Senior Purchasing & Inventory Manager - Manufacturing

DNP IMS America Corporation; North Carolina; On-site; USD 95,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Dental

Vision

Life insurance

Retirement plan

Paid time off

Pet insurance

Retail discounts

Job summary

DNP Imagingcomm America Corporation in Concord, NC is seeking a Purchasing Manager to lead the department buyers and optimize procurement to support the Master Production Schedule, supplier performance, and new product launches.

The candidate should have a Bachelor’s degree in business or related field, ERP experience (Epicor preferred), and 3–5 years in production control and inventory management, with a strong preference for 24/7 manufacturing exposure.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in business/related field or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Knowledge of ERP software, preferably Epicor.
• Three to five years of production control and Inventory Management experience, preferably in manufacturing.
• Must be detail-oriented, organized, and proactive.
• Strong preference for experience in a 24/7 manufacturing environment.
• Strong preference for experience for a $110MM+ spend environment.

Responsibilities

• Develop and manage a process that ensures updating of master data for parts, subassemblies, and final assemblies in the ERP system.
• Develop and manage computer models for calculation of inventory levels, reorder points and reorder quantities, along with managing obsolete and slow-moving inventory.
• Lead vendor identification, qualification, approval, and process to review key metrics.
• Support contract review and RFQ process as needed, and review/approve PO’s and invoices.
• Establish process to identify, maintain, track and present key performance metrics.
• Ensure buyers maintain and publish an accurate receiving schedule to warehouse personnel.
• Maintain and publish reports to management, including period ending reports on the expected cadence.
• Drive root cause analysis, process improvement for personal job responsibilities and for the department.
• Develop exception reporting tools and work to resolve exceptions within the department, communicate and elevate exceptions as needed to upline management and to affected internal customers.
• Develop and manage education and training process for buyers to include effective covering of jobs (vacations, leave of absence, emergencies), employee growth and succession planning.
• Ensure Purchase Orders, vendor qualification and other department documentation stays in compliance with DNP expectations (Ex/ ISO, accounting, contract commitments, FTZ).
• Maintain an effective personal buyer skill set. The manager may be required to serve as a buyer in support of a portfolio of products and perform the duties of other buyers in a backup role.
• Support transaction accuracy and year-end inventory activity.
• Support writing, editing, approval, publishing, and training of receiving instructions as needed.
• Other duties assigned by management.

Skills

Detail-oriented

Organized

Proactive

24/7 manufacturing

Inventory management

Education

Bachelor’s degree in business/related field

Tools

Epicor

Job description

DNP Imagingcomm America Corporation in Concord, NC is seeking a Purchasing Manager to lead the department buyers and optimize procurement to support the Master Production Schedule, supplier performance, and new product launches.

The candidate should have a Bachelor’s degree in business or related field, ERP experience (Epicor preferred), and 3–5 years in production control and inventory management, with a strong preference for 24/7 manufacturing exposure.