What you will do? + Directs the procurement of materials, components, supplies, equipment and services that meet the operation’s requirements for quality, delivery, price and terms, lead times, and inventory levels. Commitment to Quality: Purchase from suppliers evaluated for their ability to provide materials and services that conform to specified requirements. + Comply with the guidelines and regulations of Environmental Health & Safety. How you will do it? + Responsible for procurement of MRO and raw material components, including electronic parts, molded parts, electromechanical, machined parts, and refrigeration components. + Participate in negotiations of long-term contracts with tier one suppliers. + Implement cost savings procedures in tool crib; create and implement min-max system to assure indirect supplies/machine/fixtures spare parts are available. + Manages procurement of materials to meet the goals of JCI regarding inventory levels, turns, cost, quality and customer requirements. + Monitor weekly basis in compliance with the KPI reports + Manages, develops, motivates and trains material planning staff. + Develops and recommends procedures and methods for managing the supply chain management program. + Complies with corporate and plant Purchasing goals, objectives, policies, strategies, and procedures. + Teams up with design engineering functions to evaluate alternate material and process changes. + E&O review and follow up with actions to minimize inventory impact + Support procurement in reduction initiatives, cost & lead time reduction, supplier consolidation, inventory management programs with supply base that includes vendor stocking, consignment, vendor-managed inventory. + Maintain inventory at lowest possible level while ensuring efficient operational processes and maintain customer delivery expectations + Performs special projects related to function as assigned. What are we looking for? + Bachelor’s degree (preferably in supply chain management, industrial engineering, or operations management) with experience in a manufacturing or manufacturing support. + 5 years of related experience. + At least two years as supervisor preferably in a supply chain role. + Good communication skills both written and verbal (bilingual). + Experienced, working in a fast paced high volume manufacturing environment. + Lean manufacturing knowledge. + Responsible, well organized, immediate response to all internal and external customers. + APICS Certification in CPIM Preferred.