Purchasing Manager I

Scope of role

The Purchasing Manager holds a strategic leadership role within the organization’s supply chain and procurement function. This position is responsible for guiding the purchasing team, shaping procurement strategies, and ensuring alignment with organizational goals. The scope of leadership includes operational oversight, strategic planning, team development, and cross-functional collaboration.

Key Responsibilities

The Purchasing Manager is responsible for overseeing the procurement of goods and services essential to the company’s operations. This role involves developing purchasing strategies, managing supplier relationships, negotiating contracts, and ensuring cost-effective and timely acquisition of materials. The ideal candidate will have strong leadership skills, a strategic mindset, and a deep understanding of supply chain and procurement processes.

Essential Responsibilities

- Develop and implement purchasing strategies aligned with company goals.

- Manage the procurement process from requisition to delivery, ensuring quality, cost, and delivery targets are met.

- Evaluate and select suppliers based on quality, cost, reliability, and service.

- Negotiate contracts, pricing, and terms with vendors and suppliers.

- Monitor supplier performance and resolve issues related to delivery, quality, or pricing.

- Collaborate with internal departments (e.g., production, engineering, finance) to forecast demand and manage inventory levels.

- Analyze market trends and identify opportunities for cost savings and process improvements.

- Ensure compliance with company policies and regulatory requirements.

- Lead and mentor a team of buyers or procurement specialists.

Minimum Requirements

- Bachelor’s degree in supply chain management, Business Administration, Finance, or a related field.

- Minimum of 3-5 years of experience in purchasing or procurement, with at least 1 year in a supervisory or managerial role.

- Strong negotiation and contract management skills.

- Proficiency in procurement software and ERP systems (e.g., SAP, Oracle).

- Excellent analytical, organizational, and communication skills.

- Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.

- Knowledge of sourcing and procurement techniques and best practices.

Interpersonal/Leadership Skills

- Demonstrates tenacity and perseverance, even with significant challenges

- Build strong working relationships across the business

- Creates a sense of shared goals and common benefits

- Has effective change management capabilities

- Utilizes resources effectively to accomplish objectives

- Regal Rexnord Values

Physical Requirements

- Lifting up to a maximum of 35 lbs.

- Occasionally bending and lifting at the knees.

- Sitting frequently at waist and shoulder levels.

- Frequently reaching out in front of body.

- Standing and walking intermittently.

- Capable of wearing safety glasses with permanent side shields when on the shop floor.

- Capable of wearing steel-toed safety shoes when on the shop floor.

- Capable of wearing other PPE as required.

- Continuous mental/visual attention.

Benefits

- Medical, Dental, Vision and Prescription Drug Coverage

- Spending accounts (HSA, Health Care FSA and Dependent Care FSA)

- Paid Time Off and Holidays

- 401k Retirement Plan with Matching Employer Contributions

- Life and Accidental Death & Dismemberment (AD&D) Insurance

- Paid Leaves

- Tuition Assistance

About Regal Rexnord

Regal Rexnord is a publicly held global industrial manufacturer with 30,000 associates around the world who help create a better tomorrow by providing sustainable solutions that power, transmit and control motion. The Company’s electric motors and air moving subsystems provide the power to create motion. A portfolio of highly engineered power transmission components and subsystems efficiently transmits motion to power industrial applications. The Company’s automation offering, comprised of controls, actuators, drives, and precision motors, controls motion in applications ranging from factory automation to precision control in surgical tools.

The Company’s end markets benefit from meaningful secular demand tailwinds, and include factory automation, food & beverage, aerospace, medical, data center, warehouse, alternative energy, residential and commercial buildings, general industrial, construction, metals and mining, and agriculture.

Regal Rexnord is comprised of three operating segments: Industrial Powertrain Solutions, Power Efficiency Solutions, and Automation & Motion Control. Regal Rexnord has offices and manufacturing, sales and service facilities worldwide. For more information, including a copy of our Sustainability Report, visit RegalRexnord.com.

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

Regal Rexnord is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex/gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, pregnancy, age, ancestry, national origin, genetic information, marital status, citizenship status (unless required by the applicable law or government contract), disability or protected veteran status or any other status or characteristic protected by law. Regal Rexnord is committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce. We are committed to building a team that represents diverse and inclusive backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. If you’d like to view a copy of the company’s affirmative action plan for protected veterans/individuals with disabilities or policy statement, please email Recruiting@RegalRexnord.com. If you have a disability and you believe you need a reasonable accommodation in order to search for a job opening or to submit an online application, please e-mail Recruiting@RegalRexnord.com.

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Notification to Agencies

: Please note that Regal Rexnord Corporation and its affiliates and subsidiaries ("Regal Rexnord") do not accept unsolicited resumes or calls from third-party recruiters or employment agencies. In the absence of a signed Master Service Agreement or similar contract and approval from HR to submit resumes for a specific requisition, Regal Rexnord will not consider or approve payment to any third-parties for hires made.