Procurement Manager
Radnor, PA, US
ABOUT US:
RS Integrated Supply is a rapidly growing leader and global provider of comprehensive supply chain services that drive increased productivity and profitability for our clients, including: Supply Chain Services, Asset Services, Master Data Leadership SM and Technology. We currently deliver our highly focused expertise through integration at more than 220 customer sites across the North America, Europe, and Singapore.
ABOUT THE ROLE
The Procurement Manager is responsible for the daily management of procurement activities for assigned client accounts through direct management of Enterprise Buyers. This position requires knowledge of client systems, RS Integrated Supply client contracts, and maintaining client relationships to provide customer service and meet key performance indicators for each assigned account. The Procurement Manager ensures their assigned Enterprise Procurement team follows RS Integrated Supply initiatives for safety, savings and margin generation, and preferred supplier compliance. The Procurement Manager works closely with Senior Leadership to develop and carry out companywide initiatives while also driving development of their direct report employees
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
• Direct report management of a team of Enterprise Buyers that support centralized procurement.
• Supervision of all stages of the procurement process, identifying and addressing process gaps where necessary.
• Track and delegate daily purchasing, expediting, and accounting activities among assigned team.
• Provide training for new hire Enterprise Buyers and drive developmental activities with all direct reports.
• Responsible for supporting the discovery and achievement of cost savings through sourcing of new suppliers, manufacturers, and distributors.
• Meet and exceed client contract savings guarantees or internal margin targets through analyses focused on standardization opportunities, bulk-buy opportunities and negotiating best price through utilization of RS Integrated Supply purchasing leverage and contracts.
• Drive Enterprise Procurement’s compliance to the utilization of preferred suppliers.
• Assist in establishment of new suppliers as required including creation of vendor records, establishing proper payment terms, negotiating discounts, and retrieving and presenting the appropriate documentation (W9’s, T&C sheets, credit applications, etc.) where applicable.
• Create and maintain open lines of communication by establishing and building relationships with internal and external customers, inclusive of all levels of management in a cross functional capacity.
• Coach Enterprise Buyers on best practices to develop sourcing strategy for assigned clients.
• Provide support and subject matter expertise in review and reduction of supplier invoice discrepancies (IDRs) for assigned team.
• Act as a liaison between senior management and buying teams in communicating company initiatives, programs, and strategy updates, and reporting out results to senior leadership.
• Facilitate the management of procurement through the corporate purchasing card program for cross functional teams.
• Provide temporary procurement support to external teams on as needed basis.
• Create processes for assigned teams to help determine needs of end users (NMI process).
• Provide support to Implementation, Sales, IT, Operations, and other supply chain teams to ensure proper system’s setup for new accounts.
• Provide support onboarding of new customer accounts inclusive of establishing go-live relationships with internal and external stakeholders and systems setup review.
• Develop and provide reporting at a regular cadence for cost savings, open order management health, invoicing, margin generation, or other key performance metrics as required.
• Respond to customer inquiries regarding RS Integrated Supply’s products and services timely and effectively.
• Drive continuous improvement of procurement processes to increase the Enterprise Procurement team’s productivity and performance.
• Other duties as assigned.
CANDIDATE REQUIREMENTS
• 2-5 years of MRO Purchasing experience
• 2-5 years of direct report management experience in a partially to fully virtual environment.
• Relevant bachelor’s degree is preferred. Appropriate experience in lieu of a degree may be considered.
• Intermediate knowledge of MRO materials.
• Intermediate knowledge of RS Integrated Supply client contract pricing models.
• Computer literacy with specific strength in the understanding and leverage of multiple interfaced ERPs.
• Proficiency with Windows OS, and advanced ability with Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint.
• Very high confidence in verbal and written forms of communication.
• Demonstrated ability to generate internal and external reports from raw data.
• Highly organized with an acute attention to detail.
• Adept ability to manage time and prioritize appropriate tasks.
• Bilingual in Spanish or French a bonus.
• CPM/APICS desirable