Purchasing Manager

Lincoln Electric is the world leader in the engineering, design, and manufacturing of advanced arc welding solutions, automated joining, assembly and cutting systems, plasma and oxy-fuel cutting equipment, and has a leading global position in brazing and soldering alloys. Lincoln is recognized as the Welding Expert™ for its leading materials science, software development, automation engineering, and application expertise, which advance customers' fabrication capabilities to help them build a better world. Headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio, Lincoln Electric is a $4.2B publicly traded company (NASDAQ:LECO) with over 11,000 employees around the world, with operations in 71 manufacturing and automation system integration locations across 21 countries and maintains a worldwide network of distributors and sales offices serving customers in over 160 countries.

 Location: Shelby - Shelby Township, MI, United States (US)
Employment Status: Salary Full-Time
Function: Supply Management
Req ID: 25335 

PURCHASING MANAGER

Position Summary:

Responsible for the execution of all product specific supply chain activities including: detailed planning, scheduling and order management to assure agreed customer service levels with optimal cost. Direct the Supply Chain related functions including materials planning, scheduling, ordering activities, direct/indirect material purchasing, inventory control, and supporting project throughput

Reports to:  Supply Chain Manager-Global

Position responsibilities:

• Determine and maintain appropriate department staff levels, training, and skills consistent with business objectives.
• Manage the Purchasing department for Shelby Township site.
• Develop annual departmental budgets and operations objectives, consistent with business planning activities.
• Responsible for development of and ensuring all departmental ISO processes are followed.
• Develop, maintain, & monitor departmental and supplier KPI and take appropriate action based on the results.
• Work with other Department Managers on a regular basis to identify areas of improvement that will attain higher levels of customer satisfaction.
• Develop and manage the relationship with counterparts at the external suppliers as well as with customers for all supply related matters, such as demand/supply planning, quality, chargebacks, analysis and order management to guarantee high customer service levels.
• Ensure accurate release, confirmation, and expediting of all Purchase Orders.
• Establish and oversee an optimal supply plan, with the goal to balance customer service level, production capabilities at external supplier, inventory level and operational cost according to budget.
• Maintain stock inventories as well as related critical materials/components according to defined target values.
• Perform scenario planning for potential supply disruption or business continuity issues.
• Support financial efforts with timely update on production volumes/pricing for the remainder of the year.
• Communicate/escalate supply issues in a timely manner.
• Identify and mitigate risks, report project metrics, and conduct detailed analytics for effective decision-making and problem-solving.
• Lead or support as required, company/intercompany projects related to cost savings/operational improvements.
• Special assignment as required.
• Identify and qualify new suppliers as needed in collaboration with other departments.
• Monitor & evaluate individual staff performance on a regular basis as well as year-end review/appraisals.
• Lead mentoring process of new/inexperienced employees.
• Proactively address and resolve invoice payment issues.
• Maintain adequate planning and master data parameters (i.e., MOQ, lead times, order frequency) setting for active assortment including the current status calculations of orders at any point in time in close collaboration with local master data.

Essential skills and experience:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Business/Supply Chain/Operations/Finance or proven equivalent in experience.
• Minimum 5 years of experience in supply chain management or operations management for engineered to order products, or similar field.
• Well-developed interpersonal and communication skills with ability to interact and work effectively across all levels of the organization.
• Demonstrated analytical and problem resolution skills for supply chain issues.
• Extensive user knowledge of Epicor or similar other ERP/MRP systems.
• A commitment to company values with previous team leadership and project management experience.
• Educational, training, and experience requirements may be modified at the Management Team’s discretion.
• Experience managing direct reports.

Reporting to this position: Shelby Township Purchasing Buyers

Environmental, Health & Safety (EH&S)

• Understand the Company’s EHS Policy and how it relates to this job.
• Be aware of OSHA & EPA laws and regulations as well as the Company’s Plant Rules and Regulations that pertain to this job.
• Work in a safe and environmentally friendly manner and observe all company EHS procedures.
• Know that the company EHS procedures are located on the ISO drive.
• Immediately notify the Supervisor if there is any safety hazard, any equipment not operating correctly, or if there are any questions regarding EHS procedures. Attend required EHS training.

Physical Demand and Work Enviroment:

• Physical demands:  While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel and talk or hear. The employee is required to sit for long periods of time.
• Work environment: The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

The Lincoln Electric Company is a government contractor that complies with the requirements of the Vietnam Era Veterans’ Readjustment Assistance Act of 1974 and requests priority referrals for protected veterans for our job openings.

Lincoln Cutting Systems does not accept unsolicited resumes from third-party recruiters.  Resumes submitted to any employee(s) of Lincoln Cutting Systems without a signed vendor agreement, by the Manager of Recruiting & Training, will become property of Lincoln Cutting Systems. Verbal or written commitments from any other member of The Lincoln Electric Company will not be considered binding terms. Lincoln Cutting Systems will not pay a fee to any third-party recruiter that has not coordinated their recruiting activity through the Recruiting Department.

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Lincoln Electric is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to promoting equal employment opportunity for applicants, without regard to their race, color, national origin, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions, including, but not limited to, lactation), sexual orientation, gender identity, age, veteran status, disability, genetic information, and any other category protected by federal, state, or local law.