Southern Company

Purchasing Manager

Durham, NC

About This Job

Description

Purchasing Manager’s primary job function is to lead all materials purchasing functions for PowerSecure’s manufacturing facilities in Durham and Randleman, NC as well as purchasing group that supports PowerSecure Service and EPC Business Units. The Purchasing Manager will manage the procurement of all materials and services to support the production requirements for the plant and ensure that purchased parts are available on/before planned assembly start dates.

Minimum Qualifications: (Education, Experience, Knowledge, and Skills):  Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited school in business or a technical discipline.  8+ years of purchasing, sourcing, and supply chain management experience 4+ years of direct management experience. Significant experience using ERP systems to manage purchase requisitions and orders for low-volume, high-variability production processes.  Demonstrated experience with data mining, report generation, in ERP or MRP systems (IFS preferred). Strong experience in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) Self-starter with a demonstrated sense of urgency and ownership. Ability to lead and coach others to improve in these key areas.  Excellent verbal and written communication skills. Strong understanding and execution of management best practice. Excellent presentation skills. Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to interact with all levels of the organization, including presentations to executive leadership. Strong analytical and statistical analysis skills.  Excellent organizational skills. Strong ethics, values and the ability to influence others’ decision-making. Process-oriented and ability contribute to continuous improvement. General understanding of manufacturing facility. Ability to lead change in a high-paced team environment  Ability to deal with ambiguity and make effective decisions Ability to schedule and manage staff workload while considering time, cost, and customer needs. Ability to train and coach personnel

Job Duties and Responsibilities:

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Lead sourcing and outsourcing efforts.  Lead a team of buyers and manage the procurement of all goods, supplies, and services to support the promised ship dates of equipment manufactured. Leads all purchasing disciplines for DI campus, EPC team, and PowerSecure Service. Develop and maintain effective working relationships with key suppliers. Manages and maintains the supplier diversity program. Directly leads the Sourcing manager. Manage and direct the awarding and administration of purchase orders and agreements in accordance with established company policies and procedures. Develop and execute plans for material cost-out within the procurement process. Classify supplier risk levels (using established Supply Chain Risk / FMEA techniques) and implement risk mitigation plans to continually improve materials availability to manufacturing. Implement and maintain a robust material shortage management process that checks material availability of shop orders in planned states and ensures high purchase part availability for released shop orders.  Implement and maintain Key Performance Indicator (KPI) metrics for purchase part availability at Shop Order start.  Collaborate with Engineering in the preparation of product specifications for bid and manage negotiations to secure the most favorable prices, quality, and delivery time. Develop and manage ERP-based reports, KPI’s and dashboards to plan, monitor, and coordinate purchasing activities.  Determine the impact of purchases on short-term and long-term inventory levels and coordinate with Inventory Management to reduce slow-moving parts inventory and achieve target inventory turn levels.  Maintain knowledge and awareness of market changes in commodities to be purchased to ensure the availability of products/materials for manufacturing functions at competitive prices and within alternate sources of supply to meet production requirements of the plant. Plan and manage training, instruction, and guidance to all team members to ensure their knowledge of proper equipment and use of accepted work processes and standards. Remain knowledgeable of all company policies related to Delegation of Authority (DOA) and the approval and purchase requests for the purchasing department to ensure compliance.  Lead, coach and develop buyers and other direct reports. Manages the Supplier Diversity program and the Company Store. Lead the review and negotiation of purchase price, quality, and delivery to ensure purchased parts meet the technical specifications set by Engineering and the cost set by Sales/Estimating.

About Us: PowerSecure, a Southern Company subsidiary, is a leading provider of innovative energy solutions to electric utilities and their industrial, institutional, and commercial customers.

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We invest in high-value and cost-effective benefits for our employees. Our benefits package includes:  Medical, dental, vision and life insurance coverage Competitive pay and a matching 401 (k) plan Vacation, Company Holidays, Paid Time Off (PTO- personal and sick days) Flexible spending accounts/Health savings account Wellness Incentive Programs Employee Referral Program Tuition Reimbursement

PowerSecure is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer and will consider all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran status, or disability status. This position is not open to third party recruiters.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)Operating Company: PowerSecure