Manager, Procurement

Howell Instruments, Inc.; Fort Worth (TX); On-site; USD 95,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Life insurance

Medical and dental plans

Profit sharing

Retirement plan

401(k)

Job summary

Howell Instruments, Inc. in Fort Worth, TX is seeking a Manager of Procurement to oversee supplier relationships, purchasing processes, and material strategies that support production, engineering, repair, and customer requirements.

You will coordinate with Engineering, Quality, Production, Sales and Accounting; manage requisitions and purchase orders; monitor supplier performance; and implement controls to improve cost and lead times.

Qualifications

• BBA or equivalent from an accredited college or university.
• Minimum of 5 years of procurement, purchasing, or supply chain experience in an electronics manufacturing environment, including supervision.
• Strong decision-making, negotiation, communication, and interpersonal skills; ability to lead procurement in a dynamic manufacturing setting.

Responsibilities

• Manages supplier relationships for materials, equipment, parts, outside services, and supplies, including supplier selection and price/delivery negotiations.
• Coordinates with Engineering, Quality, Production, Sales, Accounting, and suppliers to support timely procurement.
• Oversees requisition and purchase order process, including review, quotations, negotiations, and follow-up.
• Keeps stakeholders informed of delivery status and changes that may affect production or commitments.
• Ensures critical purchases are expedited to maintain schedules and customer delivery.
• Develops procurement processes, controls, and records to standardize purchasing activities and improve supplier accountability.
• Monitors supplier performance including on-time delivery, quality, cost, and lead times.
• Analyzes purchasing activity to support cost and lead-time improvement initiatives.

Skills

Supplier management

Negotiation

Procurement

Purchasing

ERP/MRP

Education

BBA or equivalent

Tools

ERP/MRP systems

Job description

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Manager, Procurement

Full Time Management Fort Worth, TX, US 1 Attachments

4 days ago Requisition ID: 1062

Job Summary:

Manages the company’s procurement activities, supplier relationships, purchasing processes, and material acquisition strategies to ensure timely, cost-effective, and compliant support of production, engineering, repair, and customer requirements.

Job Requirements:

• Manages supplier relationships for materials, equipment, parts, outside services, and supplies, including supplier selection, price and delivery negotiations, documentation requirements, and terms of sale.
• Coordinates directly with Engineering, Quality, Production, Sales, Accounting, and suppliers to support timely and compliant procurement of materials, equipment, parts, and services.
• Oversees the requisition and purchase order process, including review of requirements, supplier quotations, negotiations, order placement, acknowledgments, and follow-up on commitments.
• Keeps requisitioners and internal stakeholders informed of delivery status, supplier constraints, schedule risks, and changes that may affect production or customer commitments.
• Ensures that critical purchases are expedited as required to maintain production schedules, repair commitments, engineering needs, and customer delivery requirements.
• Develops and implements procurement processes, procedures, and controls to standardize purchasing activities, improve supplier accountability, support inventory accuracy, and maintain proper purchasing records.
• Monitors supplier performance, including on-time delivery, quality performance, responsiveness, pricing, lead times, corrective action follow-up when required and supplier’s scorecards.
• Analyzes purchasing activity, supplier trends, cost drivers, long-lead items, shortages, and slow-moving or obsolete inventory to support operational planning and cost-control initiatives.
• Supports receiving, inspection, shipping, inventory control, and accounting activities by resolving purchase order discrepancies, documentation issues, invoice holds, and supplier-related concerns.

Summary of Education and Experience:

• BBA or equivalent from an accredited college or university preferred. Coursework or professional development in supply chain management, procurement, business administration, operations, or a related discipline is desirable.
• Minimum of 5 years of procurement, purchasing, or supply chain experience in an electronics manufacturing environment, including at least 3 years supervising personnel or leading procurement-related functions. Experience should include supplier contracts and management, purchase order administration, negotiation, expediting, inventory support, and coordination with production, engineering, quality, and finance.
• Must possess strong decision-making, negotiation, problem-solving, communication, and interpersonal skills. Ability to lead procurement activities in a dynamic manufacturing environment, evaluate supplier performance, manage priorities, support cost and lead-time improvement initiatives. Proficiency in interpreting drawings, specifications, blueprints, data sheets, and purchasing requirements. Familiarity with ERP/MRP systems and purchasing documentation is preferred.

We offer an excellent benefits package, including

• life insurance
• comprehensive medical and dental plan
• profit sharing
• retirement plan
• 401(k) plan

Salary will be commensurate with experience, education and ability.