Purchasing Category Manager

prattexternalcareersite; United States; On-site; USD 95,000 - 125,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

Incentive opportunities

Full benefits package (medical, dental

Vision, life, disability

401(k) with company match

Paid vacation and holidays

Parental leave

Job summary

Pratt Industries seeks a National Sourcing professional to support all US locations by securing and negotiating raw materials and consumed goods. You will lead RFIs, RFPs and RFQs, develop national contracts and drive cost reductions across the plants.

The role requires strong project management, analytical skills and experience with SAP/ERP systems, plus the ability to work across multiple sites to achieve the lowest total cost.

Qualifications

• Strong project management, analytical & detail-oriented abilities.
• Strategic procurement and supplier negotiation experience.
• AdvancedMicrosoft Office skills for cost analysis and indices tracking.

Responsibilities

• Project Analysis – gather, organize, analyze and verify sourcing project details.
• Analyze cost scenarios, savings and cost-reduction opportunities.
• Lead national RFIs, RFPs and RFQs; develop and manage national contracts.
• Negotiate pricing with national suppliers and monitor indices.
• Develop and implement sourcing strategies and category management.
• Coordinate with US plants and suppliers to ensure lowest total cost.
• Monitor site purchases for process and contract compliance.
• Guide material master utilization and procurement guidelines.

Skills

Project management

Analytical thinking

Attention to detail

Listening skills

Strategic procurement

Supplier negotiation

MS Excel / data analysis

Effective communication

Tools

SAP/ERP knowledge

Job description

Job Purpose: National Sourcing: supporting all US locations. Secure, negotiate and lead national procurement sourcing events for raw materials and consumed goods onbehalf of the US locations. Generate cost savings through analysis of materials andprocesses to promote the overall health and profitability of the Corporation.

Key Responsibilities

1. Project Analysis – Utilize all resources to gather, organize, analyze and verify sourcing project details.
2. Analyze and calculate cost scenarios, savings and increase impacts. Develop ways to improve & drive all areas of cost reduction opportunities.
3. Lead RFI, RFP and RFQ national supplier sourcing/negotiating events. Develop & manage national contract agreements to support the plants.
4. Manage, monitor, track indices & negotiate national pricing of raw materials & consumed goods/parts with national suppliers.
5. Develop/generate and implement efficient souring & category management strategies.
6. Work very closely with all US plants and national suppliers to ensure our plants material needs are procured at the lowest total cost.
7. Spot research/monitor site purchases and payables to ensure processes, procedures, and contract purchase and material master compliance.
8. Guide procurement of national items and communicate material master utilization guidelines to the plants.

Requirements

1. Strong project management, analytical & attention to detail skills, self-motivated.
2. Listening skills a must to allow rationalization of directional procurement to support the plants.
3. Strategic procurement and supplier negotiation experience. (manufacturing environment preferred with raw materials, consumed goods/parts)
4. SAP or ERP network knowledge preferred.
5. Attention to details; cause and effect outcome of those details across all domestic manufacturing sites.
6. Advanced working knowledge of Microsoft office software (emphasis in spreadsheets, data entry & formulas) for cost analysis and indices tracking.
7. Possess ability to multi-task in a very fast paced environment.
8. Comfortable deciphering product specifications and working with figures.
9. Strong communication skills while sustaining relationships in stressful situations.

Pratt Industries is one of the largest corrugated packaging companies in America, with sophisticated manufacturing facilities in more than twenty states. The company operates several of the most modern, cost effective paper mills in the country, as well as a series of sheet and box plants strategically placed throughout the United States offering a wide range of creative packaging solutions. Pratt Industries is committed to recycling and the environment by harvesting the urban forest.
Pratt Industries offers competitive compensation plans with incentive opportunities, full benefits package including medical, dental, vision, life, disability, All State, Pre-Paid Legal, and 401(k) with company match, paid vacation, paid holidays, and childbearing and parental leave.