Purchasing Manager jobs in York, PA

AquaPhoenix Scientific is seeking a Purchasing Manager to join our team to support, develop, and execute purchasing strategies for the environmental and water treatment industry as well as STEM education kits. This role is responsible for the day-to-day development and management of the company’s purchasing strategies ensuring effective oversight of the supply chain and procurement process.

The Purchasing Manager will work closely with the Director of Procurement and Supply Chain Management and procurement team to provide reliable and cost-effective strategies through appropriate and ethical sourcing, negotiations, and vendor relationships. The ideal candidate will have proven experience in purchasing a wide variety of commodities, materials, supplies, equipment, and services.

Essential Responsibilities and Expectations:

Although not all inclusive, additional responsibilities, expectations and skills will include:

• Manage the accurate and timely sourcing of supply chain materials in accordance with price, time, quantity, and quality standards to support optimal production efficiency.
• Conduct frequent vendor reviews and analyze purchasing, sourcing, and pricing trends to meet forecasting demands and minimize purchasing costs.
• Use Lean and Kanban innovative models to ensure cost, quality, logistics and vendor service levels are achieved.
• Strong negotiation, persuasion and communications skills incorporated with sound business analytics to estimate risk and cost.
• Set department work objectives, direct, supervise and review day-to-day team assignments and responsibilities.

AquaPhoenix Scientific considers applicants with diverse backgrounds, education, and work experience; however, applicants for the Purchasing Manager position will frequently have a combined education and/or work experience that is a minimum of a bachelor’s degree in business or related field of study and 3-5 years’ work experience in a purchasing/procurement role. Advanced training or degree in a related field is welcomed.

Desired Candidate Characteristics

• Great communication skills along with strong computer skills.
• Ability to proactively lead, motivate, speak with and train others.
• Execute assignments in an accurate, timely, and safe manner with the ability to perform task through to completion.
• High degree of attention to detail

About Us:

AquaPhoenix is driven by a company culture that inspires a flexible, fun, ‘can-do’ approach to business. We are an industry leader in water testing kits and reagent manufacturing, as well as a distributor of thousands of testing products and supplies for a multitude of industries including industrial water treatment, cleaning & sanitation, oil & gas, environmental, water conditioning, and education.

If you are looking for a great work environment, competitive pay, bonus opportunities, career growth, and exceptional benefits that includes health, dental, vision, 401(k), STD/LTD, and generous paid time off consider a career with AquaPhoenix Scientific. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer that embraces diverse skills, perspectives and ideas that help our business grow. Minorities, females, protected veterans, and individuals with disabilities are urged to apply. For more information or to apply, please visit www.aquaphoenixsci.com.