Strategic Purchasing Manager: Lead Cost, Quality & Delivery

Palm Harbor Homes; Seguin (TX); On-site; USD 85,000 - 105,000; Full time

Job summary

Palm Harbor Homes is seeking a Purchasing Manager at our Seguin plant to lead procurement for production materials, coordinate with corporate procurement, and supervise purchasing agents to meet cost, quality, and delivery targets.

You will map and improve procurement processes, manage supplier relationships, and ensure inventory levels align with production schedules. A bachelor's degree is preferred with 5–8 years of purchasing experience.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree preferred.
• At least 5 - 8 years of work experience in purchasing and/or costing.
• Effective time management skills.
• Strong attention to detail and analytical skills.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and multi-task.
• Demonstrate a good work ethic based on principles of honesty and integrity.
• Experience with Microsoft Office.

Responsibilities

• Reviews requisitions.
• Confers with vendors to obtain product or service information such as price, availability, and delivery schedule.
• Selects products for purchase by testing, observing, or examining items.
• Lead, coach, mentor and train staff.
• Estimates values according to knowledge of market price.
• Determines method of procurement such as direct purchase or bid.
• Prepares purchase orders or bid requests.
• Reviews bid proposals and negotiates contracts within budgetary limitations and scope of authority.
• Maintains procurement records such as items or services purchased costs, delivery, product quality or performance, and inventories.
• Discusses defective or unacceptable goods or services with inspection or quality assurance personnel, users, vendors, and others to determine source of trouble and take corrective action.
• Approves invoices for payment.
• Verifies specifications of purchase requests.
• Counts inventory items to determine if material on hand is in sufficient quantity.
• Prepares purchase orders and sends to supplier and department originating request.
• Computes total cost of items purchased.
• Confers with suppliers concerning late deliveries.
• Verifies bills from suppliers with bids and purchase orders and approves bills for payment.
• Expedites delivery of goods to users.
• Meets production requirements on a daily basis while controlling inventory levels with various lead times.
• Assists heavily with periodic plant inventory.

Skills

Time management

Attention to detail

Analytical skills

Verbal & written communication

Multi-tasking

Honesty and integrity

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Palm Harbor Homes is seeking a Purchasing Manager at our Seguin plant to lead procurement for production materials, coordinate with corporate procurement, and supervise purchasing agents to meet cost, quality, and delivery targets.

You will map and improve procurement processes, manage supplier relationships, and ensure inventory levels align with production schedules. A bachelor's degree is preferred with 5–8 years of purchasing experience.