Purchasing Manager

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About London Machinery, An Oshkosh Company

At London, we have a 100+ year history of providing quality products and services. Our roots are in heavy-duty ready-mix vehicles and replacement drums. And as Canada’s sole distributor of CON-E-CO batch plants and McNeilus refuse trucks, we offer a complete line of severe duty products. Our team of professional engineers, and our highly skilled workforce, are dedicated to building and supporting best in class products. Quality products. Exceptional people. Focused research. They add up to a company on a simple mission: to keep your fleet working hard for you.

Job Summary

The Purchasing Manager role is a front-line leader of people role responsible for direct materials or indirect goods and services purchasing and supply chain management activities. The role directly supports global procurement and supply chain functional areas of responsibility. The typical role is responsible for overall organizational and department activity in support of business or segment operations. The position has responsibility for supplier performance and continuous improvement of purchasing activities.

Essential Duties And Responsibilities

These duties are not meant to be all-inclusive and other duties may be assigned.

• Lead local or business supply chain management activities that drive operational effectiveness.
• Provide People First leadership through engaging, connecting and developing a high performance purchasing team that maximizes the potential of the supply chain professionals.
• Manage purchasing policies, procedures, and programs with a focus on enhancing organizational value and efficiency.
• Cadence with respective departments regarding procurement activities.
• Develop, lead and execute local/business unit purchasing strategies including Supplier Alignment/PFEP initiatives.
• Lead the execution of purchasing operations; drive modernization and digitization of purchasing operations.
• Lead supplier risk mitigation activities.
• Govern supply chain/purchasing master data and ensure effective and accurate data management practices are in place.
• Establish, measure and report key functional performance metrics.
• Partner with stakeholders to ensure effective use of supply chain and operations resources and lead the management of purchasing related overhead to optimize the effectiveness of purchasing and operations in the leanest way possible.
• Develop predictive and advanced analytics methods to assess, manage and mitigate material flow disruption issues, optimize supply chain operations and employ lean purchasing processes.
• Assist in defining new supply chain technology requirements in support of the purchasing processes and drive implementation in partnership with Digital Technology.
• Oversee contract administration for local business unit or segment on established contracts.
• Build open and trusting relationships with team members through Frequent Meaningful Conversations; ensuring individual plans are in place.
  
  

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree with seven (7) or more years of experience within in Supply Chain, Purchasing, or a related field.
• Ability to effectively communicate.
• Ability to travel 25%.
  
  

Preferred Qualifications

• Relevant industry related certifications.
• Purchasing experience within the manufacturing industry.
• Experience mentoring and leading team members through direct reporting relationships or project work.
• Strong organizational skills with exceptional follow through and attention to detail.
• Strong time-management and prioritization skills, able to multi-task and prioritize competing requirements and meet deadlines.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment where requirements are constantly changing.
• Experience and proficiency with various web-based software applications including Microsoft Office Word, Excel, PowerPoint, SharePoint, etc.