A major client of ours has a need for a Purchasing Manager for their Pulaski, NY location. This is a permanent position.
About the Role
The Purchasing Manager is the functional leader responsible for setting purchasing strategy and driving execution through the Purchasing Team to ensure material availability, inventory performance, supplier effectiveness, and cost competitiveness across manufacturing operations. This role owns the end-to-end purchasing function, develops the purchasing team as a professional organizational resource, and serves as the primary escalation point for purchasing-related issues impacting cost, quality, delivery, inventory performance, or SIOP commitments, while operating in alignment with the companies HEART values and operating philosophy.
Responsibilities
- Lead, develop, and manage the Purchasing Team to maximize efficiency, accountability, adherence to company values, and results-driven performance.
- Set and execute purchasing strategy along with the Buyers to deliver material availability, supplier performance, and cost outcomes aligned with business, production, and SIOP priorities.
- Own inventory performance by managing large inventory investments to meet corporate objectives for inventory levels, turns, outages, accuracy, and working capital.
- Establish and maintain strong, ethical supplier relationships while leveraging industry knowledge to drive negotiations, sourcing decisions, and cost-saving opportunities.
- Ensure purchasing execution supports production schedules and SIOP commitments through oversight of purchase order management, expediting, issue resolution, and coordination of material flow.
- Partner cross-functionally with Operations, Planning, Engineering, and Quality to align purchasing decisions with forecasts, schedules, technical requirements, and operational priorities.
- Use data, reports, and system discipline to drive communication, performance management, continuous improvement, and proper procedural and material controls across purchasing activities.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Business, Supply Chain, Engineering, or related field.
- 10+ years of progressive purchasing, procurement, or supply chain experience in a manufacturing environment.
- Demonstrated experience leading Buyers or purchasing professionals with accountability for supplier performance, inventory outcomes, and cost results.
- Proven capability in supplier negotiations, inventory management, cost reduction initiatives, and purchasing execution in production-critical environments.
- Strong working knowledge of ERP/MRP systems and purchasing process governance.
- Lean, continuous improvement, or supply chain certification (CPIM, CSCP) a plus.
Required Skills
- Strategic & Operational Leadership – Converts business objectives into clear purchasing strategies and disciplined execution.
- People Development – Builds a capable, professional purchasing team prepared to meet evolving business demands.
- Commercial & Industry Acumen – Applies market and industry knowledge to supplier strategy, negotiations, and cost decisions.
- Cross-Functional Influence – Aligns purchasing decisions with production, planning, engineering, and quality requirements.
- Integrity & Accountability
