Director, Purchasing Job at Dexter Laundry
Job Description:
The Purchasing Director is responsible for planning, coordinating, and controlling of all purchasing activities in order to meet budget and purchasing target. The Purchasing Director initiates and implements action plans for continuous improvement of all purchasing relevant processes.
General Management & Strategy
- Manage and coordinate all purchasing activities for the location
- Translate the location purchasing strategy into action plans and ensure implementation
- Contribute to the strategic and operative planning of the location
- Ensure the achievement of purchasing targets according to internal and external customer expectations
- Initiate and implement Continuous Improvement activities
Financial Management
- Prepare, review, and manage the budget and forecast for Purchasing cost center
- Implement and conduct activities according to the budget established
- Ensure that the financial goals are met
Purchasing
- Responsible for the entire purchasing process of production and non production material
- Determine relevant purchasing statutory and regulatory requirements
- Select suppliers and document sourcing decision to ensure compliant processes
- Negotiate and contract with suppliers (i.e. prices, terms, quality assurance agreements, etc.) as well as issuing purchase order
- Perform supplier development, support in supplier auditing
Training & Coaching
- Ensure the availability of qualified employees for the purchasing function in cooperation with HR
- Initiate and control the continuous qualifications of purchasing employees in coordination with HR
Monitoring and Reporting
- Ensure purchasing performance monitoring and reporting (i.e. delivery performance)
- Ensure supplier performance monitoring
- Initiate control measures to improve purchasing performance
Standardization
- Ensure implementation of internal purchasing standards
- Provide feedback and input for further development of standards regarding purchasing processes, methods, tools and performance metrics
Competencies
- Business Knowledge
- Problem solving and decision making tools and techniques as well as total cost management
- Purchasing policies, systems and processes
- Leadership skills
- Supplier management, including selection, negotiation, contracting and development
- Project Management skills, tools & techniques
Education/Certification -B.S. in Business, Purchasing/Procurement, Engineering or Quality related discipline
Professional Experience -5 or more years of professional experience in various purchasing functions, Cross functional experience, (i.e. quality, supply chain management, operations)
Project and or Process Experience - Initial experience in sheet metal produce processes preferred
Leadership Experience - 3 or more years in a leadership position, preferably in operational units with functional and disciplinary responsibility for other individuals
International Experience - Experience working with international teams on purchasing topics and understanding of foreign cultures preferred
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