Purchasing Manager

5 months ago

Sarnia, Canada Justrite Safety Group Full time

**Justrite Safety Group** is a growing family of industrial safety companies. Together we protect workers, workplaces and the environment with a comprehensive range of industrial safety solutions. All Justrite Safety Group portfolio companies are united by deep safety knowledge, long experience, and a commitment to protecting people, property, and the planet.

**Hughes Safety Showers, NA** currently has an opening for a **Purchasing Manager** in Sarnia, Ontario. Hughes Safety Showers is a world leader in the manufacturing of emergency safety showers, eye/face wash and decontamination equipment designed to operate across all industries regardless of location, climate or local hazards. Seeking the right fit Purchasing Manager who can analyze our current buying systems and create best methods for day-to-day purchasing operations, both domestically and worldwide. Responsible for overseeing purchasing department, establishing goals based on inventory needs and sales projections and working within a fast-paced, time restricted, deadline driven manufacturing environment. This position plays a key role in overall success of our organization working closely with multiple operations team members.

**Principal Duties and Responsibilities**
- Coordination and communication of inbound shipments with shipping companies and suppliers.
- Maintain vendor relationships and lower the cost of doing business.
- Communicate product engineering change orders to supplier production sites. Review product design with engineers for proper communication and implementation onto factory.
- Negotiate costs, terms and inventory levels with suppliers.
- Purchasing experience and knowledge with construction type materials such as sheet steel, structural steel, electrical components, piping components, AC units, heaters and fiberglass components is strongly preferred.
- Knowledge of CSA and UL compliance guidelines is a Plus.
- Lead in monthly cycle counts and accurate inventory controls.
- Lead in creating profitable ways to manage obsolete and slow-moving inventory.
- Collaborate with GM and finance to establish inventory control measures and balance inventory.
- Review manufacturing trends to understand future manufacturing operating bases for products.
- Search for potential new sourcing options and joint purchase opportunities to optimize cost savings on volume purchases if possible.
- Ability to answer questions, provide advice and assistance to company personnel regarding processes, production issues, changes, etc.
- Interface with engineering for product implementation/changes as needed.
- Establish a chain of command for all requisitions, paperwork and receiving documents.
- Provide purchase level guidelines based on staff experience and area of specialty.

**Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Required**
- B.A. or B.S. Degree in Purchasing
- 5+ years of Purchasing experience, ideally in a management role
- Persevering to meet high achievement standards despite the resistance of others and organizational barriers.
- Correctly defining complex problems and developing viable work processes as solutions.
- Direct involvement and communication skills as it related to customers.
- Inquisitive, detail-oriented with strong quantitative analytical skills and an innovative approach to problem-solving
- Strong Leadership skills necessary to manage and develop a team that drives results.
- Organizational competencies and strong project management skills to keep projects, processes, and the entire team on track is a must.
- Self-motivated attitude with the ability to multitask and thrive in a timeline-driven environment.
- Strong Sense of Urgency.
- Ability to work individually or as part of a team
- MS Office, Ability to comprehend prints, CAD drawings, Material Specs
- ERP System (Global Shop preferably)
- Diligently follow safe work practices for yourself and team members at all times.

**Working Conditions**
- Able to lift and carry 30 lbs to waist and overhead
- Ability to bend, twist, squat, stand and walk up to 8 hours per day.
- Ability to sit in an office setting up to 8 hours per day.
- Wear all required PPE including: steel toed shoes and safety glasses.
- Ability to work in high heat conditions.

The above declarations are not intended to be an all-inclusive list of the duties and responsibilities of the job described, nor are they intended to be such a listing of the skills and abilities required to do the job. Rather, they are intended only to describe the general nature of the job.

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