate competing priorities and align with internal stakeholders on timelines, stocking plans, and delivery ETAs.
• Partner with the Procurement Manager on supplier strategy and team development priorities.
• Lead or support vendor performance reviews, supplier scorecards, corrective action follow-ups, and recurring discussions with key suppliers when chronic issues arise.