General Description
To be responsible for the purchasing and developing procurement strategies for the acquisition of raw materials, finished goods, supplies, and outside services for the benefit of The Garland Company, Inc.
Qualifications
- BS or BA in Business Administration, Purchasing, or Management
- MBA Preferred
- CPM, CPSM, CSM, or Equivalent Preferred
Any interested and qualified applicants can submit a resume to cohara@garlandind.com.
Job Responsibilities
- Review and place purchase orders verbally, electronically, or via fax for all raw materials or finished goods and outside services
- Establish and implement purchasing strategies, policies, and procedures
- Collaborate with Plant Management to establish inventory safety stock levels, reorder amounts, and lead times for all raw materials and finished goods
- Collaborate with Lab Management to source new and alternative raw material
- Collaborate with Product Management to source new and alternative purchased finished goods
- Establish, build, and maintain relationships with all key suppliers
- Negotiate pricing, contracts, and payment terms with suppliers
- Review and resolve any discrepancies with supplier invoices, grievances, claims, conflicts, product non-conformance or quality issues
- Prepare and maintain supplier evaluation forms and Supply Position Risk Assessments
- Manage J.I.T and rush sourcing
- Provide raw material and finished goods projections to key suppliers to ensure product availability on a timely basis
- Evaluate all purchase orders to ensure that order quantities are the most cost effective possible for material and freight costs
- Provide Accounting Department with periodic raw material and finished goods material costs to assist in maintaining product costing, and projected raw material and finished goods costs for annual price meetings
- Arrange supplier meetings with appropriate Garland personnel to review and resolve any problems or issues as needed
- Communicate all pertinent issues and concerns regarding suppliers, raw materials, and finished goods to all appropriate Garland Supervisors, Managers, and Product Managers
