Purchasing Manager
Sanmina
- Costa Mesa, CA
- $71,000-98,000 per year
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Responsible for all Purchasing functions for raw materials, production supplies and services. Coordinates with Sanmina's corporate procurement team to ensure alignment of strategy.
- Develops, implements, and maintains site level policies and procedures in compliance with corporate guidlelines
- Works with employees to plan, assign, and monitor individual objectives and activities based on group priorities and company strategy. Provides useful and timely feedback to staff members on their performance and development plan.
- Responsible for defining and establishing supplier service models that support factory performance. This includes reducing supplier lead times, maintaining stocking levels, defining on-site support requirements and serves as primary liaison.
- Oversees management of supply chain costs, drives cost savings initiatives, supports and may lead requests for proposals and negotiations.
- Ensures supplier corrective action plans are documented and timely for all performance levels under standard
- Provides various supplier and cost reports, analyses, and recommendations to assist in making decisions both within the Purchasing group and with the factory management team.
- Has knowledge of programs such as VMI, VCI and EDI. Works with supplier teams and internal stakeholders to ensure that manufacturing plans and supply are synchronized.
- The role is interdisciplinary(purchasing, inventory management, logistics) with a focus on supporting factory operations and driving costs out of the business.
- Works closely with production control and customer-focused teams to fully understand planned manufacturing volumes and prepare supply models to support.
- Minimum of 5 years of progressive and diversified Procurement and Supply Chain experience in manufacturing environments, including 2 years in a lead, supervisor or management position
- Strong knowledge of procurement fundamentals, supplier management, negotiations, MRP, inventory management and logistics
- Excellent written communications skills and sound Microsoft Excel skills
- Ability to perform at a high level in a dynamic fast paced environment
- Bachelors Degree preferred
- APICS or ISM certification preferred
Sanmina is an Equal Opportunity Employer - M/F/Veteran/Disability/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity