Manager Purchasing
Posted on: 4 Jan 2022
Bryan, TX
Job Description
Summary:
Manages purchasing function for location, branch, or division. Purchases major materials, equipment, supplies and services for one or more locations, within established limits and quality, quantity and price guidelines. Negotiates terms, conditions and delivery arrangements. Implements sound purchasing policies, systems and procedures. Prepares tenders, reviews vendor proposals and may award vendor contracts. Identifies and investigates alternate sources of supply. Supervises personnel. Handles special projects, as assigned.
Job Duties/Responsibilities
• Implement procurement strategy and policies.
• Forecast procurement needs.
• Create and implement KPI’s.
• Continually develop expertise to support growth for new projects.
• Monitor macro trends in supplier and contract base and implement plans to react.
• Build and develop relationships with key suppliers and customers.
• Lead the procurement group in all phases.
• Identify and develop training opportunities.
• Order materials and services as per negotiated and appropriately approved. Review quotations.
• Prepare purchase requisitions, approve and issues purchase orders in accordance with company policy and negotiated terms and conditions.
• Maintain procurement files.
• Track Purchasing activity and measurements.
• Training purchasing Clerks and Salesmen in the department.
• Discuss defective or unacceptable new goods or services with users, vendors and others to determine cause of problem and take corrective and preventative action.
• Ensure supplier compliance with site and company requirements for safety.
• Manage vendor relationships and assist in building effective partnerships.
• Assist department in developing and implementing purchasing strategies for products.
• Taking over an existing project of customized and private label food products.
• Responsible for planning, developing and buying materials, parts, supplies and equipment in a timely and cost effective way; timely manner while maintaining appropriate quality standards and specifications.
• Dealing with suppliers.
• Dealing with Brokers.
• Develop and review purchase requests and ensure authorization as necessary to facilitate the timely purchase of new food products.
• Help to lower the cost and secure agreements.
• Liaise with Accounts Payable Department to ensure accurate and timely payment of invoices, as necessary for the business with the supplier.
Job Requirements
Skills/Knowledge
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Strong negotiating skills.
• Knowledge of production process and flow throughout the manufacturing shop.
Education
• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience.
• Working towards or has formalized training via purchasing designation.
Experience
• 8+ years of experience in purchasing.
• 3+ years of management or supervisory experience.
Forum Energy Technologies
Houston, TX
Forum Energy Technologies, Inc. designs, manufactures, and distributes products to the oil and natural gas industry in the United States and internationally. The company operates through three segments: Drilling & Downhole, Completions, and Production. The Drilling & Downhole segment designs, manufactures, and supplies products and provide related services to the drilling, downhole, and subsea markets, and other markets, such as alternative energy, defense, and communications. This segment offers drilling technologies consisting of capital equipment and a line of products consumed in the drilling; downhole technologies, such as cementing and casing tools, and protection products for artificial lift equipment and cables; and subsea technologies, including robotic vehicles and other capital equipment, specialty components and tools, complementary subsea technical services and rental items, and products used in pipeline infrastructure.
The Completions segment provides products and related services to the coiled tubing, stimulation, and intervention markets. This segment offers stimulation and intervention technologies, including hydraulic fracturing pumps, pump consumables, cooling systems, flow iron, wireline cable, and pressure control equipment as well as related recertification and refurbishment services; and coiled tubing products consisting of coiled tubing strings and line pipes.
The Production segment designs, manufactures, and supplies products, and provides related equipment and services to the production and infrastructure markets. This segment supplies production equipment, including well site production and process equipment; and a range of industrial and process valves. The company was formerly known as Forum Oilfield Technologies, Inc. and changed its name to Forum Energy Technologies, Inc. in August 2010. Forum Energy Technologies, Inc. was incorporated in 2005 and is headquartered in Houston, Texas.
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IndustryOil and Gas
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No. of Employees2,300+
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Website
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