Purchasing Manager

Purchasing Manager

Stanley, NC, US

Yesterday

Requisition ID: 1542

We are trying to find a smart and dedicated Purchasing Manager that can lead our Purchasing team through some very exciting new challenges. If you love great benefits, a stable work environment and want to accelerate your career growth significantly by linking up with an established international company, we would love for you to apply. This is an opportunity for a Purchasing professional to really make a difference. For the ideal candidate, pulling this off would represent a career move that involves a job stretch (bigger job), increased satisfaction (doing more satisfying work with more impact) and job growth (being in a situation that offers more upside potential).

Job Responsibilities:

Invest the necessary amount of time to get to know your team and build trusting relationships with each of them (4 Buyers)

Work collaboratively with each member of the team to solve problems and improve processes

Avoid sacrificing long term values for short term results

Direct & coordinate the activity of personnel engaged in the development of specifications, preparation of bids or awards, negotiation of contracts, & processing requisitions or & POs

Direct procurement of steel, plastic resin, corrugation, springs, powder coating resins, screws & fasteners

Manage asset investments of machinery and building expansions, as well as manage indirect (MRO) procurement

You will be expected to lead or function effectively within assigned project work groups including those addressing company purchasing objectives

You will be responsible for purchasing agreements, contract reviews & risk management related to work with vendors and contractors

Oversee, troubleshoot and reconciles the company's direct and indirect procurement processes while supporting the maintenance of accurate accounts payable and accounts receivable records

Education

Realistically, having an undergraduate degree in Business Administration or related field, plus a minimum 3 years of experience in a purchasing management position within an industrial manufacturing environment will help you take on new and challenging assignments. 4-year Bachelor's degree (BA or BS) in Business, Engineering, or related field is preferred

2-year degree or higher in a related field is required

Job Requirements:

SAP - ERP system experience

Experience working in an international company General purchasing principles including purchasing agreements, contracts, incoterms, insurance, laws, government regulations, agency rules, vendor consolidation, freight charges & tax issues

Business & organizational planning, coordination & resource allocation

HR related policies & practices

Various ways performance can be improved & how to apply them

Raw materials, production processes, quality control, costs & other techniques for maximizing the effective manufacture or distribution of goods

Standard applications of business math to Purchasing

Benefits

Blum USA believes in offering their employees an excellent benefits package that includes:

Salaried position with overtime

Possible bonus opportunities

Health (Medical and Dental)

401(k) with employee matching

Flexible spending account to cover eligible out of pocket health, dental and vision expenses

Three weeks vacation starting your second year on the job

Term life insurance equal to annual salary at no cost to employee

And more!

Company Overview

For more than 60 years Blum has been manufacturing superior quality hinge systems, drawer runners, and lift systems that create emotion and enhance user convenience in the kitchen. With every product, we strive to develop solutions to ensure that cabinet doors and drawers open with ease, close softly and effortlessly, and make workflow and everyday kitchen use easier.

Over the decades our product range has grown and so has the company. Today, Blum has eight production plants in Austria, and manufacturing sites in Brazil, Poland and the United States. Approximately 9000 Blum employees all over the world concentrate on the vision of perfecting motion to satisfy the specific requirements of the end user, whether it is in the kitchen or in another living area of the home. This prerequisite is the source of all our product development and innovation.