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NOW HIRING: Purchasing Manager
Monday – Friday | 8:00AM–4:30PM | On-site in Douglassville PA
Ready to lead a purchasing team that keeps production moving and operations running smoothly?
American Crane & Equipment Corporation (ACECO) is looking for a strategic, organized, and relationship-driven Purchasing Manager to oversee procurement operations, manage supplier relationships, and ensure materials arrive on time, at the right cost, and with the right quality.
This role is central to ACECO’s manufacturing success - you’ll coordinate with engineering, project management, production, and quality to keep projects on schedule while driving process improvements and cost-saving initiatives.
Job Title: Purchasing Manager
Department: Manufacturing / Production
Location: 531 Old Swede Road – Douglassville, PA 19518
Schedule: Monday – Friday | 8:00AM–4:30PM | Full-time hours on-site
Compensation: Competitive starting yearly salary based on experience and qualifications
Why Join American Crane?
Lead a High-Impact Team – Manage a skilled purchasing staff and play a critical role in keeping production on schedule.
Drive Efficiency & Accuracy – Shape purchasing procedures, supplier relations, and influence supply chain outcomes.
Collaborate Cross-Functionally – Work closely with project managers, engineers, and production to plan long-lead purchases and support manufacturing success.
Be Part of a High-Performing Culture – Join a mission-driven manufacturing team grounded in GRIT, accountability, and delivering exceptional customer value.
What You’ll Do
- Lead the daily operations of the purchasing department, ensuring efficient procurement of all required inventory
- Acquire and maintain strong technical understanding of purchased products and materials
- Communicate daily with Project Managers, Engineers, and Production to determine required delivery dates
- Develop reporting and processes to manage critical component delivery schedules
- Partner with Quality Assurance to coordinate special QA requirements for key components
- Analyze pricing trends and identify opportunities for alternative suppliers or cost savings
- Coordinate purchasing for long-lead items to keep manufacturing and project schedules on track
- Negotiate agreements, pricing, delivery schedules, and specifications with suppliers
- Generate purchase orders, review requisitions, and procure assemblies, components, hardware, and raw materials
- Resolve shipment errors, late deliveries, and supplier issues
- Develop new supply sources as needed
- Approve bills with pricing discrepancies and correct PO errors
- Support budget creation, monitoring, and adherence in collaboration with the Plant Manager
What We’re Looking For
Education
- High school diploma (required)
Skills, Experience & Attributes
- 3+ years of purchasing experience using an ERP system (heavy equipment or crane industry preferred)
- 3+ years working with bills of materials, blueprints, and project schedules
- Strong negotiation skills and familiarity with industrial supply chains
- Proven hands-on leadership experience
- Excellent planning, organization, written, and verbal communication skills
- Microsoft Office proficiency
- Highly organized and detail-oriented
- Relationship-focused, collaborative, and calm under pressure
- Committed to ACECO’s mission, values, and GRIT culture
Requirements
- On-site, day-shift availability (Monday–Friday)
- Ability to lift up to 50 lbs
- Experience with ERP systems, bills of materials, blueprints, schedules and leading a team
Work Environment
This position is fully on-site at our Douglassville, PA headquarters. In office environment with routine collaboration on the manufacturing shop floor.
READY TO APPLY?
- Submit your application online at Recruitment (adp.com).
All offers of employment are contingent upon the successful completion of a background check and drug screen, subject to applicable laws and regulations.
In compliance with federal law, all persons hired will be required to verify identity and eligibility to work in the United States and to complete the required employment eligibility verification form upon hire.
What's In It For You?
- Competitive salary based on experience, skills, education, market data, etc
- Comprehensive medical, vision, dental, and life insurance
- Wellness plan
- Tuition reimbursement
- Generous paid time off
- 401K retirement plan
- Holidays – paid time off
- Overtime opportunities & more!
American Crane & Equipment Corporation is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
The company maintains and observes employment policies that do not discriminate against any person because of race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, religion, disability, age, ancestry and any other basis prohibited by federal, state or local law. This applies to recruiting, hiring, training, compensation, overtime, job classifications, work assignments, promotions, demotions, layoffs, terminations, transfers, and all other conditions of employment.
The pay for this position is dependent on circumstances including an applicant’s skills and qualifications, certain degrees and certifications, prior job experience, market data, and other relevant factors.
American Crane & Equipment Corporation offers a wide array of comprehensive benefit programs and services to our benefits-eligible employees including medical, dental, vision, flexible spending and health savings accounts. Additional benefits include retirement savings plans like 401(k) and paid time off, paid holidays, and disability coverage. Some benefits offerings are subject to any legal requirements or limitations, employee eligibility status, and where the employee lives and/or works.
NOTE: American Crane & Equipment Corporation is not seeking assistance or accepting unsolicited resumes from search firms for employment opportunities, unless they have a written agreement for the position they are contacting us about. Regardless of past practice, all resumes submitted by search firms to any employee at American Crane & Equipment Corporation without a valid written search agreement in place for that position will be deemed the sole property of American Crane & Equipment Corporation, and no fee will be paid in the event the candidate is hired by American Crane & Equipment Corporation as a result of the referral or through other means.
Full-time
On-site hours
Monday through Friday
8:00AM-4:30PM
Full-time
On-site hours
Monday through Friday
8:00AM-4:30PM
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