Senior Purchasing Manager - Multi-Site Manufacturing

Miller Industries, LLC; North (SC); On-site; USD 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Miller Industries, LLC in Michigan is seeking a Purchasing Manager to lead the purchasing organization across multiple locations, drive supplier performance, and align purchasing with production schedules. The role demands strong leadership, a track record of cross-functional collaboration, and experience in new product introductions and supplier development.

You will manage ERP/MRP transactions, develop KPI dashboards, and foster continuous improvement while scaling purchasing capabilities to

Qualifications

• Minimum of 8 years of experience in purchasing, sourcing, supply chain, or procurement roles.
• Minimum of 5 years of leadership experience managing purchasing or supply chain professionals.
• Proven experience supervising buyers in a manufacturing environment.
• Demonstrated experience supporting New Product Introductions, APQP processes, and production launches.
• Experience managing project buying activities and cross-functional program requirements.
• Experience with supplier negotiations, supplier development, and strategic sourcing initiatives.
• Experience working within ERP/MRP systems.
• Multi-site purchasing management experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead daily purchasing operations to ensure continuity of supply across all locations.
• Ensure timely placement, confirmation, and management of purchase orders.
• Monitor material shortages and drive corrective action to support production schedules.
• Oversee procurement activities supporting manufacturing operations and customer requirements.
• Ensure purchasing transactions are accurately maintained within ERP/MRP systems.
• Drive adherence to purchasing policies, approval processes, and standard operating procedures.
• Coordinate purchasing activities across multiple locations to support consistent execution.
• Develop supplier performance management initiatives related to delivery, quality, cost, and responsiveness.
• Develop supplier scorecards and performance metrics with buyers and internal stakeholders.
• Support supplier negotiations, commercial discussions, and issue resolution.
• Drive supplier corrective actions for delivery, quality, service, and responsiveness concerns.
• Develop supplier partnerships that support long-term business objectives.
• Identify, communicate, and mitigate supply chain risks.
• Support supplier capacity planning, escalation recovery, and continuity-of-supply actions.
• Oversee purchasing support for product and customer projects.
• Ensure material receipts for production builds.
• Monitor project timelines, purchasing deliverables, and launch-related supply risks.
• Participate in cross-functional project reviews with Engineering, Project Management, Operations, and Quality.
• Escalate project-related supply risks and develop recovery plans.
• Ensure successful sourcing and procurement execution for project milestones.
• Develop and maintain purchasing performance metrics and dashboards.
• Analyze purchasing trends and identify opportunities for improvement.
• Prepare and present purchasing performance updates to the Materials Manager.
• Lead department performance review discussions and drive corrective actions when metrics fall below expectations.
• Monitor and improve key purchasing metrics including supplier on-time delivery, material shortages, purchase price variance, cost savings, supplier quality, purchase order cycle time, launch readiness, buyer productivity, and escalation resolution.
• Lead continuous improvement initiatives within purchasing operations.
• Standardize purchasing processes across all locations.
• Identify cost reduction, cost avoidance, and efficiency improvement opportunities.
• Support ERP, MRP, and reporting system optimization initiatives.
• Develop and maintain purchasing standard operating procedures.
• Drive best-practice implementation across the purchasing organization.

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain Management, Business Administration, Engineering, Operations Management, or related field

Tools

ERP/MRP systems

Job description

Miller Industries, LLC in Michigan is seeking a Purchasing Manager to lead the purchasing organization across multiple locations, drive supplier performance, and align purchasing with production schedules. The role demands strong leadership, a track record of cross-functional collaboration, and experience in new product introductions and supplier development.

You will manage ERP/MRP transactions, develop KPI dashboards, and foster continuous improvement while scaling purchasing capabilities to