Senior Strategic Procurement & Materials Manager

Panelmatic; Georgia; On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

Dental benefits

Vision benefits

HSA

Job summary

Panelmatic, Inc. is seeking a seasoned procurement professional to handle material purchases and supplier coordination to support production schedules. You will maintain stock levels, process purchase orders, and collaborate with estimating, sales and engineering to optimize costs and availability.

The role focuses on sourcing high-quality materials at competitive prices, expediting deliveries when needed, and ensuring compliance with applicable laws and Panelmatic policies.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in business, or a related field or equivalent combination of education and experience required.
• Ten-plus years of experience in materials management required.
• Ten-plus years of experience in manufacturing required.
• Ten-plus years of experience using an ERP system to efficiently plan and procure material required.
• Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written.
• Demonstrated ability to successfully achieve goals.
• Experience with material expediting and implementing solutions to short-term and long-term supply issues required.
• Strong analytical skills required.
• US work authorization without sponsorship required.
• Ability to pass drug and background check required.
• Ability to sit, stand, and walk for hours at a time required.

Responsibilities

• Purchase the highest quality material at the lowest possible price and in the correct amounts.
• Develops and ensures all elements of the purchase commitment are completed with proper required approvals.
• Reviews requisitions for accuracy and completeness, prepares and processes assigned purchase order.
• Monitors ideal inventory levels; reorders and purchases items needed for inventory replenishment to ensure on-time delivery while maximizing turns and minimizing carrying cost.
• Reviews order acknowledgments for item, cost and delivery date accuracy and updates the system, as well as notifying PMs and/or manufacturing of updates as necessary.
• Expedites (or de-expedites) the delivery of purchases as necessary.
• Monitors shipments to ensure that materials come in on time, and in the event of problems will trace shipments and follow up on undelivered material.
• Confer with staff, users and suppliers to discuss defective or unacceptable goods/services and determine corrective action.
• Sources and provides material costs and availability to estimating, sales and engineering teams for potential new business opportunities and/or change orders.
• Provides recommendations regarding materials to other functional groups to drive toward cost savings and/or improved product availability.

Skills

Excellent communication skills

Strong analytical skills

US work authorization

Ability to pass drug and background**

Education

Bachelor’s degree in business or related field

Ten-plus years of experience in materials management

Ten-plus years of experience in manufacturing

Ten-plus years using an ERP system

Tools

ERP system

Job description

Panelmatic, Inc. is seeking a seasoned procurement professional to handle material purchases and supplier coordination to support production schedules. You will maintain stock levels, process purchase orders, and collaborate with estimating, sales and engineering to optimize costs and availability.

The role focuses on sourcing high-quality materials at competitive prices, expediting deliveries when needed, and ensuring compliance with applicable laws and Panelmatic policies.