Purchasing Manager

1 month ago


Williamsburg, United States WEINERT Fiber Optics Inc Full time

WEINERT Fiber Optics, Inc. (Williamsburg, VA): Formerly LEONI Fiber Optics, Inc., we are one of the nation’s best designers and producers of high-quality fiber optic products. We serve well-respected manufacturers and other industrial and military players across various applications such as metrology, high-power and medical lasers, as well as industrial data transmission. While addressing the American market, within the global business group, our Williamsburg, VA site is an integral part of a worldwide engineering, manufacturing, and sales team with co-workers in Europe and Asia allowing for innovative and customer-specific solutions


We are looking for a motivated full-time purchasing manager to join our team at the Williamsburg, VA site with responsibility for all purchasing and planning activities:


Tasks and Responsibilities:

  • Manage our team of purchasing and planning specialists
  • Create and implement an adequate reporting with the goal of developing and optimizing supply chains suitable to achieve the company’s short- and long-term sales and profit goals
  • Negotiate agreements with critical suppliers and perform regular audits
  • Analyze inventories and seek relative decrease of purchasing costs while reducing DIO
  • Support NPI projects in terms of vendor development and material readiness
  • Perform project management and other duties as assigned by superior


Qualifications:

  • Minimum: Bachelor’s Degree in applicable field
  • >5 years of relevant working and managerial experience in a manufacturing company
  • Ability to understand fabrication drawings, datasheets and other technical information
  • Ideally, experience with sourcing machined parts in- and outside the United States
  • Self-Motivated and Self-Directed with strong attention to detail and problem-solving skills
  • Communication skills, cooperativeness, and ability to work in a team
  • Strong working knowledge of software tools such as MS Excel, SAP or other ERP-systems
  • Effective time management skills with ability to prioritize and execute tasks in a fast-paced environment
  • Ability to legally work in the United States



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