Senior Purchasing & Global Sourcing Leader

JM Eagle; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 160,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

Comprehensive benefits

Job summary

Plastpro is seeking a Senior Purchasing Manager in Los Angeles to lead procurement, purchasing, inventory management, and supplier strategy across the organization.

You’ll drive supplier performance, optimize inventory, and manage Chinese-speaking suppliers to ensure uninterrupted production. Mandarin proficiency is strongly preferred for effective communication with China-based partners.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain Management, Business Administration, Operations Management, Logistics, Finance, or a related field.
• Master’s degree preferred.
• 7–10+ years of progressive procurement and supply chain experience.
• 3–5+ years of leadership experience within purchasing, procurement, or supply chain.
• Experience with international suppliers and global supply chains.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute procurement strategies aligned with business and manufacturing objectives.
• Source, evaluate, negotiate with, and select domestic and international suppliers based on cost, quality, service, capacity, and delivery performance.
• Lead negotiations for pricing, contracts, payment terms, warranties, and service agreements.
• Build and maintain long-term strategic supplier relationships, including China-based and other international suppliers.
• Communicate directly with suppliers to resolve pricing, quality, lead-time, capacity, and delivery issues.
• Identify opportunities for supplier consolidation, alternative sourcing, and cost reduction.
• Manage purchasing activities for raw materials, packaging, maintenance supplies, capital equipment, and indirect materials.
• Review and approve purchase requisitions and purchase orders.
• Monitor supplier lead times and ensure materials arrive according to production requirements.
• Resolve shortages, damaged materials, invoice discrepancies, pricing issues, and supplier-related problems.
• Develop inventory-control strategies that balance material availability with inventory carrying costs.
• Monitor inventory accuracy, inventory turns, safety stock, obsolete inventory, and slow-moving inventory.
• Lead cycle-count and physical-inventory programs.
• Partner with Warehouse and Operations teams to improve inventory accuracy and material flow.
• Coordinate with production planning to ensure sufficient material availability.
• Identify supply-chain risks and develop contingency sourcing strategies for critical materials.
• Monitor supplier capacity, logistics performance, and on-time delivery.
• Work with logistics providers to optimize transportation costs and delivery schedules.
• Develop supplier scorecards covering cost, quality, delivery, responsiveness, and service.
• Conduct regular supplier business reviews and drive corrective actions where performance falls short.
• Develop purchasing budgets and monitor procurement spending against plan.
• Lead cost-reduction and cost-avoidance initiatives.
• Analyze purchasing trends, spending patterns, inventory valuation, and procurement performance.
• Supervise procurement, purchasing, and inventory personnel.
• Establish departmental goals, KPIs, and performance expectations.
• Coach and develop team members while promoting accountability and continuous improvement.
• Ensure procurement activities comply with company policies, financial controls, applicable regulations, and ethical purchasing standards.

Skills

Strategic sourcing

Supplier relationships

Negotiation

Inventory management

Excel proficiency

Leadership

Cost reduction

Education

Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain/Business

Master's degree

Tools

ERP/MRP

SAP

Microsoft Dynamics

AS400

Friedman

Excel

Job description

Plastpro is seeking a Senior Purchasing Manager in Los Angeles to lead procurement, purchasing, inventory management, and supplier strategy across the organization.

You’ll drive supplier performance, optimize inventory, and manage Chinese-speaking suppliers to ensure uninterrupted production. Mandarin proficiency is strongly preferred for effective communication with China-based partners.