Purchasing Manager

Join Norican Group – Where Innovation Meets Excellence
About Us
Norican Group is the proud home to five leading, globally operating brands: DISA, StrikoWestofen, Wheelabrator, Monitizer, and Simpson, all supported by our dedicated Norican digital data engineers. As one strong global partner, we serve our customers better, faster, and more efficiently, providing them with access to all we have to offer. From melting, dosing, and molding through to surface preparation, we provide solutions to solve our customers’ challenges.
Why Join Us?

• Global Network: Be part of a global network of engineering expertise, manufacturing capacity, and service support.
• Innovation: Work with the latest knowledge and know-how to keep our customers performing at their best.
• Sustainability: We lead for sustainability, ensuring the company’s long-term success and viability by innovating in all that we do.
• Diversity & Teamwork: Embrace and build on diversity and teamwork. Our differences make us strong, and we value diverse voices and perspectives.
• Commitment: Deliver on commitments to all stakeholders, increasing profit and sustainability for our customers, creating a safe and enjoyable working environment, and treating suppliers fairly.
• Employee Development: Develop your potential and excellence. We invest in and grow your capabilities, giving you the confidence and trust to make changes and rewarding achievers and learners.

Benefits?

• Employer paid health insurance options
• Employer paid Short-Term and Long-Term Disability coverage
• Employer paid life insurance
• Employer paid critical illness and accidental coverage
• 401k with employer match
• Paid vacation and sick time
• Paid holidays
• Annual bonus opportunity

Position Purpose
This position supports the purchasing agenda of Norican Group. Direct involvement with manufacturing and material requirements to ensure consistent flow of materials to support production. Consolidate spend for all LOBs across the region to leverage volume and performance with Norican Preferred Vendors. Improve overall performance of the North America (NAM) contract manufacturing supply base (Cost, Quality and Delivery Performance). Lead and develop a team to ensure best practice and approach across the AMCAS region. Work with sales and manufacturing teams to ensure that Norican meets sales targets.
Job Functions

• Mapping and analyzing data and spend patterns, identifying cost drivers and opportunities in NAM region
• Define the outsourcing target and best practice for Norican Group NAM
• Monitoring expenditures, compliance, supply market dynamics and supplier performance in specific categories,
• Implementation and further development of the contract manufacturing sourcing strategy in NAM in collaboration with Project Management, Engineering, and Supply Chain
• Management of the category in tight collaboration with key business stakeholder, driving quality, cost, negotiating contracts, and lead time performance
• Define NAM contract manufacturing compliance requirements & ensure partners meet or exceed these requirements
• Work in close collaboration with the purchasing team to actively manage the performance of Norican’s network via best practices such as regular business reviews and performance scorecards to drive continuous improvement across all relevant performance metrics
• Training new and existing employees in the purchasing process and how to use the purchasing system
• Key User AX system – ensure purchasing team is fully trained on system and is using properly to update PO data
• Manage purchasing team includes remote staff, to ensure past due POs are tracked and delivered as soon as possible to meet customer expectations
• Scorecard vendors to ensure quality and delivery performances meet or exceed Norican standards. Develop performance plans to ensure subpar vendors quickly meet standards
• Manage department budget and spend
• Perform annual performance review of staff

Qualifications & Experience

• Degree (Business, economics, supply chain or similar field) - Required
• Eight+ years directly relating to purchasing and cost estimating experience in a manufacturing environment.
• Based in or near LaGrange, GA office, some work from home available
• Excellent analytical and communication skills and be able to work in a fast-paced, team environment
• Proficient in Microsoft Office; Advanced Excel and data analysis skills. Dynamics AX or similar ERP system previous experience.
• Active CPM or CPIM, CSPC or related certification preferred

Applicants must be authorized to work for any employer in the U.S. Due to business conditions/requirements the company may not be able sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment visa at this time.
Norican Group is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, marital status, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Our policies and practices are designed to ensure that all qualified applicants receive fair consideration for employment and that employees are treated equitably in all aspects of their employment. We comply with all applicable federal, state, and local laws governing non-discrimination in employment.