Strategic Sourcing Manager

MORryde is currently seeking a Strategic Sourcing Manager to join our Purchasing Team. In this vital role, you will manage all processes throughout the material’s life cycle. From researching, selection, and negotiating with suppliers, to purchasing, confirming fulfillment, and managing production and quality roadblocks, you will be able to take full ownership from start to finish.

MORryde is a fast-paced, opportunity driven company that specializes in custom metal fabrication, chassis modification, suspension products, and aftermarket products and services. We supply parts to a wide variety of industries, including recreational vehicles, agriculture, transit bus, medical, trucking, and other industrial markets. And based on our business model, what we do, and who we serve, your exposure to different materials, requirements, and lead times will be vast. There will be no shortage of variety.

Being a part of the Purchasing Team will allow you to build and manage relationships – your success will be in large part on how you foster internal and external relationships – this includes supplier relations externally, but also collaboration with Sales, Engineering, Production, Administration and Accounting, internally.

What you’ll do:

• Research and source strategic suppliers and part procurement (domestic/overseas)
• Negotiate supplier pricing, terms, delivery, freight (domestic/overseas), warranty, etc.
• Manage supplier relations, evaluating quality, delivery, & overall supplier performance
• Collaborate with our Product Development and Sales teams on new product ideas
• Manage and evaluate inventory levels; work closely with sales to understand customer forecast
• Place supplier orders to meet production demands for immediate needs and items with long lead times
• Research and resolve inventory discrepancies
• Manage and resolve supplier quality & warranty issues
• Cost analysis projects