Purchasing Manager

Jobtailor; Kentucky; On-site; USD 85,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobtailor is seeking a seasoned procurement professional in Kentucky to drive regional category strategies and supplier management for the automotive sector. You will analyze market trends, build cost models, and lead cross-functional initiatives with global teams to achieve productivity gains.

Candidates should have a Bachelor’s degree and 5+ years of purchasing experience, with ERP/JDE experience preferred.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or higher in a related field.
• 5+ years of purchasing experience.
• Automotive industry background.
• ERP experience with JDE preferred but not required.
• Strong Excel background.
• Experience with ERP systems such as JDE LX.
• Experience building category cost models/clean sheets.
• Experience monitoring raw materials, FX, and market trends.
• Strong influencing and change management experience.
• Ability to manage complexity and multiple priorities.
• Experience working with a global and diverse team in North America.
• This role is not eligible for visa sponsorship.

Responsibilities

• Support execution of category strategy within the region
• Analyze current situations, develop improvement plans, execute plans, and communicate them for internal adoption
• Identify and onboard suppliers aligned with category strategy
• Drive total-cost-of-ownership improvement and deliver 5% year-over-year productivity
• Lead and manage supplier relationships as the local representative for global affiliates
• Support the Lead Category Manager on project management and execution of category and regional strategies
• Build category cost models/clean sheets
• Monitor raw material, foreign exchange, and market trends
• Manage complexity and multiple priorities
• Work with a global and diverse team in North America

Skills

Category Strategy Execution

Supplier Relationship Management

Cost Modeling/Clean Sheets

Market Trend Analysis

Influencing Skills

Change Management

Collaboration Skills

Ability to Manage Complexity

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Tools

JDE

JDE LX

Excel

Job description

• Support execution of category strategy within the region
• Analyze current situations, develop improvement plans, execute plans, and communicate them for internal adoption
• Identify and onboard suppliers aligned with category strategy
• Drive total-cost-of-ownership improvement and deliver 5% year-over-year productivity
• Lead and manage supplier relationships as the local representative for global affiliates
• Support the Lead Category Manager on project management and execution of category and regional strategies
• Build category cost models/clean sheets
• Monitor raw material, foreign exchange, and market trends
• Manage complexity and multiple priorities
• Work with a global and diverse team in North America

Requirements

• Bachelors Degree
• 5+ years purchasing experience
• Automotive industry background
• ERP (JDE) experience preferred, but not required
• Strong Excel background
• Experience with ERP systems such as JDE LX
• Experience building category cost models/clean sheets
• Experience monitoring raw material, FX, and market trends
• Strong influencing and change management experience
• Ability to manage complexity and multiple priorities
• Experience working with a global and diverse team in North America
• This role is not eligible for visa sponsorship (H1B, OPT/CPT, TN etc.)

Core Competencies

Demonstrates expertise in category strategy execution, supplier relationship management, and cost modeling within the automotive industry. Proven ability to analyze market trends and drive productivity improvements while managing complexity and multiple priorities in a global team environment.

Highest-signal resume keywords

• Category Strategy Execution
• Supplier Relationship Management
• Cost Modeling/Clean Sheets
• Market Trend Analysis
• Change Management

Hard Skills

• Purchasing Experience
• Category Cost Models
• Excel Proficiency
• ERP Systems Experience
• Raw Material Monitoring

Soft Skills

• Influencing Skills
• Change Management Skills
• Ability to Manage Complexity
• Collaboration Skills

Certifications & Qualifications

• Bachelors Degree

Industry Keywords

• Automotive Industry
• Total-Cost-Of-Ownership
• Productivity Improvement
• Foreign Exchange (FX)

Tools & Technologies

• ERP (JDE)
• JDE LX