Purchasing Manager jobs in Parkersburg, WV

Job purpose - Responsible for planning, coordinating, and performing purchasing activities, ensuring products purchased meet the organization's needs with ethics and in a compliant manner.

 Duties and responsibilities

• Develop, lead and execute lean purchasing strategies.
• Track and report key functional metrics to reduce expenses, improve inventory turns, reduce working capital and improve effectiveness.
• Craft negotiation strategies and close deals with optimal terms.
• Perform cost and scenario analysis (including international landed cost), and benchmarking.
• Assess, manage and mitigate risks and adhere to US import regulations.
• Seek and partner with reliable vendors and suppliers.
• Manage obsolete and slow-moving stock to help offset losses.
• Develop new supply sources where current suppliers are inadequate.
• Determine appropriate quantity and timing of deliveries.
• Monitor and forecast upcoming levels of demand.
• Maintain a supplier base of the highest quality.
• Maintain records of goods ordered and received.
• Direct supplier and customer interaction.
• Early project involvement and planning.
• Manage the company’s day-to-day purchasing activities 
• Interaction with other departments/facilities.
• Control purchasing department budgets.
• Comply with safety and corporate guidelines on business ethics.
• Follow environmental safety and international trade regulations and acts in compliance with U.S. laws.
• Other duties as assigned

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in supply chain management, logistics, or business administration preferred.
• Import/exporting knowledge preferred.
• Management: ability to organize and manage multiple priorities.
• Experience: 5 years’ experience in the procurement of materials/equipment/supplies and the development and review of contracts. 
• Computer proficiency: strong skills in various PC applications
• Excellent and effective interpersonal, communication and negotiation skills.

Working conditions

• Sedentary Office Environment
• May be exposed to industrial oils, toner, coolants, solvents, lubricants, adhesive and other chemicals.   NOTE:   All safety precautions will be used.
• Plant wide climate control and air conditioning
• Could work in areas with excessive noise.  NOTE: Ear protection available.

Physical requirements

• Could require intermittent and long periods of sitting and/or standing.
• Required to do repetitive work.
• Periodic lifting of materials not to exceed 50 pounds. 

Direct reports

Yes 

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