Purchasing Manager I GSO

Job Summary

Lead and coordinating activities of purchasing activities for assigned division or product category

Job Description

Project Management

• Collaborate with product manager, engineering, and vendors to develop new products and bring new products to the market or redesign the products to achieve cost competitiveness.

• Lead project and influence different functions to achieve goals, assure result accomplish and deliver on time.

• Know the potential quality risk, know how to improve product cost - increase production efficiency, re-engineering, material changing, etc.

• Approaches tasks and projects in a streamlined manner; applied knowledge of processes, product, and resources to minimize rework and maximize efficiency.

• Collaborate with product manager, engineering, and vendors to develop new products and bring new products to the market or redesign the products to achieve cost competitiveness.

• Identify priorities during whirl wind.

Vendor Management

• Maintain effective business relationship with vendors associated with assigned product categories; Understand vendor impact on overall business and product category;

• Proactively be aware of potential changes with vendors or in related manufacturing industry; Monitors contract compliance. Leads supplier score card process.

• Keep challenging existing vendor pool, identify high potential vendors, sourcing risk mitigation plan.

• Monitors contract compliance.

• Leads supplier score card process.

• Develop new product out.

Team Work

• provide solutions, or escalation
• Collaborate with teams effectively and respectfully; Acts as team player and facilitator among teams.

Our benefit package includes health insurance, life and disability, 401(k) contributions, paid time off, etc., for employees working 30 or more hours per week on average. For roles where employees work less than 30 hours per week, benefits include 401(k) contributions as well as access to the Employee Assistance Program, Employee Resource Groups and the Employee Service Corp.

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Medline Industries, LP is an equal opportunity employer. Medline evaluates qualified individuals without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, neurodivergence, protected veteran status, marital or family status, caregiver responsibilities, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws.