Purchasing Supervisor

Mansfield Service Partnersis looking for a Purchasing Supervisor for our Houston, TX location.

Job Summary:

The Supervisor, Purchasing, leads the Purchasing team and will manage the procurement agents. This position is a purchasing and planning role with focus on our Lubricants department, maintaining accurate fulfilment rates and inventory for supplying our distribution centers. The main functions of this role are to ensure that lubricants, chemicals and ancillary products are purchased and replenished in a timely and efficient manner to meet requirements throughout the MSP distribution network, and to ensure that the day-to-day operation of the Procurement (Purchasing) Department follows procedural and policy guidelines.

Essential Duties:

• Partner with leadership to develop clear goals for team that support company goals and objectives
• Develop a coaching strategy for team to achieve or exceed goals and objectives, including a 1:1 cadence, timely recognition and coaching, and creating a culture of accountability
• Execute companywide talent programs and develop team in alignment with the company's Core Principles
• Partner with Accounting team on inventory controls and assist with cycle counts and month end inventory counts. Understand and maintain awareness of gains and losses for physical inventory and implement remediation plans as appropriate
• Work with inventory control team on inventory management and SLOB (slow moving or obsolete) management and inventory optimization to identify and lead next steps including but not limited to moving inventory and partnering to sell or liquidate as needed
• Maintain purchasing and inventory cohesion for multiple distribution sites, product lines, packaging and "make items", along with supply point relationships
• Work with Operations and Sales leaders to align storage and distribution capabilities with sales demand and sales forecast while striving to optimize inventory levels. Evaluate requests for additional demand and changes to scheduled distribution and achieve operating inventory targets
• Develop a high performing level of self-accountability and communication that meets individual role expectations
• Establish vendor relationships to shop for products that meet business and financial needs
• Manage vendor relationships. Establish accountability and performance metrics to create scalable purchasing practices
• Communicate constraints and required forecast adjustments to leaders and sales
• Serve as a strong partner to sales. Ensure thorough communication and awareness of commitments, new products, take or pay or new product involvements
• Facilitate open and regular communications with MSP distribution facilities, managers and sales reps to resolve transportation, logistics and storage issues
• Identify and implement opportunities to drive efficiency while being cost conscious
• Provide insight, recommendations, intelligence and updates to the leadership team on inventory purchasing and related metrics
• Work as the MSP liaison with strategic vendors to optimize supply chain relationships with regard to all purchasing, pricing and returns (RTV's). Maintain FIFO within the network of facilities.

Physical and Environmental Conditions:

__x__This job operates in an office environment. This role routinely uses standard office equipment.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally required to stand, walk, sit, use hands to handle or feel objects, tools, or controls, reach with hands and arms, climb stairs, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; talk or hear. Occasionally lift or move up to 20 pounds.

Position Type/Expected Hours of Work

This is a full-time position. Work days are Monday - Friday, 8:00 am - 5:00 pm. This position does not generally require long hours and weekend work, but it may be necessary on occasion.

Minimum Education, Experience and Certification

• 3-5 or more years of experience in a similar performing role
• 2+ years of leadership experience
• Bachelors Degree preferred, relative experience and tenure in the field is acceptable
• Multi facility Supply Chain experience required
• Lubricant/Specialty Chemical Distribution
• Experience in PDI Enterprise a plus
• Strong knowledge of Microsoft Office tools.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Advanced working knowledge of procurement best practices, inventory management techniques, supervisory skill set, logistics and warehousing fundamentals.
• Strong analytical, problem solving and communication skills (verbal and written).
• Well organized with the ability to multi-task
• Proactive, with the ability to anticipate on multiple levels, identify and resolve issues
• Ability to handle pressure, tight time schedules and rapidly changing priorities.
• Must have excellent interpersonal skills
• Knowledge of computer program, ability to operate a computer, typewriter, calculator, telephone, copier and postage machine

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefit package (health, dental, vision, Company paid: Life insurance, STD and LTD)
• 401(k) plan with company match
• Paid Time Off that includes vacation days, sick leave, 8 paid holidays, 2 floating holidays and a paid day for volunteering at a non-profit agency
• Parental Leave
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Insurance Discount Programs
• Chaplain Program

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status.