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Summary

The Purchasing Manager - Assembly provides leadership to the Purchasing team at the Wallingford, CT location.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

+ Drive Strategic procurement activities

+ Support the GM and the Executive team in the gathering and analysis of spend and investment for key programs and ensure alignment with vision of company business and growth strategies

+ Be up to speed on upcoming programs and opportunities to ensure best procurement decisions are made early in the process

+ Maintain close alignment with Engineering to ensure the procurement aspect of "design for manufacturing" is considered and integrated into future designs

+ Collaborate with other departments to close operational gaps

+ Place PO's & expedite materials

+ Drive total cost of ownership TCO reduction, through joint process improvements with suppliers

+ Create process to Identify and lead implementation of sourcing strategies such as vendor consolidation, annual contracts, and contracted volume-based price reductions

+ Develop formal Commodity Strategies such as spot buys, forward buys or forward contracting

+ Measure and identify commodity risk profile of key suppliers. Provide updates to the Executive team

+ Perform periodic vendor audits to ensure supplier quality, on-time delivery, and continuous supplier base improvements are being achieved

+ Develop RFP's and negotiate new contracts with commodity suppliers to ensure cost reduction and service improvements

+ Research and Identify potential new suppliers

+ Identify areas where single source supply is a risk

+ Develop and review AVL - Quality

+ Handle communications and negotiations with suppliers

+ Develop and maintain matrix showing key suppliers and associated supply agreement status

+ Create a core process to ensure strategic procurement includes the proper due diligence and integration needed for long-term master contracts

+ Create standardized metrics that are shared with suppliers on a regular basis with targets and action log

+ Create and report on TCO metrics for key suppliers

+ Provide the necessary management, tracking and reporting on supplier quality programs

Qualifications/Requirements

+ High-level leadership and decision-making skills

+ Strong leadership presence to motivate, influence, and train

+ Lean practices and tools - able to move from the theoretical to practical implementation

+ Able to interact with a variety of company functions and a diverse group of personalities

+ Solid interpersonal and communication skills, both written and verbal, including the ability to interact well with suppliers

+ Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, high growth industry; willing to be hands-on and take initiative

+ Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills

+ High sense of urgency

+ Proficient in MS Office suite

+ Proficient with ERP software and reporting tools; Oracle preferred

Equal Opportunity Employer - Disability and Veteran

Times Microwave Systems is an equal opportunity employer M/F/D/V.