Regional Purchasing Leader: Materials & Supplier Excellence

Champion Home Builders, Inc.; Troy (MI); On-site; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401k Plan with Company Match

Paid Vacation

Paid Holidays

Medical

Rx

Dental, Vision, and Life Insurance

Job summary

Champion Home Builders, Inc. is seeking a Regional Purchasing Manager to oversee materials management and purchasing across U.S. plants. The role focuses on driving cost reductions, improving supplier performance, and ensuring inventory accuracy through standardized processes.

Approximately 75% of time is on materials management and 25% on category management, with collaboration across regional and corporate leadership to align strategic needs and purchasing initiatives.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years of manufactured housing or construction industry experience.
• Minimum 7 years of plant- or corporate-level materials management experience.
• At least 3 years of prior procurement experience.
• Strong understanding of purchasing, inventory management, replenishment, receiving, cycle counting, physical inventory, E&O, and purchase-order management processes.

Responsibilities

• Lead the development, implementation, and ongoing standardization of purchasing and materials-management processes across assigned plants, including replenishment, inventory management, cycle counting, physical inventory, receiving, E&O, and purchase-order management.
• Monitor plant performance, identify root causes of performance gaps, and ensure corrective actions are implemented and sustained.
• Drive measurable improvements in material cost, purchase-pricing exceptions, off-contract spending, inventory accuracy, inventory turns, material availability, E&O, and supplier performance.
• Coach and develop plant purchasing teams and provide interim leadership or stabilization support when plants experience vacancies, system implementations, inventory challenges, or significant performance gaps.
• Provide backup support for open plant materials management positions as needed.
• Develop recognition practices to highlight outstanding improvements in materials processes and cost reductions across plants in the region and share best practices with other regions.

Skills

Negotiation

Coaching

Communication

Excel

Cross-functional

Process improvement

Education

Bachelor's degree in supply chain/logistics

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Champion Home Builders, Inc. is seeking a Regional Purchasing Manager to oversee materials management and purchasing across U.S. plants. The role focuses on driving cost reductions, improving supplier performance, and ensuring inventory accuracy through standardized processes.

Approximately 75% of time is on materials management and 25% on category management, with collaboration across regional and corporate leadership to align strategic needs and purchasing initiatives.