Indirect Purchasing Manager

RESRG Automotive; Troy (MI); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

RESRG Automotive seeks a Manager of Indirect Purchasing for North America to drive a strategic reset and lead the indirect team across seven plants and corporate. You will oversee capital equipment, MRO, tooling, logistics, facilities, and services, aligning with profitability and procurement efficiency.

The role requires a transformational leader capable of delivering cost reductions, supplier optimization, and cross-functional collaboration across manufacturing and corporate functions.

Qualifications

• 10+ years relevant management experience in Purchasing, Supply Chain, or Operations.
• Willing and able to travel up to 25%.
• Advanced degree in Engineering, Economics, Supply Chain or Business Management.
• Experience with manufacturing, maintenance or operations within the Automotive Industry.
• Experience leading through influence across cross-functional teams.
• Experience in mergers, integration, or value capture; private equity or consulting.

Responsibilities

• Build working relationships with manufacturing, supply chain, engineering, program management, HR, IT, and legal.
• Develop cross-functional teams to understand indirect material categories, supply chain, processes, and key drivers.
• Co-Champion strategic reset and cost-reduction initiatives across legacy and new ownership.
• Define global, regional, and local sourcing processes to drive empowerment and efficiency.
• Lead category sourcing strategies with TCO, risk, and economics in mind.
• Develop KPIs to measure performance and profitability for the organization and suppliers.
• Define supplier expectations and manage strategic supplier relationships.
• Achieve plant performance and cost targets across seven plants.

Skills

Strategic sourcing

Team leadership

Stakeholder management

Cost reduction

Procurement analytics

Education

Advanced degree in Engineering, Economics, Supply Chain or Business Management

Job description

We are looking for a Manager of Indirect Purchasing for North America with responsibility to champion a strategic reset and lead the indirect team and support $200MM+ of goods and services purchasing across seven plants and corporate. This role requires a transformative and proficient leader to drive value creation and team effectiveness in our growing organization. The team includes category managers for capital equipment, MRO, tooling, logistics, facilities, operations services, and corporate services. The team also includes plant purchasing leads integrated in seven plants, with a focus on plant profitability, procurement efficiency and agility, and strategy execution.

Key Responsibilities:

• Build working relationships with key stakeholders in the business in including manufacturing, supply chain, engineering, program management, HR, IT, and legal.
• Develop and work with cross-functional teams to understand the indirect material categories, supply chain, processes, requirements, key drivers, risks and economics.
• Co-Champion a strategic reset and value capture program for key commodities by driving a robust strategic sourcing process and deploying cost reduction levers. Two legacy purchasing organizations and new ownership drives opportunity to consolidate spend with the most competitive sourcing and supply chain options.
• Define sourcing process for global, regional, and local categories which drives empowerment, efficiency, and accountability to the front lines of manufacturing while also leveraging cross-plant opportunities for scale, reuse, simplicity, and infrastructure.
• Lead team to develop category sourcing strategies, incorporating business risk profile, market supply/demand variables, operational/business requirements, total cost of ownership, simplification, and deep economic and critical thinking.
• Develop metrics/KPIs that measure performance, total cost of ownership (TCO) and profitability, both for the organization and for the supply base.
• Define supplier expectations and work with suppliers to advance value creation. Establish supplier communication to review performance and align upon and prioritize projects and initiatives. Manage strategic supplier relationships.
• Achieve current-year plant performance and cost targets. Manage portfolio of Indirect Material initiatives and forecast to achieve annual targets

Basic Qualification:

• 10+ years relevant management experience in Purchasing, Supply Chain, or Operations
• Willing and able to travel as required (up to 25%)

Preferred Qualifications:

• Advanced degree in Engineering, Economics, Supply Chain or Business Management
• Experience with manufacturing, maintenance or operations within the Automotive Industry
• Experience leading through influence (e.g., cross functional teams, indirect reports, etc.)
• Experience in mergers, integration, or value capture; in private equity or consulting