Head of Purchasing & MRO Operations

Drylock Technologies LTD; Wisconsin; On-site; USD 85,000 - 125,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation assistance

Sponsorship not offered

Stable full-time leadership role

Team-focused safety culture

Job summary

Drylock Technologies in Eau Claire, WI, seeks a hands-on Purchasing Manager to support >$100M in corporately sourced raw materials, lead local purchasing, and stabilize the MRO parts room for maintenance and production.

This true player‑coach role partners with corporate sourcing, drives supplier follow‑through, and improves inventory accuracy and service levels. Relocation assistance is available; sponsorship is not offered.

Qualifications

• Has led purchasing, materials, supply chain, MRO, storeroom, or plant materials functions in manufacturing.
• Understands how purchasing execution, supplier responsiveness, raw material support, and order follow-through impact production performance.
• Can partner effectively with corporate sourcing while keeping local plant needs visible and moving forward.
• Knows how to create order in a busy parts room where availability, accuracy, labeling, storage discipline, and responsiveness all need to improve without losing urgency or customer service.
• Can lead people while staying close enough to the work to remove barriers and improve daily execution.

Responsibilities

• Leadership of the purchasing team supporting corporately sourced raw materials and related purchasing activity.
• Local purchasing execution, including purchase orders, supplier follow-up, delivery tracking, expediting, issue resolution, and internal customer support.
• Partnership with corporate sourcing to align plant needs, raw material requirements, supplier communication, and purchasing priorities.
• MRO parts room leadership, including improving organization, accountability, service expectations, transaction discipline, labeling, storage practices, follow-through, and day‑to‑day issue resolution.
• MRO inventory strategy, including addressing excess, obsolete, hard‑to‑find, duplicated, or poorly classified parts while strengthening critical spares, min/max levels, cycle counts, replenishment discipline, and inventory accuracy.
• Parts availability and responsiveness to maintenance work orders, urgent repairs, planned shutdowns, and production support needs.
• Daily leadership of buyers and parts room team members with clear expectations, coaching, communication, and accountability.

Skills

Leadership

Purchasing

MRO

Inventory management

Cross-functional coordination

Job description

Drylock Technologies in Eau Claire, WI, seeks a hands-on Purchasing Manager to support >$100M in corporately sourced raw materials, lead local purchasing, and stabilize the MRO parts room for maintenance and production.

This true player‑coach role partners with corporate sourcing, drives supplier follow‑through, and improves inventory accuracy and service levels. Relocation assistance is available; sponsorship is not offered.