Purchasing Manager Direct

Flex is the diversified manufacturing partner of choice that helps market-leading brands design, build and deliver innovative products that improve the world. 

A career at Flex offers the opportunity to make a difference and invest in your growth in a respectful, inclusive, and collaborative environment. If you are excited about a role but don't meet every bullet point, we encourage you to apply and join us to create the extraordinary.

What a typical day looks like:

• Prepares instructions regarding purchasing systems and procedures. 
• Establishes goals for purchasing department. 
• Follow-up policies and procedures for the operation of procurement activities. 
• Manage and guide a team of buyers and expeditors to meet procurement and supplier management goals 
• Interface with procurement groups in updating and maintaining company procurement strategies 
• Implement processes with suppliers to improve on time delivery and Purchase Price Variance 
• Helping implementation of Vendor Managed Inventory models 
• Supervise the team in the management of the supply chain to achieve continuous timely supply of parts and services 
• Approves purchase orders and change notices through subordinates. 
• Reviews purchase order claims and contracts for conformance to company policy. 
• Ensures continuity of raw material supply to help production schedules and balances with achieving inventory level targets. 
• Investigates inventory levels. Helps process to manage excess and obsolete material. 
• Conduct supplier performance reviews and help the team to maintain supplier consistent on time delivery and implement processes with suppliers to ensure on time delivery and quality of product / service 
• Keep senior management informed of present/future trends in availability and cost of materials, components and equipment 
• Monitors on-time supplier deliveries, inventory turns, MRP execution, Purchase Price Variance, processing time reduction, supplier performance and cost investigation. 
• Act as first point of escalation with suppliers and communicate all unresolved issues to the Senior Purchasing Manager 
• Work closely with the team to ensure purchasing compliance to corporate directives 
• Implement appropriate HR strategies and actions to recruit and retain a qualified and motivated workforce 

The experience we’re looking to add to our team:

•  Typically requires a Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience and extensive knowledge of purchasing policies and practices. 
• Typically requires a minimum of 6 / 8 years of related experience.  Master’s degree preferred.
• Demonstrates advanced functional, technical and people and/or process management skills as well as supplier (external and internal) relationship skills.
• Demonstrates expert knowledge of the function and a thorough understanding of Flex and related business.  Use of the following tools may be required: Office Skills: MS Office.

What you’ll receive for the great work you provide:

•  Full range of medical benefits, dental, vision
• Life Insurance

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