Procurement Manager

As a Procurement Manager, you'll work as part of a team of problem solvers, helping to solve complex business issues from strategy to execution. Professional and soft skills and responsibilities for this management level include but are not limited to:

Develop new skills outside of comfort zone.
Coach others, recognize their strengths, and encourage them to take ownership of their personal development.
Analyze complex ideas or proposals and build a range of meaningful recommendations.
Address sub-standard work or work that does not meet company expectations.
Use data and insights to inform conclusions and support decision-making.
Develop a point of view on key global trends, and how they impact FALK.
Encourage everyone to have a voice and invite opinion from all, including quieter members of the team.
Deal effectively with ambiguous and unstructured problems and situations.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

Collaborate with leaders and peers to implement bidding and contracting processes that are consistent across commodities and that result in verifiable savings, increased controllable spend, increased diverse supplier spend, and other supply chain improvements. Drive the bidding process to facilitate effective long-term supplier relationships and contract management.

Evaluates, sources, establishes, and maintains a supplier base to assure lead time, pricing, quality and on-time & complete delivery of materials to meet production requirements.
Analyze and understand Cost of Goods Sold (COGS) metrics and evaluate how procurement strategies impact overall costs, ensuring that purchasing decisions align with organizational financial objectives and contribute to profitability.
Responsible for sourcing and purchasing supplies and steel from international suppliers, ensuring quality, cost-effectiveness, and compliance with import regulations.
Investigates and establishes cost savings, cost reductions, and value analysis opportunities in accordance with departmental goals and objectives.
Negotiates contract terms and conditions, communicates quality requirements and provides consistent availability of quality goods to manufacturing.
Develop our standard practices and compliance infrastructure, managing relationships for both internal clients and suppliers to aid in the strategic selection of suppliers, supplier diversity, and contract negotiations.
Serve as the relationship manager for both internal clients and suppliers by seeking appropriate solutions for all sourcing needs, creating, reviewing, and negotiating contractual arrangements through thought leadership, subject matter specialization, and strategic advising.
Train and ensure ERP utilization and integrity for demand forecasting, purchasing of raw material and planning of production.
Develop overall supply chain strategy including plan for every part, material storage strategy, and overall inventory reduction.
Establishes Purchasing Policies and ensures compliance.
Maintains optimum inventory levels of all raw materials to ensure on-time deliveries to meet customer requirements
Responsible for continuing programs of exploration for new materials, suppliers, and processes to achieve the best possible quality, reliability, prices, continuity, and delivery.
Select, develop, and train new team members.
Manage the day-to-day tasks of the other procurement team members.
Analyze current global events to determine their effect on FALK’s supply chain and take risk mitigation action if necessary.
Performs risk assessments on potential contracts and agreements.
Establishes procedures and supervises the annual physical inventory.