Purchasing Operations Manager
Saint-Gobain
- Malvern, PA
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Work with local Purchasing and operational teams as well as central stakeholders to help optimize operational costs for the business while identifying coverage gaps for categories.
- Drive savings opportunities across the network both directly and through the development of the site purchasing team.
- POC for escalation issues arising from sites, BU Vendors, and Plant Purchasing Agents.
- Maintain an in-depth knowledge of business priorities, policies, and initiatives to ensure CertainTeed/Saint-Gobain maintains continued operations and new projects are supported.
- Lead the development of individual action plans and site portfolios for local spending based on analytical insights and risk mitigation.
- Promote and train on the use of digital tools & platforms to support teams' workloads.
- Identify and support cross-site synergy opportunities to leverage negotiations and contracts.
- Foster site compliance regarding the North American Purchasing Policy [NAPP], Purchasing's Internal Controls Reference Framework [ICRF], Gift Policy, and Credit Card [P-Card] Policy.
- Perform mock audits of CertainTeed locations.
- Act as SME to promote and ensure continuous compliance improvement with SGNA digital tools, charters, trainings, etc.
- RFQs, Oracle, Auctions, MRO, Agora, Supplier Charter, EcoVadis, QlikView, Medius, etc.
- BU POC for ERP & digital tool enhancements.
- Responsible for monitoring, supporting, and implementing improvements regarding invoice volume and GR/IR for BU.
- Support process improvement and documentation.
- Gatekeeper for vendor additions, changes, deletions (MDRs).
- SME to support GRIR and Medius/Payment issue resolution.
- Oversee raw material inventory optimization across facilities.
- Identify and collaborate on sustainability projects for proper support.
- Accountable for the performance of the site Purchasing personnel.
- Develop standard new hire & ongoing skills improvement training for CertainTeed.
- Assess employees, develop skillsets to promote growth of team's careers.
- Coach, mentor, train team of buyers (direct reports and indirect when possible) and manage workload of the team as needed.
- Required to hold meetings with Plant Management Teams and central BU teams with regular cadence.
- Regular visits to responsible Facilities to support the Purchasing and operational teams.
- Buy-Techs & On-Site Trainings Purchasing and Technical Trainings (Kaizen, WCM).
- Site audits & travel to facilities in case of emergencies or projects.
- Lead & Participate in Multi-Level Meetings with necessary stakeholders (BU, Peers, Direct Reports, Manager, etc.).
- Bachelor's degree or relevant experience.
- 5 years' experience in Procurement, Leadership, or Project Management.
- Self-starter, organized, analytical, and able to handle multiple projects.
- Can manage pressure, foster change, and work with a dynamic group.
- Conducts activities confidentially.
- Prioritization skills needed for procuring materials and services.
- Service-oriented and sensitive to customer needs.
- Strong communication skills for internal and external interactions.
- Confident representative of the company to customers, vendors, and visitors.