Senior Manager, Purchasing

Purchasing Strategy & Execution

• Develop and execute a multi-year purchasing strategy aligned with business, operational, product, financial, and global supply chain priorities.
• Translate strategic direction into annual operating plans, functional roadmaps, resource requirements, milestones, and performance measures.
• Monitor execution, remove barriers, and adjust priorities as business conditions change.

Innovation, Change & Decision Leadership

• Lead through ambiguity and changing business conditions.
• Evaluate complex information and make recommendations that balance cost, quality, availability, inventory, innovation, and risk.
• Sponsor process, technology, and organizational improvements.

Global & Cross-Functional Leadership

• Represent regional purchasing requirements within the global purchasing organization.
• Partner with Operations, Engineering, Quality, Finance, Sales, and Supply Chain leaders.
• Align business requirements and support global purchasing initiatives.

Leadership & Organizational Development

• Build and lead a high-performing purchasing organization.
• Define governance, decision rights, performance expectations, and succession plans.
• Strengthen leadership and strategic purchasing capabilities.

Supplier Strategy, Cost & Supply Continuity

• Develop and optimize the supplier portfolio.
• Lead sourcing, negotiations, contracting, and cost-reduction initiatives.
• Establish inventory, capacity, and supply continuity strategies.
• Monitor supplier and market risks and implement mitigation plans.

Operational Governance & Systems

• Lead resolution of significant supplier and supply chain escalations.
• Improve processes, analytics, systems, and decision-support capabilities.
• Ensure compliance with company, regulatory, quality, customer, and audit requirements.

Business Partnership & Project Purchasing

• Build purchasing expertise across the organization.
• Serve as a strategic advisor to functional leaders.
• Establish project purchasing strategies and governance for product development and lifecycle execution.

Required Education & Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in supply chain management, Business, or a related field.
• 10+ years of progressive experience in purchasing, strategic sourcing, or supply management.
• 3+ years of management experience.
• Experience within an international industrial or manufacturing environment.

Knowledge & Skills

• Demonstrated ability to establish direction, make sound business decisions, and translate strategy into action.
• Experience managing ambiguity and driving organizational change.
• Strong supplier management, negotiation, and strategic sourcing expertise.
• Professional proficiency in spoken and written English.
• Experience with ERP systems, project management tools, and related business applications; SAP preferred.