Strategic Global Metal Procurement Leader

GTI Fabrication; Buffalo (NY); On-site; USD 100,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

401(k) with company match

Paid Time Off and paid holidays

Sick time per local requirements

Life insurance and disability coverage

Career advancement opportunities

Exposure to advanced manufacturing and

Collaborative, fast-paced environment

Job summary

GTI designs, engineers, and manufactures complex modular systems serving data center infrastructure, energy storage, defense, and industrial markets. The team leads daily purchasing for Sheet Metal, ensuring on-time delivery and demand-driven priorities across multiple facilities.

The role emphasizes supplier performance, cost improvement, and dual-source strategies within a high-mix, engineered-to-order setting, with a focus on inventory turns and working capital optimization.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Business, Engineering, or related field required or preferred.
• Experience leading purchasing teams in manufacturing or engineered-to-order environments.
• Strong negotiation, supplier management, and analytical skills are essential.

Responsibilities

• Lead daily purchasing operations for the Sheet Metal spend category.
• Prevent shortages impacting production schedules, launches, or customer commitments.
• Establish clear purchasing priorities aligned to production demand and business needs.
• Manage supplier performance related to cost, quality, delivery, responsiveness, and lead time adherence.
• Lead pricing negotiations, commercial issue resolution, and annual cost improvement initiatives.
• Develop alternate sources, dual-source strategies, and supplier recovery plans.
• Build strong supplier relationships while holding accountability to performance standards.
• Partner with Planning and Operations to balance inventory turns, stock availability, and working capital objectives.
• Improve supplier on-time delivery, shortage reduction, aged inventory, and purchase price variance metrics.
• Use ERP/MRP signals to drive disciplined replenishment and procurement timing.
• Lead Purchasing Coordinators/Specialists for the Metal Category.
• Build accountability, urgency, communication discipline, and execution consistency.
• Support hiring, onboarding, and growth of the purchasing organization.
• Partner with Engineering on technical sourcing, alternates, and new product introduction (NPI) launches.
• Work with Finance on accruals, payment issues, savings tracking, and inventory valuation impacts.
• Coordinate with Warehouse and Receiving teams on inbound flow and supplier execution issues.
• Support leadership on escalations, supply constraints, and strategic sourcing initiatives.

Skills

Leadership experience

Negotiation skills

Analytical skills

Strong communication

Strategic thinking

Education

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

Tools

ERP/MRP

Job description

GTI designs, engineers, and manufactures complex modular systems serving data center infrastructure, energy storage, defense, and industrial markets. The team leads daily purchasing for Sheet Metal, ensuring on-time delivery and demand-driven priorities across multiple facilities.

The role emphasizes supplier performance, cost improvement, and dual-source strategies within a high-mix, engineered-to-order setting, with a focus on inventory turns and working capital optimization.