Senior Resin Procurement Leader

PeopleFind; Georgia; On-site; USD 85,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation assistance

Job summary

PeopleFind Inc. is seeking a Senior Commodity Buyer - Resins to lead strategic sourcing of resins for a major North American manufacturer in Knoxville, TN. You will shape resin procurement across the US and Canada, driving cost competitiveness, supplier performance, and continuity of supply.

The role emphasizes direct resin-purchasing experience, market intelligence, and cross-functional collaboration with Supply Chain, Operations, and Quality to optimize material costs and risk management.

Qualifications

• Direct, hands-on responsibility for purchasing or strategically sourcing resins for a manufacturing organization.
• Experience identifying resin suppliers and negotiating resin pricing, terms, availability, lead times, volumes, and supply arrangements.
• Practical knowledge of resin markets, suppliers, pricing mechanisms, cost drivers, capacity constraints, and supply risks.
• At least five years of progressive experience in procurement, strategic sourcing, commodity management, purchasing, or supply management.
• Experience in plastics manufacturing, resin-dependent manufacturing, polymers, compounds, chemicals, or another directly relevant manufacturing sector.
• Strong commercial judgment, analytical ability, negotiation skills, and supplier-management capability.
• The ability to travel to supplier and company locations in the United States and Canada as required.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute resin commodity strategies that improve cost, supply security, purchasing leverage, and supplier performance.
• Monitor resin pricing, feedstock and market movements, capacity, availability, lead times, and emerging supply risks.
• Identify, qualify, select, and manage resin and raw-material suppliers.
• Lead RFIs, RFQs, RFPs, supplier evaluations, and competitive sourcing initiatives.
• Negotiate pricing, payment terms, lead times, service levels, volume commitments, supply agreements, and other commercial conditions.
• Lead cost-reduction, value-analysis, and supplier-improvement initiatives.
• Work with cross-functional teams to resolve shortages and quality concerns.

Skills

Direct resin purchasing

Negotiation skills

Analytical ability

Supplier management

Travel flexibility

Education

Bachelor’s degree in relevant field

Tools

Excel

Power BI

Dynamics 365 BC

Job description

PeopleFind Inc. is seeking a Senior Commodity Buyer - Resins to lead strategic sourcing of resins for a major North American manufacturer in Knoxville, TN. You will shape resin procurement across the US and Canada, driving cost competitiveness, supplier performance, and continuity of supply.

The role emphasizes direct resin-purchasing experience, market intelligence, and cross-functional collaboration with Supply Chain, Operations, and Quality to optimize material costs and risk management.