Purchasing Manager

Austin Allen Company - Professional Recruitment; Fort Snelling Unorganized Territory (MN); On-site; USD 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus

Benefits

Paid Relocation

Job summary

Austin Allen Company - Professional Recruitment is seeking a Purchasing Manager for a high-volume manufacturing operation in the Upper Midwest. This role reports to the General Manager and leads a team of 8–10 across purchasing, planning, inventory, and warehouse activities.

Responsibilities include directing procurement of raw ingredients, managing material flow, and adapting quickly to changing production schedules while ensuring on-time delivery and inventory availability.

Qualifications

• Experience in direct procurement within a manufacturing facility.
• Ability to manage a large SKU volume of raw ingredients and materials through finished goods.
• Proven ability to react to last-minute production, planning, and supply changes.
• Experience with purchasing, inventory management, production planning, and material flow.
• Experience managing perishable or time-sensitive raw materials.
• Leadership experience with purchasing, planning, inventory, and warehouse teams.
• Ability to plan ahead while remaining flexible to manufacturing demands.

Responsibilities

• Lead direct procurement for a high-volume manufacturing operation with a large number of SKUs and purchased items.
• Manage the flow of raw ingredients and materials through production to finished goods.
• Respond quickly when ingredient availability, production schedules, or priorities change.
• Oversee purchasing, inventory, planning, and material availability to support production needs.
• Manage perishable/raw ingredients where shelf life and expiration dates are critical.
• Lead and develop a team across purchasing, planning, inventory, and warehouse operations.
• Work closely with plant leadership to resolve supply challenges and keep operations on schedule.
• Participate in monthly inventory counts at the plant and warehouse locations.

Skills

Direct procurement

SKU management

Adaptability

Purchasing & Planning

Perishables

Team leadership

Flexibility

Job description

Salary $100,000 – $125,000 + Bonus + Benefits + Paid Relocation to the Upper MW

Are you a Purchasing Manager who knows that the best-laid production plan can change before lunch? We’re looking for an experienced manufacturing purchasing leader who can keep raw materials flowing, inventory balanced, and production moving—even when supply issues or last-minute changes require a quick pivot.

This is a highly visible role reporting to the General Manager and leading a team of 8–10 across purchasing, planning, inventory, warehouse, and related functions.

What you'll do as the Purchasing Manager:

• Lead direct procurement for a high-volume manufacturing operation with a large number of SKUs and purchased items.


• Manage the flow of raw ingredients and materials through production to finished goods.


• Respond quickly when ingredient availability, production schedules, or priorities change.


• Oversee purchasing, inventory, planning, and material availability to support production needs.


• Manage perishable/raw ingredients where shelf life and expiration dates are critical.


• Lead and develop a team across purchasing, planning, inventory, and warehouse operations.


• Work closely with plant leadership to resolve supply challenges and keep operations on schedule.


• Participate in monthly inventory counts at the plant and warehouse locations.

What we are looking for in the Purchasing Manager:

• Strong direct procurement experience within a manufacturing facility.


• Experience purchasing and managing a large volume of SKUs/ of raw ingredients/materials through finished goods.


• Demonstrated ability to react to last-minute production, planning, and supply changes without losing momentum.


• Experience with purchasing, inventory management, production planning, and material flow.


• Experience managing perishable or time-sensitive raw materials.


• Previous leadership experience with purchasing, planning, inventory, and/or warehouse teams.


• Someone who can plan ahead—but is equally comfortable changing that plan when manufacturing demands it!