Purchasing Manager

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At Jabil, we are proud to be a trusted partner for the world's top brands, offering comprehensive engineering, supply chain, and manufacturing solutions. With 60 years of experience across industries and a vast network of over 100 sites worldwide, Jabil combines global reach with local expertise to deliver both scalable and customized solutions. Our commitment extends beyond business success as we strive to build sustainable processes that minimize environmental impact and foster vibrant and diverse communities around the globe.

Responsible for ensuring that materials supply equals demand, optimizing overall cost of purchasing, supporting the business development effort with current and potential customers, and development/implementation of purchasing strategies.

Essential duties and responsibilities include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

Leadership and Management Responsibilities

• Recruitment and Retention:
• Recruit, interview and hire Purchasing Supervisors and Planner/Buyers.
• Communicate criteria to recruiters for Purchasing Supervisors and Planner/Buyer position candidates.
• Coach Materials staff in the interviewing/hiring process.
• Monitor team member turnover; identify key factors that can be improved; make improvements.
• Employee and Team Development:
• Identify individual and team strengths and development needs on an ongoing basis.
• Create and/or validate training curriculum in area of responsibility.
• Coach and mentor Materials staff to deliver excellence to every internal and external customer.
• Create and manage succession plans for Materials function.
• Performance Management:
• Establish clear measurable goals and objectives by which to determine individual and team results (i.e. operational metrics, results against project timelines, training documentation, attendance records, knowledge of operational roles and responsibilities, personal development goals).
• Solicit ongoing feedback from Workcell Manager (WCM), Business Unit Manager (BUM), peers and team member on team member's contribution to the Workcell team. Provide ongoing coaching and counseling to team member based on feedback.
• Express pride in staff and encourage them to feel good about their accomplishments.
• Perform team member evaluations professionally and on time.
• Drive individuals and the team to continuously improve in key operational metrics and the achievement of the organizational goals.
• Coordinate activities of large teams and keep them focused in times of crises.
• Ensure recognition and rewards are managed fairly and consistently in area of responsibility.
• Communication:
• Provide weekly communication forum for the exchange of ideas and information with the department.
• Organize verbal and written ideas clearly and use an appropriate business style.
• Ask questions; encourage input from staff.
• Assess communication style of individual team members and adapt own communication style accordingly.

Functional Management Responsibilities

• Business Strategy and Direction:
• Know and understand the campus strategic directions.
• Define, develop and implement a Materials strategy, which contributes to the campus strategic directions.
• Develop an understanding of the Workcell business strategy as it pertains to Materials.
• Provide regular updates to BUM, WCM, and Operations Manager on the execution of the strategy.
• Cost Management:
• Identify creative ways to reduce cost by streamlining processes and systems (i.e. modification of responsibilities or consolidation of tasks, elimination of non-value-added processes, or complete re-engineering of processes and systems).
• Utilize tools to monitor departmental cost and cost trends, striving continuously to improve value.
• Provide feedback to peers (BUMs, WCMs, Functional Managers (FMs) on cost and cost trends.
• Forecast Development and Accuracy:
• Prepare timely forecasts for the department.
• Compare forward forecast results to historical actual results for trend assessment and analysis.

Technical Management Responsibilities

• Ensure Operation's execution to Jabil Supply Chain strategies.
• Support the development of Jabil Supply Chain strategies and systems.
• Indoctrinate the importance of having materials supply equal demand.
• Ensure that Materials Planners participate in determining MPS loading to create a realistic commitment that best supports customer needs.
• Maintain a disciplined process to ensure materials availability to support production activities per the Master Production Schedule without creating materials liability for Jabil.
• Disconnects between materials supply and requirements such as shortages, non-conformance, high stocks, and excess/obsolete materials are continuously monitored and eliminated.
• Drive down overall cost of materials including component pricing, freight expenses, administration expenses, materials liability, and high stock.
• Ensure that MPV is optimized.
• Component purchase price should be projected to accurately reflect the inventory value for the financial period in Standard Costing process.
• Ensure that quoted cost to the customer is competitive yet maximizes the amount of favorable Materials Price Variance (MPV).
• Ensure that all purchase orders are placed with pricing and terms & conditions that are negotiated and agreed to by Jabil Commodity Managers and Buyers.
• Ensure that Operation's supply base contributes to success of the Operation and that suppliers are selected based on overall cost effectiveness and their ability to meet Jabil's requirements.
• Monitor, track, and provide feedback on suppliers' performance on overall cost, delivery, and quality.
• Adhere to all safety and health rules and regulations associated with this position and as directed by supervisor.
• Comply and follow all procedures within the company security policy.

Minimum Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree preferred
• 7+ years experience, including two years in supervisory role; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• APICS and CPM certifications preferred.

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