Purchasing Manager II GSO

Medline; Shanghai (VA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) contributions

Paid time off

Job summary

Medline is seeking a leader to coordinate purchasing activities for an assigned division or product category. The role emphasizes collaboration with product management, engineering, and vendors to drive cost competitiveness and new product introductions.

The position requires strong project management and vendor management skills, with a focus on identifying quality risks and delivering results on time. It also involves driving cost reductions and process improvements across teams.

Qualifications

• Experience leading purchasing for a division or product category.
• Strong vendor management and project management skills.
• Ability to collaborate with cross-functional teams and suppliers.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with product manager, engineering, and vendors to develop or redesign products for cost competitiveness.
• Lead projects and coordinate across functions to meet timelines.
• Identify quality risks and drive cost improvements and production efficiency.
• Apply process knowledge to minimize rework and maximize efficiency.
• Maintain vendor relationships and monitor contracts; lead supplier scorecard processes.

Skills

Project management

Vendor management

Cross-functional collaboration

Cost reduction

Process improvement

Job description

Job Summary

JOB SUMMARY: Lead and coordinating activities of purchasing activities for assigned division or product category.

Job Description

CORE JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:

Project Management

• Collaborate with product manager, engineering, and vendors to develop new products and bring new products to the market or redesign the products to achieve cost competitiveness.
• Lead project and influence different functions to achieve goals, assure result accomplish and deliver on time.
• Know the potential quality risk, know how to improve product cost - increase production efficiency, re-engineering, material changing, etc.
• Approaches tasks and projects in a streamlined manner; applied knowledge of processes, product, and resources to minimize rework and maximize efficiency.
• Collaborate with product manager, engineering, and vendors to develop new products and bring new products to the market or redesign the products to achieve cost competitiveness.
• Identify priorities during whirl wind.

Vendor Management

• Maintain effective business relationship with vendors associated with assigned product categories; Understand vendor impact on overall business and product category;
• Proactively be aware of potential changes with vendors or in related manufacturing industry; Monitors contract compliance. Leads supplier score card process.
• Keep challenging existing vendor pool, identify high potential vendors, sourcing risk mitigation plan.
• Monitors contract compliance.
• Leads supplier score card process.
• Develop new product out.

Team Work

• provide solutions, or escalation
• Collaborate with teams effectively and respectfully; Acts as team player and facilitator among teams.

Our benefit package includes health insurance, life and disability, 401(k) contributions, paid time off, etc., for employees working 30 or more hours per week on average. For a more comprehensive list of our benefits please click here. For roles where employees work less than 30 hours per week, benefits include 401(k) contributions as well as access to the Employee Assistance Program, Employee Resource Groups and the Employee Service Corp.

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Medline Industries, LP is an equal opportunity employer. Medline evaluates qualified individuals without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, neurodivergence, protected veteran status, marital or family status, caregiver responsibilities, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws.