Purchasing Manager
This hands-on Purchasing Manager role offers the opportunity to own purchasing operations, negotiate with suppliers, forecast material needs, and ensure production teams have the materials needed to support customer projects.
Why This Opportunity Stands Out for the Purchasing Manager:
- Highly visible role reporting directly to leadership
- Family-owned company with a collaborative, team-oriented culture
- Variety and autonomy in a non-cookie-cutter position
- Opportunity to drive vendor relationships, negotiations, and cost savings
- Competitive compensation with bonus potential
Key Responsibilities for the Purchasing Manager:
- Forecast material requirements based on open and upcoming orders
- Purchase raw materials, components, plastics, metals, and production supplies
- Negotiate pricing, lead times, and terms with suppliers
- Manage vendor relationships and monitor supplier performance
- Ensure inventory and materials are available to support production schedules
- Analyze purchasing data and utilize ERP systems and Excel reporting tools
- Partner with warehouse, operations, and leadership teams to support customer projects
Qualifications for the Purchasing Manager:
- 5+ years of purchasing, procurement, or supply chain experience within manufacturing
- Experience purchasing raw materials, fabricated products, metals, plastics, or related components
- Strong supplier negotiation and vendor management experience
- Experience forecasting demand and supporting production schedules
- ERP system experience and strong Excel skills required
- Strong analytical, organizational, and communication skills
- Hands-on, adaptable professional who thrives in a fast-paced environment
- Bachelor's degree preferred but not required
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Purchasing Manager in grayslake at Unknown Company
This position is listed as full time and onsite.