Role OverviewThe Purchasing Leader will secure steel, fabricated components, hardware, and services for the operation to meet customer commitments, while developing dependable purchasing processes that support Safety, Quality, Delivery, and Cost (SQDC).
What You Will Do
The leader will personally engage suppliers, negotiate purchases, resolve shortages, and develop purchasing processes that support SQDC. Experience purchasing steel for utility poles or related steel structures is strongly preferred.
Why It Might Be a Fit
Success requires sound sourcing and procurement judgment, urgency, data-driven decisions, and a willingness to work directly with the shop floor—not simply direct purchasing from a desk.
Requirements
- Demonstrated success in purchasing, sourcing, or supply management within manufacturing, preferably steel fabrication or other engineered-to-order operations.
- Hands-on experience buying steel or other critical direct materials, negotiating with suppliers, and resolving shortages under tight production deadlines.
- Strong knowledge of purchasing fundamentals, systems, bills of material, lead times, inventory, and cost analysis; proficiency with Excel.
- Ability to interpret material specifications, work effectively with shop-floor teams, and balance customer delivery, supplier risk, and total cost.
Benefits
- Competitive compensation
- Medical, dental, vision, and 401(k) benefits
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