Purchasing Manager

工作内容

Business Unit: MEIS

Division: Supply Chain - Business

Business Overview

ELEMENT SOLUTIONS INC

Element Solutions Inc. (NYSE: ESI) is a leading specialty chemicals company whose operating businesses (see below) formulate a broad range of solutions that enhance the performance of products people use every day. Developed in multi-step technological processes, our innovative solutions enable our customers’ manufacturing processes in several key segments, including electronic circuitry, communication infrastructure, automotive systems, industrial surface finishing, consumer packaging, and offshore energy.

Customers of ESI’s businesses use our innovation as a competitive advantage, relying on ESI to help them navigate in fast-paced, high-growth markets. The breadth of ESI’s offerings provides strong strategic value to the end markets they serve. With over 5,500 people in operating facilities across more than 50 countries, ESI has established a growing legacy of creating technological advances for customers around the globe. Our people and technical sales teams are located close to our key markets, allowing us to maintain strong customer relationships and accelerate our product innovation process.

Job Purpose

• Manage site teams responsible for the day to day ordering of production materials to ensure timely delivery whilst working within agreed stock levels
• To prepare for and negotiate contracts for a portfolio of production and non-production goods and services at the most commercially competitive terms available with due regard to specification, policy and brand/business plans.
• Cooperate with others site for purchasing activities with regional sourcing initiatives and contribute to global category management projects.
• To process purchasing Involvement in assigned Projects and raw material sourcing replacement locally.
  
  

Job Responsibilities

• Work with cross functional teams to devise source plans (strategies), for particular areas of spend, which are consistent with the overall Purchasing strategy and designed to support the implementation of brand/business plans.
• Lead and manage the site purchasing teams to prepare budgets by forecasting future prices of goods and services based on analysis of market information, monitor & report price performance versus budget and actual to interested departments / company directors.
• Research and identify alternative supply sources for existing or new goods and services to ensure continuity of supply and improve brand profitability, team working as necessary.
• Manage the compilation of vendor rating data and lead subsequent supplier meetings.
• Support team members responsible for supplies in resolving any availability or quality issues.
• Carry out training and mentoring of team members.
• Work with multi-department teams to ensure VFM Capital Purchase, ensuring Capital Expenditure processes are followed. Retain full audit trail of approvals and orders, update and monitor Annual Capital Budgets.
• Ensure SAP Standard Operating Procedures are in place, relevant and available to the Purchasing Teams. Develop new processes as necessary. Management of all Purchasing Portfolios, Chemical, Packaging and Non-Stock as well as Non-Production / Capital and also the variety of purchasing methods.
• Train and manage the activities of the members of the site purchasing teams.
• Manage the tendering process to evaluate potential suppliers of goods and services. Any resulting contract offered must be clear and based on the Company Approved documents.
• Using approved quality systems, ensure that all new products have a suitable Packaging Specification
• Interpret production plans and forecasts to support business manufacturing requirements and manage the inward supply of a portfolio of production materials
  
  

Education

Bachelors Degree in Relevant industry

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• Effective coordination of site purchasing teams to share information and link common requirements, while gaining efficiencies across sites.
• Achieve business expert status on the various markets within given portfolio.
• Achieve best possible terms, at least within budget. Clearly demonstrate this by benchmarking.
• Produce Source Plans for key spends in portfolio that demonstrate business/brand objectives have been taken into account and that there is a business consensus on strategy.
• Demonstrate cost reduction and lead-time improvement options have been explored and implemented for key commodities.
• Ensure any new suppliers have a clear plan to introduce their services without disruption.
• Improve the average VR rating of suppliers in portfolio every year.