Purchasing Supervisor

Purchasing Supervisor

Meadville, PA

Summary: Purchasing Supervisor is responsible for leading and coordinating daily purchasing activities to ensure the timely and cost-effective procurement of materials, supplies, and services necessary to support plant operations. This role manages supplier relationships, monitors inventory and delivery performance, negotiates pricing, contracts and works closely with production, maintenance, shipping and finance teams to maintain material flow and minimize operations disruptions. The Purchasing Supervisor is also responsible for driving continuous improvement in purchasing processes, maintain accurate records within the ERP system and ensuring compliance with company policies, quality standards and budget objectives.

The Purchasing Supervisor should have 5+ years of shipping coordination experience

Purchasing Supervisor Requirements:

• Bachelor of Science or associate’s degree in business preferred
• Five years’ experience in purchasing
• High degree of accuracy and attention to detail
• Supervisory skills
• High level of interpersonal skills to work effectively with others; team player
• Effective oral and written communication skills
• Driven and Self Managing
• Understanding of ERP systems
• Able to multi-task and prioritize tasks
• Self-motivated and able to work independently

Purchasing Supervisor Responsibilities:

• Supervise day-to-day activities of the supply room, bulk storage and the purchasing function
• Contract special building and ground projects issued by operations or general manager
• Manage Supply spend on a daily basis
• Maintain records on cost saving accomplishments
• Liquidate surplus parts and scrap materials
• Investigate new suppliers/pricing in order to maintain competitive cost
• Work with Quality to sample new materials in an attempt to improve quality and/or lower costs
• Get competitive quotes for all materials
• Establish max.-min. inventory levels for all materials
• Monthly inventory of raw materials and component parts
• Generate purchase orders and monitor open purchase orders
• Maintain purchasing and receiving records to support Sox requirements
• Expedite past due and critical purchase orders
• Purchase monthly requirements of steel scrap and alloys
• Purchase raw materials for melting, molding, and core room
• Maintain proper inventory levels of raw materials to support production
• Maintain Inventory system
• Request safety data sheets
• Monitor material price increases
• Maintain raw material rejections
• Maintain approved supplier list through periodic surveys
• Establish and monitor quarterly goals
• Other tasks assigned by Controller

WHO WE ARE

Choosing the Hire Road is about shared success, active and committed partnerships and relationships that last. Hire Road is solely focused on connecting highly skilled professionals with leading organizations. We are a solutions-based, results-oriented staffing company specializing in a wide range of industry specific practices. To put it simply, we recruit, screen and hire talented people for temporary and full-time positions.

This classification description is intended to indicate the general kinds of tasks and levels of work difficulty that are required of positions given this title and should not be construed as declaring what the specific duties and responsibilities of any particular position shall be. It is not intended to limit or in any way modify the right of any supervisor to assign, direct and control the work of the employees under her/his supervision. The use of a particular expression or illustration describing duties shall not exclude other duties not mentioned that are of a similar kind or level of difficulty.

Equal Opportunity Employer