Purchasing Manager

Natural Essentials, Inc.; Aurora (OH); On-site; USD 90,000 - 115,000; Full time

Job summary

Natural Essentials, Inc. is seeking a Purchasing Manager responsible for overseeing the inbound supply chain across the company. You will lead a small team of buyers (1–2) and develop purchasing strategies aligned with company goals.

The role requires establishing purchasing ownership, managing vendor relationships, and coordinating with cross-functional teams to optimize inventory, ERP processes, and supplier performance. Based in Ohio, this position reports to Operations leadership.

Qualifications

• Experience leading inbound supply chain operations.
• Ability to manage 1–2 buyers and provide direction.
• Strong vendor relationship management and negotiations.

Responsibilities

• Own purchasing strategy and vision for the organization.
• Develop short-, mid-, and long-term goals for purchasing.
• Direct a team of buyers and manage workloads.

Skills

Vendor relations

Negotiation

Strategic purchasing

Team leadership

Forecasting

Contract management

ERP systems

Tools

ERP System

Job description

The Purchasing Manager is responsible for managing the inbound supply chain of the entire company. The Purchasing Manager will typically manage a small team of 1-2 buyers.

Job Description

The Purchasing Manager is responsible for managing the inbound supply chain of the entire company. The Purchasing Manager will typically manage a small team of 1-2 buyers.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Establish ownership of Purchasing Department encompassing all purchased materials within the company, developing the organization's purchasing strategy and vision.
• Develop and implement short, mid, and long term department and company goals as it relates to purchasing.
• Directly manage team of buyers by clearly establishing and managing workload and responsibilities of staff.
• Training, developing, disciplining, and selection of team.
• Maintain and communicate records of goods ordered and received.
• Establishing systems and processes that maintain transparency as it relates but is not limited to: Ship Dates, Receive Dates, Tracking Information, Descriptions, Quantities, Certificates of Analysis', etc.
• Develop and leverage all current vendor relationships.
• Develop and source new/future vendor relationships.
• Evaluate suppliers based on price, quality, delivery and speed.
• Interact cross-departmentally with department managers in order to effectively communicate supply chain short and long term goals, problems, and solutions.
• Refine and monitor current data capturing methods in house for inventory reporting purposes.
• Develop ERP/Inventory Management Max/Min and Replenishment data.
• Assist in implementation of new ERP System as it pertains to department.
• Analyze and monitor A/P and credit availability with vendors.
• Communicate and leverage A/P priorities in order to maintain steady stream continuous and fluid supply of purchased materials.
• Capture and analyze short and long term sales data in order to develop buying strategies.
• Coordinate and interact regularly with Production Planner in order to maintain ample supplies of raw materials necessary for production, factoring in lead times and unique product variables (EX: processing time).
• May include some traveling in order to define new vendor relationships.
• Negotiate and manage contracts on behalf of the organization (trade shows, symposiums, etc.).
• Forecasting price trends and their impact on future activities.
• Develop and implement seasonal/calendar based purchasing strategies based off past sales, internal data, and forecasting.
• Develop, standardize, and manage internal system for developing C of A's.
• Review, evaluate and develop multiple standardized purchase order form templates for conformance to company policy.

Reports To: Director of Operations and VP of Operations.