- Location
- United States · published
- Department
- Operations
- Seniority
- Manager
- Source
- Workable
Description
Symmetrio is hiring for a Procurement Manager to lead procurement strategy and operations for a growing organization within a highly regulated manufacturing environment. This individual will oversee the procurement team and be responsible for supplier strategy, material availability, cost management, contract negotiations, and supplier performance as the organization scales production.
The Procurement Manager will work closely with Engineering, Manufacturing, Planning, and Quality to strengthen the supply base, mitigate material risk, improve purchasing efficiency, and ensure materials are available to support production requirements.
Responsibilities
- Lead the procurement department, including buyer assignments, workload management, performance, hiring, training, and development.
- Develop and execute sourcing strategies that support current production requirements and long-term growth.
- Evaluate supplier capacity and proactively qualify additional or alternate sources to reduce supply risk.
- Consolidate supplier spend and implement purchasing strategies such as blanket orders, long-term agreements, kanban, and vendor-managed inventory.
- Negotiate supplier pricing, lead times, payment terms, capacity commitments, and commercial and contractual terms.
- Manage supplier contracts, renewals, compliance, pricing changes, and long-term agreements.
- Identify, qualify, and onboard suppliers in partnership with Quality and Engineering.
- Monitor supplier delivery, quality, cost, and commercial performance and drive corrective actions when necessary.
- Develop supply chain risk mitigation plans addressing single-source suppliers, long-lead components, supplier financial health, and geographic concentration.
- Own procurement cost performance and track negotiated, consolidation, and supplier requalification savings.
- Establish and report procurement and supplier performance metrics, including on-time delivery, quality, savings, buyer productivity, and supplier qualification timelines.
- Maintain accurate purchasing and supplier data within ERP systems and support material planning and shortage resolution.
- Represent Procurement in cross-functional planning, program review, and executive meetings.