Purchasing and Materials Manager

4 weeks ago


Southfield, United States TekWissen ® Full time

Job Title: Purchasing and Materials Manager / Procurement Specialist

Location: Southfield, MI 48933

Duration: 6 Months

Job Type: Contract

Work type: Hybrid (Tues-Wed-Thurs mandatory in office)

Pay Rate: $25-$25/hr


Overview:

TekWissen Group is a workforce management provider throughout the USA and many other countries in the world. The Client is an Italian multinational company based in Turin, Italy and is part of automaker Stellantis. The Client is an integrated company in the industrial automation field with an international network of 9 manufacturing plants, 6 facilities dedicated to the development of products and technologies, 5 establishments focused on digital skills and technologies, that span 13 countries and employ 4,000 people.


JOB DESCRIPTION:


Integrated Equipment:

  • Host weekly meetings with supplier and project teams to discuss review open issues matrix
  • Monitor milestone matrix and/or timeline to ensure design and build milestones are met
  • Coordinate with those responsible for any free issue material to ensure material gets to supplier in timely manner
  • Schedule site visits periodically to check on progress and review equipment throughout the duration of the project
  • Collect paperwork for items that have shipped and not posted and submit to SharePoint for receipt

Outsource Material:

  • Review in process material to ensure timely delivery
  • Proactively review upcoming workload with supplier and provide feedback to purchasing on performance
  • Coordinate with those responsible for any free issue material to ensure material gets to supplier in timely manner
  • Coordinate with design for any engineering issues (Missing or Wrong Dims, Material Specs, Weld Specs, etc)
  • Schedule site visits periodically to check on progress and review equipment throughout the duration of the project
  • Collect paperwork for items that have shipped and not posted and submit to SharePoint for receipt

Additional Responsibilities:

  • Attend customer meetings and whiteboards to provide supplier material status updates
  • Drive the negotiation of improvements in quality, workmanship and timing with suppliers
  • Ensure compliance to corporate sourcing policy and procedures
  • Perform and participate in supplier evaluation, qualification and provide input to manage risks related to the suppliers
  • Assist in problem solving efforts for all systematic supplier related non-conformities
  • Collect quantitative supplier information to prepare reports focusing on supplier performance and effectiveness of their operations against client’s metrics
  • Provide training and feedback to suppliers and lead the efforts to implement steps to continuously improve supplier performance
  • Support internal supplier development and supplier quality teams

Basic Requirements:

  • Minimum of 3-5 years of purchasing and/or material management experience
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills
  • Strong problem solving capabilities
  • Ability to work within a team-based environment
  • Ability to execute to a plan
  • Committed and dedicated to the success of a program
  • Ability to read, interpret and communicate prints, specifications and dimensional tolerances
  • Strong working knowledge of local supply base
  • Fair working knowledge of global supply base
  • Expansive working knowledge on multiple commodities
  • Fair financial management skills
  • Clear understanding of project timelines
  • Microsoft office (Excel, Word, Power Point) – Advanced skills required

Preferred Requirements:

  • Strong working knowledge of project based organizations
  • Strong collaborative skills with suppliers and internal team members
  • Appetite for accountability
  • Strong understanding of budgeting and forecasting (financially on the project and with the supply base)
  • Ability to multi-task and work from remote locations
  • SAP Experience
  • Project Management Experience
  • BA in business, logistics, supply chain, or engineering

TekWissen® Group is an equal opportunity employer supporting workforce diversity.



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