Assistant Procurement Manager

Job Description

Job Description

Job Title : Assistant Procurement Manager

Location : Burlington, New Jersey

Department : Procurement

Reports to : Procurement Manager

FLSA : Exempt

Summary:

Assist in creating, directing, and coordinating activities of the procurement planning department to obtain optimum efficiency and alignment to the Company’s mission and vision while providing successful operations within Riken Americas to include its subsidiaries Riken Elastomers and Rimtec. Ensure current and future plans in the areas of quality, product reliability, reduce waste, and improve processes in accordance with environmental, health and safety, quality, and quantity specifications and standards.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

General

• Comply with all environmental, health, safety, and quality standards, including ISO.
• Develop, adhere to, and monitor ISO standards related to job responsibilities.
• Initiate or suggest ideas and support continuous improvement efforts in all areas of organization.
• Drive & support an innovative team mindset.
• Responsible to be onsite to work with leadership team, support production, and attend leadership meetings and report all activities for procurement planning to include any material or supplier issues.
• Other duties as assigned.

Procurement:

• Communicate with leadership teams any issues in procurement planning that could impact Riken Americas operations and make recommendations to protect Riken Americas.
• Maintain a positive relationship and work with suppliers for successful negotiations of materials.
• Assist in maintaining logistics of raw materials.
• Assist in negotiating, managing, and coordinating all contracts with suppliers regarding pricing, quality, and delivery.
• Compare bids from suppliers and determine contract awards. Confirm that terms and delivery dates are accurate and evaluate competence of suppliers.
• Negotiate and evaluate supplier pricing for operating supplies.
• Support Technical, Purchasing, and Corporate Planning with purchase of raw materials as required.
• Assist in the development & monitoring of supplier performance metrics. Review supplier performance in terms of quality, on-time shipments, order accuracy (quantity, pricing, confirmations, etc.); support identification and qualification of new suppliers in collaboration with other departments.
• Confer with Technical, Manufacturing, Sales, and Suppliers to ensure acceptable material and problem solve any material issues and communicate with all departments.
• Interface with outside Suppliers, Management, Administration, Finance, Production, R&D, QA, Sales, and Corporate Planning.
• Assist in creating, managing, and reporting a departmental budget in the areas of procurement planning.
• Participate in various committees related to procurement and production planning.
• Analyze sales forecasts and work with departments in planning to ensure timely scheduling.
• Assist in creating, managing, and coordinating supplier performance metrics. Review supplier performance in terms of quality, on-time shipments, order accuracy (quantity, pricing, confirmations, etc.); support identification and qualifications of new suppliers in collaboration with other departments.
• Participate in projects for ERP optimization, that include automating and integrating preproduction (order entry related) systems.

Inventory:

• Assist in analyzing, managing, and reporting on raw materials and packaging to maintain sufficient inventory.
• Maintain procedures to control inventories at adequate supply levels based on stock levels, orders, production schedules and forecasts.
• Work with suppliers of operating supplies to develop and maintain effective vendor supported inventory programs.
• Work with internal departments to provide suppliers with information relative to future needs.
• Confer with Technical, Manufacturing, Sales, and suppliers to discuss defective or unacceptable material to determine source and take corrective action.

Qualifications:

• BS degree in Business Administration, Accounting, or related field required
• 3-5 Years’ previous experience in related field
• 1+ Year experience in a supervisory role
• 3+ Years’ experience working in a manufacturing environment
• Strong knowledge and understanding of procurement processes and contract principles
• Strong knowledge of supplier contract negotiations
• Excellent analytical, problem solving and organizational skills
• Knowledge of regulations and laws such as import/export and Customs requirements is preferred
• Strong IT knowledge and skills including knowledge and understanding of ERP and data systems.
• Advanced Microsoft Office Suite or similar software to include Excel and Powerpoint
• Travel will be required on a regular basis

• Employee must be able to relate to other people beyond giving and receiving instructions:

(a). can get along with co-workers or peers without exhibiting behavioral extremes

(b). perform work activities requiring negotiating, instructing, persuading, or speaking with others

(c). respond appropriately to criticism from a supervisor

Physical Demands and Work Environment: The physical demands and work environment characteristics described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Physical demands:

• Frequently required to sit/stand, walk, talk and hear
• Occasionally required to use hands and fingers to feel, handle or operate objects, tools,

or controls; and reach with hands and arms

• Rarely required to climb, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, and crawl
• Rarely required to lift and/or move up to 55 pounds

Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, color vision, and the ability to adjust focus.

Work environment: Plant and Office

• Exposure to changes in temperature, dust, fumes, and chemicals
• Exposure to moderately loud noise while in the plant
• Personal protective equipment required while in the plant
• Exposure to low noise levels while in the office

Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision including concentrated vision for long periods of time, distance vision, peripheral vision, color vision, and the ability to adjust focus.

The duties listed above are intended only as illustrations of the various types of work that may be performed. The omission of specific statements of duties does not exclude them from the position if the work is similar, related or a logical assignment to the position.

The job description does not constitute an employment agreement between the employer and employee and is subject to change by the employer as the needs of the employer and requirements of the job change.

As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we are committed to a diverse workforce.