Manager Purchasing Reports to: Senior Manager Corporate Supply Chain Last Update: 1/11/2021 Overview : Manages employees engaged in purchasing and distributing parts, supplies and equipment by performing the following duties personally or through subordinate Leads or Supervisors.
Essential Duties : (Approximate % of Time Spent)
· Manages the Requisitioning and Purchasing functions across one or more Business Units to identify, transfer or procure, and receive required materials on time, within the overall material cost goals and established quality (30%)
· Champions service excellence, health, safety, environmental policies, standards and process improvement.
Manages workloads and schedules for all personnel, ensuring appropriate staffing levels for varying work levels.
Manages departmental costs and approves overtime as necessary.
(20%)
· Develops Plans to support business objectives including customer service, fill rate, on-time delivery, cost reduction, etc.
for respective area.
Forms partnerships/relationships with internal customers in Operations, Make Ready, and Accounts Payable in order to facilitate a high level of service, a reduction in costs, and an efficient process.
Works with internal and external customers to identify future plans and changes in business levels, and develop plans to meet future needs (15%)
· Ensures lowest total cost by compliance with preferred supplier agreements.
Works with other departments to communicate supplier performance issues and develop improvement plans(15%)
· Implements, manages and communicates performance measures and productivity standards for all Requisitioning and Purchasing tasks.
Reviews individual progress and development on a regular basis, ensures that employees are receiving appropriate training and recommends ways of increasing productivity and improving quality.
Administers employee feedback in accordance with Archrock Performance Management Program.
(20%) Non-Essential Duties: Performs other duties as assigned.
All employees shall be in compliance with the Archrock Health Safety and Environmental Policy and local, statutory and/or regulatory requirements at all times.
Skills and Abilities: Ability to:
· perform all essential duties
· exhibit strong customer service, interpersonal, coaching and leadership skills
· strong organizational, planning and scheduling, and process management skills
· strong analytical abilities, mechanical aptitude combined with problem solving skills
· strong writing skills and oral communication skills Knowledge:
· Subject matter knowledge of Requisition & Purchasing processes and systems
· Knowledge of natural gas compressor and engine parts and suppliers.
General knowledge of how a natural gas compressor operates
· Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, etc.) Minimum Education and Certification:
· Bachelor’s degree with a business or Supply Chain emphasis preferred Minimum Experience:
· Seven or more years’ experience in Supply Chain and/or the natural gas compression industry, with a proven track record of managing people, driving process improvements, and implementing cost savings
· Experience managing costs and budgets Leadership:
· Drives a culture of safety with the expectation of zero incidents
· Manages all resources (personnel, equipment, materials, facilities, funds and reputation) for assigned area
· Coordinates schedule and sets priorities in order to ensure task completion
· Assesses training needs and ensures that team members are receiving proper training and that training programs are utilized and improves training gaps
· Ensures that employees are setup to be successful through the various programs such as feedback and recognition
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· Coaches and counsels Leads to improve supervisory, team building and problem resolution skills, as appropriate
· Responsible for performance management and employee development
· Manages hire, fire, job and salary change actions per delegation of authority and required approvals
· Implements, manages and communicates work standards and performance metrics for assigned team Physical Demands: (Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions)
· Must be fit for duty for the job tasks being performed
· Must meet the medical requirements necessary to wear PPE required by role
· Frequently required to display good manual dexterity and to reach with hands and arms
· Frequently required to talk and hear
· Frequently required to perform repetitive motions, sit while using PC and to stand and walk with good balance
· Vision abilities include close vision, distance vision, color vision, and the ability to adjust focus Problem Solving and Innovation:
· Analyzes performance data on an on-going basis and develops recovery plans as needed
· Finds immediate solutions to prevent escalation and solutions to resolve conflicts between customer and company requirements
· Implements preventative and corrective actions in a timely manner
· Expected to drive process improvements and to teach others to identify opportunities, provide ideas, methods and innovations and to implement improvements to enhance safety, teamwork, efficiency and quality Impact:
· Full responsibility and impact on planning, scheduling and procedural change for assigned area
· Monitors and approves overtime
· Accountable for team HSE performance, service quality, and customer satisfaction
· Assists with preparation of the budget for assigned area, manages to budget, reports variances and develops recovery plans as needed
· This job description is a summary of essential job functions.
It is not intended as an employment contract, nor is it intended to describe all duties someone in this position may perform.
All employees are expected to perform tasks, as assigned by supervisor, regardless of job title or routine job duties.