DIS-TRAN Steel Internal Transfer Portal - Purchasing Manager

About the role

Responsibilities

• Purchasing Process and Controls • Own and administer the purchasing process, including approved policies, procedures, approval limits, documentation requirements, supplier controls, and system workflows. • Develop, document, communicate, and improve purchasing procedures, standard work, forms, templates, and controls. • Train employees and affected departments on purchasing requirements, monitor compliance, address gaps, and maintain records that support authorized reviews. Team Leadership and Daily Purchasing Operations • Lead purchasing team members by setting priorities, assigning work, balancing workloads, providing coaching, and maintaining accountability for timely and accurate results. • Review purchasing queues, open orders, overdue commitments, pricing changes, shortages, discrepancies, and escalated requests, then coordinate timely action. • Approve supplier selections, purchase orders, changes, exceptions, and other purchasing transactions within assigned authority and company policy. • Ensure purchase orders and supporting records accurately reflect approved pricing, quantities, items, specifications, freight, delivery, payment, and documentation requirements. • Coordinate urgent needs, remove obstacles, resolve escalated issues, and communicate significant risks or decisions to leadership and affected teams. Supplier Financial and Performance Management • Evaluate suppliers based on capability, pricing, terms, capacity, lead time, delivery, responsiveness, service, quality, risk, and total cost. • Lead supplier discussions and negotiations involving pricing, terms, delivery commitments, service requirements, and corrective actions. • Monitor supplier performance, address recurring gaps, and coordinate recovery plans, corrective actions, escalation, or approved sourcing changes. • Partner with the Business Unit Controller and Accounting on purchasing commitments, cost projections, invoice controls, cash-management information, payment requirements, and system needs. • Oversee the timely resolution of pricing, quantity, receipt, invoice, freight, tax, payment-term, credit, and supplier-account discrepancies. Systems Data and Improvement • Ensure accurate supplier, item, pricing, lead-time, order, delivery, rebate, freight, approval, and purchasing data in Epicor and other approved systems. • Develop purchasing metrics and use supplier information to identify trends, risks, recurring issues, cost opportunities, and process gaps. • Lead approved improvements involving standardized part numbers, master data, electronic workflows, supplier integration, reporting, automation, and data quality.

Requirements

• Minimum Qualifications • Demonstrated experience in purchasing, procurement, supplier management, materials, supply chain, accounting, or a related business function. • Experience supervising employees, leading a functional team, or directing cross-functional purchasing processes. • Working knowledge of purchasing practices, supplier management, commercial terms, internal controls, documentation, and ethical requirements. • Ability to evaluate supplier proposals, pricing, terms, lead times, service, quality, risk, and total cost and make sound decisions within assigned authority. • Strong leadership, planning, negotiation, analytical, problem-solving, organizational, documentation, and communication skills. • High attention to detail and the ability to manage confidential financial, supplier, employee, and business information professionally. • High proficiency with Microsoft Excel, Word, and Outlook and experience working in ERP, purchasing, inventory, accounts-payable, reporting, or related business systems. Experience That Stands Out • DIS-TRAN Steel experience involving purchasing, supply chain, materials, planning, inventory, receiving, operations, quality, maintenance, accounting, ERP data, or cross-functional process improvement. • Experience with Epicor, MRP, supplier scorecards, electronic purchasing workflows, EDI, inventory planning, or master-data governance. • Experience working with Accounting or Finance on cost forecasts, invoice controls, cash-management information, audits, credits, rebates, or supplier-account reconciliation. • Bachelor's degree in business, supply chain management, accounting, engineering technology, operations, or a related field. Equivalent relevant experience will be considered. • APICS, ASCM, ISM, CPSM, CPIM, or related purchasing or supply-chain training or certification.