Strategic Supply Base Manager: Value & Partnerships

Scotsman-Group-LLC; Vernon Hills (IL); On-site; USD 90,000 - 105,000; Full time

Job summary

Scotsman-Group-LLC in Vernon Hills, Illinois, seeks a Supply Base Manager to lead procurement of components for ice machines and related equipment. You will partner with product and project teams, manage supplier performance, and drive best-value sourcing.

The role emphasizes strategic supplier relationships, cost reduction via value analysis and engineering changes, and cross-divisional collaboration, with travel 25% and a base compensation of $90k–$105k.

Qualifications

• Purchasing experience in ice machine components, metals, electrical, or mechanical components.
• Team focused; quality and problem-solving training.

Responsibilities

• Attend and support all assigned Product and Project Team activities with functional technical inputs and non-functional challenges.
• Measurement and improvement of the supply base performance through quality techniques and state of the art material management techniques.
• Assess the competitiveness of assigned commodities and supply base to insure overall value to the company and customers.
• Maintains the system integrity to insure prompt payments to suppliers, and inventory accuracy.
• Interfaces with Accounting to insure timely payment of all invoices.
• Provide strategic direction on supply base management both divisional and on cross-division councils.
• Uses state of the art techniques to reduce material costs to the stated goal, such as V/A and V/E.
• Assists Fairfax with component shortages if needed.
• Maintains competency in commodity areas for new state of the art approaches.
• Provide input and direction to the overall strategy of the department.

Skills

Purchasing experience

Education

4 year college degree (mechanical/technical focus)

Tools

Microsoft Word

Excel

Access

PowerPoint

Job description

Scotsman-Group-LLC in Vernon Hills, Illinois, seeks a Supply Base Manager to lead procurement of components for ice machines and related equipment. You will partner with product and project teams, manage supplier performance, and drive best-value sourcing.

The role emphasizes strategic supplier relationships, cost reduction via value analysis and engineering changes, and cross-divisional collaboration, with travel 25% and a base compensation of $90k–$105k.