Procurement Manager

About This Role

This Procurement Manager role is responsible for inventory planning across the plant and distribution centers, ensuring optimal plant utilization in line with sales and logistics projections. The position involves managing planning and purchasing teams, driving continuous improvement, and making data-driven decisions.

Responsibilities

• Manage planning and purchasing teams to ensure efficient and optimized utilization in terms of cost and production resources
• Promote continuous improvement and data-driven decision-making
• Provide constructive and timely performance evaluations
• Train new and current employees
• Handle disciplinary actions in accordance with company policy
• Partner with Human Resources to recruit, interview, and onboard new employees
• Manage the supply chain, addressing improvement opportunities and bottlenecks to minimize disruption risks in plant supply
• Manage inventory levels, slower-moving and obsolete items in distribution and production centers, and ensure adequate inventory to meet established goals
• Monitor sales and order entry to understand production needs and adapt production strategy and volume in the short, medium, and long term
• Manage quality and accuracy of inventory in production and the inflow and exit of goods from inventory
• Establish direct and periodic contact with key customers to understand demand fluctuations and adequacy of inventory level and production volume
• Manage price development with suppliers to ensure adequate cost evaluation with production unit(s)
• Seek alternative suppliers as needed to maintain cost competitiveness
• Manage and/or support the development of internal projects, new products, and reallocation of products in line with the company
• Ensure compliance with the volume of the production plan, provide support to other managers, and seek alternatives and opportunities for delivery improvement
• Manage performance indicators related to purchasing and planning, to act quickly on external (suppliers) or internal (team) deviations, to avoid damage to operations
• Manage and develop employees through performance indicators and engagement surveys to ensure diversity and growth among team members
• Ensure compliance with local laws, industry standards, Environmental, Health and Safety requirements, and relevant ISO certifications
• Perform other duties as assigned

Requirements

• Understanding and application of procedures and concepts within own discipline and basic knowledge of other disciplines
• Ability to apply understanding of how the team relates to other closely related areas to improve efficiency of their own team
• Experience leading employees
• Ability to manage a team; adapt plans and priorities to meet service and/or operational challenges
• Ability to coach employees to meet daily deadlines
• Act in accordance with the Sandvik Leadership model
• Use judgment to identify and resolve day-to-day technical and operational problems
• Use tact and diplomacy to exchange information and handle sensitive issues
• Ability to evaluate and give suggestions to improve methods, tools, and processes
• Contribute to sharing best practices within one
• Accountability for the environment, health, and safety as per local legislation, policies, etc.
• Adherence to the GWS Way, applicable legislation and established policies and procedures within area of responsibility
• Bachelor
• 5-8 years of experience in accounting or purchasing/procurement, preferably in the manufacturing industry
• Prolonged periods of sitting at a desk and working on a computer
• Ability to move objects up to 20 pounds at a time

Nice to have:

• Experience with Infor Visual

Important Details

• Travel: Limited
• Classification: Exempt

About the Company

Sandvik is a company that values diversity and growth among its team members.