Purchasing Manager

Purchasing Manager

As the Purchasing Manager at CW-ESCO, you will be responsible for the management of all aspects site purchasing, including all direct and indirect spend. The role includes direct supervision and management of the procurement team (buyers) and may include supplier quality engineering. Additionally coordinates between business unit (French and English multi-site) procurement initiatives and consolidation of metrics.

Primary responsibilities include purchasing of direct materials, components and indirect supplies, various facility services at an optimal price and delivery cycle to maintain the lowest adequate inventory levels while retaining the quality of the items required for timely, cost effective production.

The annual spend scope is $30-40M of highly engineered parts, components and assemblies annually, and the business performs sub and final assembly and test, thus the purchasing role is a key strategic function within the business.

The purchasing manager will be responsible for the tactical purchasing activities day to day, and strategic procurement initiatives to improve and protect the business over the long term. Initiatives will include LTAs and other agreements for key suppliers, development of improved purchasing processes in alignment with standards, and interfacing with external as well as internal stakeholders in the business including corporate resources that assist in the ongoing maturity of purchasing processes.

Familiar with requirements for purchasing in support of US DoD contracts, and maintains compliance to US federal acquisition regulations as applicable.

ESCO offers a 4 / 40 work schedule (M Thu) along with normal option of 5 / 40 schedule (M Fri). This role is fully on-site at the Aston, PA facility.

Location : Aston, PA

Salary : $115,000 to $130,000

We Take Care of Our People

Paid Time Off I 401K with Employer Match and Profit Sharing I Health and Wellness Benefits I Learning and Development Opportunities I Referral Program I Competitive Pay I Recognition

Your Challenge

• Ensures material receipts support the plan, and optimizes inventory levels vs. material costs
• Manages within the ERP / MRP master schedule and maintains accuracy of the plan. Monitors all exception messages and drives plan exceptions to a minimum
• Sets high standards of ethics and performance for the procurement team reporting to this role. Trains and develop the team to continually improve
• Leads process changes / improvements in alignment with corporate purchasing process requirements including documentation, implementation, compliance, and KPI implementation
• Drives supplier performance improvement as measured on scorecards, and actively manages supplier quality issues through a thorough root cause and corrective action methodology
• Writes and reviews purchase contracts (particularly Long Term Agreement ("LTA's") and major subcontracts which may be required on occasion) and understands contract terms and conditions required to comply with company requirements and adequately protect the business
• Sets procurement guidelines for purchase order placement, including commodity groupings / minimum buy levels to optimize inventory vs. purchase cost
• Oversees buyers and controls purchase agreements in alignment with delegation of authority levels
• Reviews market, price, delivery conditions and trends to determine present and future material availability
• Provides guidance and support to department personnel accordingly
• Measures supplier performance to corporate standard scorecard / KPIs and maintains ongoing initiative to improve supplier performance to minimum standards of performance
• Leads key negotiations to ensure improvements in purchase price variances to standard for direct spend items, and indirect spend item cost reductions
• Manages purchasing exceptions (planned early and late receipts) to minimize plan misalignment
• Drives supplier continuous improvement with supplier quality engineering, which may report directly, or indirectly, to the purchasing manager
• Drives supplier escapes to closure using strong root cause and corrective action methods

What You Bring

Who We Are

Curtiss-Wright Arresting Systems / ESCO, a business unit of Curtiss-Wright's EMS Division, is a world leader in emergency arresting systems for military aircraft. With two facilities, located in Aston, PA (USA), and Gente, France, Curtiss-Wright Arresting Gear / ESCO specializes in land-based arresting systems.

Compliance Statement

This position may require exposure to export-controlled information and subject to additional security screening. In the event information provided during the security screening reveals ineligibility to access export-controlled information, any offer of employment may be reconsidered or withdrawn.

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