Purchasing Manager

Enjoy a career, packaged with care, whilst helping protect food, people and the planet

We are a key global provider of sustainable packaging solutions. We're on a mission to make all packaging recyclable, reusable, or compostable. Every day, we ensure the hygiene and safety of food and drink for people around the world. We are Huhtamaki.

You could be part of our vision. Because it's our talented people that make it happen. Our people on the shop floor producing innovative, sustainable products. Our people in our offices delivering excellence for our customers every day. It's every one of us working together.

We offer a place where you can feel safe, be supported, and make an impact so we can all focus on the future together.

Plan and purchase raw materials for the facility so finished goods can be produced timely for customers. This must be accomplished with the thought of keeping inventory dollars as low as possible without any material related shortages. Supervise team for MRO buying and stock room.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Purchase raw materials to meet the current forecasts for each product.
• Constantly monitor inventory levels to keep the inventory as low as possible while meeting the forecast and operational objectives.
• Analyze actual raw material usage compared to forecasted demand within the structure of vendor lead times.
• Manage supplier's level of service to facility, such as OTD, order fulfillment, and quality issues.
• Maintain accurate and complete purchase, confirmation, tracking and vendor records.
• Work closely with planning and operations to understand the constant changes of both forecast and performance to be able to adjust orders to meet the needs of the business.
• Work with sourcing on the type and quantities of raw materials needed to support current and future customer demand.
• Work with R&D on new experimental projects and manage all experimental raw materials.
• Make projections for raw materials yearly and review with vendors and corporate sourcing.
• Monitor vendors that require vendor managed inventory. Set guidelines for their inventory levels.
• Maintain an efficient and accurate system for monitoring all open purchase orders.
• Source and obtain written quotes from vendors as required for new items by utilizing specifications supplied by maintenance and operating departments.
• Assist with cost estimates and special projects as needed.
• Develop and provide materials reports to management.
• Work with the receiving and inventory teams to ensure all deliveries satisfy the assigned purchase orders and report any back-ordered or missing products.
• Monitor and coordinate movement of inventories in any outside warehouses.
• Work with the Controller to ensure the coding of inventory and purchased products are correct.
• Assist in reconciling PO's and invoices with accounts payable.
• Assist independent auditors in auditing PO's.
• Create new items and maintain paperboard standards sheet.
• Source and negotiate best cost, lead time, and quality with indirect material and service suppliers.
• Manage MRO spending and review/approve purchase requisitions.
• Provide training and support to direct reports to help foster their development and performance.
• Any other duties deemed necessary by management.

QUALIFICATIONS:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Comprehensive understanding of MS Excel, MS Word, MS Outlook and industry standard purchase order software platforms.
• Strong communication skills
• Proven negotiation skills
• Time management skills
• Relationship building skills
• Impeccable attention to detail
• Outstanding organization skills
• Clear understanding of the production planning function.
• Strong analytical skills.
• Ability to work well with a team

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:

• Bachelor's degree
• 5+ years' experience of material purchasing in a manufacturing environment desired.

PYSICAL DEMANDS :

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

• Typical office environment with multiple trips to the floor every day.

Join us. Help protect food, people and the planet.