Procurement Manager

Procurement ManagerJust Play is a passionate and trend driven leader in the children's consumer goods industry. Our products are an impressive mix of promotional and everyday items for the whole family. We work with the world's leading children's entertainment brands to manufacture and distribute exceptional products to every major mass retailer throughout North America and around the world.Just Play is seeking a Procurement Manager to oversee and focus on optimizing procurement strategies across a worldwide supply chain. This role emphasizes systems integration, strategic planning, warehousing, ocean freight, and transportation to drive efficiency, cost savings, and operational excellence. In addition, the role will support sourcing activities related to US manufacturing inputs to ensure supply continuity and cost competitiveness. The Procurement Manager will collaborate with regional teams, suppliers, and stakeholders to align procurement activities with global business objectives while navigating diverse markets and regulations.To ensure success as Procurement Manager the ideal candidate will have previous Procurement or Logistics experience, have an owner's mindset, be a changemaker and effective communicator.Principal ResponsibilitiesDesign and implement procurement strategies that align with global operational and financial objectives, including sourcing of logistics services and manufacturing-related materials where applicable.Maintain market intelligence to forecast future cost structures across logistics services and raw materials inputs with internal stakeholders in Supply Chain Planning and Finance.Identify disruptive emerging technologies to create capacity or innovation for the business, e.g., autonomous trucking, paperless BOLs, API integration, etc.Support all global logistics network redesign projects to identify capacity solutions and providers that provide the right end to end need for cost, capacity, and service.Business partnering to the logistics operations team in the markets to deliver savings projects while achieving service level targets.Maintain supplier relationships with external 3PL partners, organizing strategic business reviews and joint business development plans with strategic partners.Oversee supplier agreements to ensure compliance with service level agreements (SLAs) and performance metrics.Develop opportunities to decouple the value chain for warehouse and transportation with 3PLs and other external partners to drive competitive advantage and savings.Assist with contract negotiations for transportation and warehousing.Collaborate with regional teams to standardize warehousing practices and optimize inventory levels.Minimum QualificationsBachelor's Degree required with preference in Logistics, Supply Chain, or other Business field.5+ years of relevant Procurement or Logistics experience required, preferably in Consumer-Packaged GoodsStrong understanding of international trade regulations, customs processes, and logistics networks.Understanding of Value Chain of transportation, warehousing, and pallets and demonstrated ability to extract costs through negotiation or value chain intervention.Proven experience in negotiating complex contracts with ocean freight and transportation providers.Awareness of 3PLs and market intelligence sources globally.Domestic and international travel will be required; up to 25%Direct or indirect report management with demonstrated ability to lead, direct, and coach people.Fluency in English (both written and verbal).Just Play is an equal opportunity employer. We welcome all applicants without regards to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.